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Castaway
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Women's cricket player who became England captain in 1966 and led the team on an undefeated tour of Australia and New Zealand.
On the island
Eight records
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The keepsakes
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In conversation
Presenter asks
0:08How did the team do on [the] 1960 tour against South Africa?
We had four Test matches altogether and we drew three and won one, so we hold the series over South Africa at the moment.
Presenter asks
0:22How many other series have you played in?
I played in nineteen sixty three in this country in three Tests against Australia, then in another three Tests against New Zealand in nineteen sixty six also in this country, and then I had three in Australia and three in New Zealand during the winter.
Presenter asks
0:43When were you elected captain?
This was in nineteen sixty six when the New Zealanders came over to England.
Presenter asks
0:48How long are the test matches? How many days?
Well, we play for three days because we perhaps tend to get on with things a little bit more than the men do at some stages.
Presenter asks
1:20How long was the tour of Australia and New Zealand?
four and a half months.
Presenter asks
1:24Any difficulty in keeping all those ladies happy in a segregated community for so long?
This I thought might be a problem, because you know what a lot of women are together for any length of time they tend to get rather at one another's throats, but in fact there there were no problems at all. They're they're a marvellous team and they'd all got a tremendous sense of humour and they all enjoyed singing when things weren't going quite so well and this helped us a lot.
“We had four Test matches altogether and we drew three and won one, so we hold the series over South Africa at the moment.”
“Well, we play for three days because we perhaps tend to get on with things a little bit more than the men do at some stages.”
“four and a half months.”
“This I thought might be a problem, because you know what a lot of women are together for any length of time they tend to get rather at one another's throats, but in fact there there were no problems at all. They're they're a marvellous team and they'd all got a tremendous sense of humour and they all enjoyed singing when things weren't going quite so well and this helped us a lot.”