Education
She took a career best 5/15 against Pakistan in the 2009 Women"s World Cup in Sydney and finished the competition"s top wicket taker, with 16 wickets at 10.31.
She took a career best 5/15 against Pakistan in the 2009 Women"s World Cup in Sydney and finished the competition"s top wicket taker, with 16 wickets at 10.31.
Born in Pembury, Kent, she began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She plays county cricket for Sussex, represents the Rubies and made her Test debut against India in 2006. She was part of the England team that retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008 and in England in 2009.
She made her highest Test score of 38 in a last-wicket stand of 59 against Australia in the one-off Ashes Test later the same year.
Office the field of play, after attending Skippers Hill Manor Preparatory School and Brighton College, she took a Sports Science with Management degree at Loughborough University. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.