Arran Brindle is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder.
16 Facts About Arran Brindle
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Arran Brindle was a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.
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Arran Brindle appeared in 11 Test matches, 88 One Day Internationals and 35 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1999 and 2014.
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Arran Brindle played county cricket for Lancashire and Sussex, and played in the Women's Cricket Super League for the Southern Vipers.
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Arran Brindle began playing cricket against boys at under 12 level in Lancashire and played club cricket in the Lincolnshire Men's Premier League for Louth CC.
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Arran Brindle became the first woman to score a century in men's Premier League cricket as she scored 128 for her team against Market Deeping CC on 21 May 2011.
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In May 2021, she along with her twelve-year-old son Harry Arran Brindle put on an unbeaten opening century run stand partnership batting together playing for the Owmby CC Trojans team in a men's club cricket match against the Nettleham CC Academy in the Lincoln and District League Division 3.
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Arran Brindle ended up unbeaten on 94 while her son remained unbeaten on 32 as Owmby Trojans chased a small target of 141 by a margin of ten wickets.
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Arran Brindle made her WODI debut under her maiden name Thompson at the age of 18 against Denmark on 20 July 1999 during the 1999 Women's European Cricket Championship which was held in Denmark.
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Arran Brindle scored 101*, her only Test century, against Australia at Hove in the 2005 Women's Ashes and her knock eventually turned out to be a match saving knock as England drew the test match.
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In 2006, Arran Brindle took a break from top-level cricket to spend more time with her family.
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Arran Brindle returned to the international fold in 2011 when she was picked in the England squad for the summer's ODIs and T20Is.
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Arran Brindle was part of the England side which defeated Australia in the final of the 2011 NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series by 16 runs.
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Arran Brindle was part of the England team which won the one-off Ashes test against Australia in January 2014 at Perth whereas she ended up as the leading runscorer in the one-off test with 103 runs.
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Arran Brindle retired from international cricket in February 2014 at the age of 32.
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Arran Brindle is a teacher and coach at Greenwich House Independent School.