Nicola Jayne Shaw (commonly either Nicky Shaw or Nicki Shaw, born 30 December 1981) is an English

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and former member of the

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. She played for England from 1999 until 2010, making 97 international appearances. She was named as

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when England beat

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in the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final, taking a career-best four wickets for 34 runs. She retired from international cricket in 2010, ahead of a move to Australia, where she played domestic cricket until the end of the 2015–16 season.

Biography

Shaw was born in

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on 30 December 1981. She gained a degree in

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and Social Policy at

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. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, she made her debut in the

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. She was part of the East Midlands team that won the County Championship in 1999. Her international debut came the following summer, in the 1999 Women's European Championship. Facing the

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, Shaw claimed one wicket and was not required to bat in a large win for England. Domestically, she played for

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from 2000 until 2007, and moved to

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in 2008, where she assumed the county captaincy. She scored her highest total in county cricket for Surrey, striking 118 runs off 133 balls against

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in 2009. Her best bowling performance occurred during her time with Nottinghamshire, facing Surrey. From ten overs, Shaw claimed four wickets and conceded just 17 runs: one of only three four-wicket hauls in her career. She played regularly for England from 2000 until 2010. She was named as England vice-captain in 2007. A year later, she was one of eight players to be awarded the first women's contracts from the

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. She only appeared in half of the matches during the

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, and had been omitted from the final until an injury to

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during the warm-up. Named to the team just minutes before the contest, she went on to collect a career-best four wickets for 34 runs, and scored 17

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, earning herself the

accolade. She was also part of the England team which won the

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, taking two wickets for 17 runs in the final. In addition to captaining Surrey, Shaw was selected to captain

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during the 2007 Super Fours competition, and

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in the subsequent 2008 tournament, designed to bring together the "top 48 players in England" in four teams. She also captained England on five occasions, deputising for

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. She retired from international cricket in July 2010 to give her time to prepare for a move to Australia. She took 46 wickets in

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at an

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of 29.41, and 19 wickets in

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s at 22.78. She never passed 50 runs in an international match: her highest total in any international was 35, scored against New Zealand in 2000. In addition to winning the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup and the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20, she was part of the England team that won

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in 2007–08. She played domestic cricket in Australia until the end of the 2015–16 season.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Nicky 1981 births Living people Cricketers from Nuneaton English women cricketers England women One Day International cricketers England women Test cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers East Midlands women cricketers Nottinghamshire women cricketers Perth Scorchers (WBBL) cricketers English expatriate cricketers in Australia Surrey women cricketers Western Australia women cricketers