Kathryn Leng
Encyclopedia
Kathryn Leng is an English
cricket
er for Bradford/Leeds UCCE
, England Women
and Yorkshire Women.
Born in Pudsey
, Yorkshire
, Leng was U-19 captain for England Women and first played for the senior squad in a One-day International
in 1995. In April 1999, Leng played for Yorkshire Bank first team in the Bradford Cricket League
, the first woman to play in that league, and became the first woman to play inter UCCE cricket in 2001. She was dropped from England's one-day squad in 2002 after taking an unauthorized holiday in Tenerife. Although she was recalled for the 2003 tour for Australia, her last Test match, as of 2006, was in February 2003. Her highest test score came in 1996, with 144 against New Zealand
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er for Bradford/Leeds UCCE
Leeds/Bradford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence
Leeds/Bradford University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, previously Bradford/Leeds University Centre of Cricketing Excellence, commonly abbreviated to Leeds/Bradford UCCE, is one of the six University Centres of Cricketing Excellence supported by the Marylebone Cricket Club.They have not been...
, England Women
English women's cricket team
The England women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they beat Australia 2–0 in a three-Test series. Their current captain is Charlotte Edwards, replacing Clare Connor after her five-year tenure, which she finished by leading England to their first Ashes series win since...
and Yorkshire Women.
Born in Pudsey
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in West Yorkshire, England. Once an independent town, it was incorporated into the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in 1974, and is located midway between Bradford and Leeds city centres. It has a population of 32,391....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, Leng was U-19 captain for England Women and first played for the senior squad in a One-day International
Women's One-day International cricket
Women's One Day International cricket is the limited overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was held in England...
in 1995. In April 1999, Leng played for Yorkshire Bank first team in the Bradford Cricket League
Bradford Cricket League
The Bradford Cricket League is an amateur cricket competition centred in Bradford, West Yorkshire...
, the first woman to play in that league, and became the first woman to play inter UCCE cricket in 2001. She was dropped from England's one-day squad in 2002 after taking an unauthorized holiday in Tenerife. Although she was recalled for the 2003 tour for Australia, her last Test match, as of 2006, was in February 2003. Her highest test score came in 1996, with 144 against New Zealand
New Zealand women's cricket team
The New Zealand women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1935, when they lost to England. Since then they have only won two Tests, once against Australia, and once against South Africa....
.