Ebony Rainford-Brent
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31 December 1983 Lambeth, London, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut | 11 August 2001 v Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 01 March 2010 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: [1], 22 December 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamond Rainford-Brent, FRSA (born 31 December 1983 in Lambeth, London) is a retired British cricketer, who was the first black woman to play for the England team. During her playing career, she was also captain of the Surrey women's team.
Rainford-Brent was a member of the England team that won the 9th ICC Women's Cricket World Cup held in Australia from 9–22 March 2009. England beat New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final held at North Sydney Oval on 22 March 2009. In the three months following their World Cup win, the team went on to win the final of the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 (held at Lord's prior to the men's final), the Natwest One Day series 4-0 against Australia, and also retain the Women's Ashes.
Since retiring from cricket, Rainford-Brent has gone on to become a sporting executive; pundit for the BBC flagship radio programme Test Match Special (she is one of the first female expert summarisers to commentate on men's international cricket matches); and a motivational speaker. In January 2015, Rainford-Brent returned to Surrey County Cricket Club, after being appointed their first Director of Women's Cricket.
Born New Year's Eve in 1983 at St Thomas' Hospital, she was raised in Herne Hill, South-East London. Her parents are immigrants from Barbados. She was the youngest of four children; being the only girl, there were squabbles between the brothers over her name, which led her being called Ebony-Jewel Cora-Lee Camellia Rosamond Rainford-Brent to appease everyone.
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