Arran Brindle (; born 23 November 1981) is an English former

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er who played as an

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. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 88 One Day Internationals and 35

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for

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between 1999 and 2014. She played

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and

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, and played in the

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for the

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Early life

Brindle was born on 23 November 1981 in Steeton,

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. After completing her

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in 2000, Brindle studied Sports Science at the

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Domestic career

Brindle began playing cricket against boys at under 12 level in

and also played club cricket in the Lincolnshire Men's Premier League for Louth CC. She 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. In May 2021, she along with her twelve-year-old son Harry Brindle put on an unbeaten opening century run stand partnership (143*) 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. Arran 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. It was also the first instance where a mother and son registered 100 run partnership for opening wicket in a men's club cricket game.

International career

She 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. In January 2002, Brindle and

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shared a partnership of 200 against

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at K. D. Singh Babu Stadium,

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, which was at the time a record for the first wicket in women's Test cricket. Brindle scored 101 *, her only Test century, against

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in the 2005 Women's Ashes and her knock eventually turned out to be a match saving knock as England drew the test match. She ended the 2005

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as the leading runscorer with 199 runs in 2 matches as England secured 1-0 historic Ashes series victory over Australia, as England won the second test by 6 wickets to register their first test win against Australia after December 1984. The win was also turned out to be England's first successful attempt in regaining the Ashes after 42 years. In 2006, Brindle took a break from top-level cricket to spend more time with her family. She returned to the international fold in 2011 when she was picked in the England squad for the summer's ODIs and T20Is. She was also part of the England side which defeated Australia in the final of the 2011 NatWest Women's T20 Quadrangular Series by 16 runs. During her comeback return to England side for the 2011 NatWest Quadrangular series, she was hailed as a resident mother figures by her teammates and her son Harry was adopted as an unofficial team mascot whenever Arran played for England at international level. She scored her maiden one day international century – an unbeaten 107 – against South Africa at

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in October 2011. She was also part of the England team which won the one-off Ashes test against Australia in January 2014 at

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whereas she also ended up as the leading runscorer in the one-off test with 103 runs. It also turned out to be her last test match of her career. She retired from international cricket in February 2014 at the age of 32.

After cricket

Brindle is now a teacher and coach at Greenwich House Independent School.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brindle, Arran 1981 births Living people English women cricketers Alumni of the University of Sheffield England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers Lancashire women cricketers Southern Vipers cricketers Sussex women cricketers Cricketers from West Yorkshire