Miriam Knee OAM (born 19 January 1938) is an Australian former cricketer who played eight women's Test matches and six women's One Day Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team.[1] She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours List for her contribution to cricket and the community.[2]

Miriam Knee
Personal information
Born19 January 1938 (1938-01-19) (age 86)
Ringwood, Victoria, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 54)17 March 1961 v New Zealand
Last Test5 February 1972 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 5)23 June 1973 v Young England
Last ODI28 July 1973 v England
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI
Matches 8 6
Runs scored 319 86
Batting average 26.58 28.66
100s/50s 0/3 0/0
Top score 96 30*
Balls bowled 2,274 282
Wickets 35 8
Bowling average 16.28 16.25
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/35 4/26
Catches/stumpings 4/– 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 November 2007

References edit

  1. ^ "Miriam Knee - Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Cricket Australia: King's Birthday Honours List 2023". CricExec. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.

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