Career
A right-handed batsman, Annetts scored centuries in both Tests and One Day Internationals. Annetts first appeared for New South Wales in the 1983/84 season, and after a couple of low scores, she made her first half-century against Australian Capital Territory in her third match before being run out on 51. Her following match brought another half century, improving slightly to 56 before being caught.
In January 1985 she was selected for the Women"s Cricket Association of Australia President"s XI to play the touring England side, and was subsequently named in the Australia team to face New Zealand the following month.
Her maiden ODI half-century came the following season when she made 57 runs opening the batting with Belinda Haggett against New Zealand in Wellington. She scored 36* and 50 in the two ODIs followed by 34 on her Test debut, a match dominated by Haggett"s 126.
The pair put on a record wicket partnership in Women"s Test cricket of 309 runs, with Annetts making her top score of 193, while Reeler finished on 110*. In January 1994, she caused controversy by claiming her omission from the Australian team was because she was not a lesbian.
The Australian Anti-Discrimination Board could not investigate the compliant as the discrimination law only protected homosexuals.
