Clare Taylor

Clare Elizabeth Taylor MBE (born 22 May 1965) is an English sportswoman, the first woman to have played on a World Cup team in both cricket and football. She represented England at both cricket, as a member of the winning World Cup cricket team in 1993, and football (World Cup 1995). Taylor attended Moor End Academy, her name was previously on the athletics record board but it has since been removed. Taylor was the first bowler for England to take 100 wickets in WODIs.

For those of a similar name, see Claire Taylor (disambiguation).

Clare Taylor
MBE
Born
Clare Elizabeth Taylor

(1965-05-22) 22 May 1965
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Association football career
Position(s) Sweeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Bronte
Liverpool Ladies
International career
1990– England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 118)17 November 1995 v India
Last Test22 August 2003 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 53)5 December 1988 v Ireland
Last ODI30 August 2005 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1988–2006Yorkshire
2000/01Otago
2002/03–2010/11Otago
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA WT20
Matches 16 105 310 19
Runs scored 226 303 2,395 222
Batting average 16.14 8.65 18.42 22.20
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/0
Top score 43 29 65* 36*
Balls bowled 2,383 5,140 14,987 341
Wickets 25 102 294 14
Bowling average 40.44 23.95 24.09 27.28
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/38 4/13 4/5 3/32
Catches/stumpings 5/– 28/– 78/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 March 2021

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours "for services to Cricket, Association Football, and to Hockey."

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