Beth Louisa Morgan (born 27 September 1981) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She appeared in seven

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, 72

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and 28

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for

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between 1999 and 2011. She was a member of the team which retained the

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in Australia in 2008, and won the

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and

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in 2009. She played domestic cricket for

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and

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Early and personal life

Morgan was born on the 27 September 1981 in

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. Her uncle is the former test cricketer Eddie Hemmings who played for England 16 times, who Morgan has said is great to have on the end of the phone for support. When at Nower Hill High School in

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, she played for the otherwise all male team, helping them win the Harrow cup against local rivals

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Domestic career

Morgan played for

from 1996 to 2019. She played 187 limited-overs and

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matches for the side, and was the only player to play in every season of the

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in the

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, and two seasons for

International career

Morgan played seven test matches, 72 one day internationals and 28 T20Is for

. She was a member of England's victorious team in the

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competition, and scored a vital unbeaten 46 from 34 balls in the defeat of Australia in the semi-final. She made her maiden test fifty against Australia in the one-off

test the same year, scoring 58 in almost six hours at the crease. Due to a shoulder injury, she retired from international cricket on 15 January 2013.

References

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* 1981 births Living people Cricketers from the London Borough of Harrow People from Harrow, London English women cricketers England women Test cricketers England women One Day International cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers Middlesex women cricketers South Australian Scorpions cricketers Surrey Stars cricketers {{england-cricket-bio-1980s-stub