Lives in Cricket No 49 - Enid Bakewell

108 Recognition the groundsperson had not written on which pitch was ours. We were not aware that the men had a game so we used the pitch nearest the pavilion. In the middle of an over in an important competitive league game a man came out and asked us to move pitch. Needless to say we refused! But in 2012, Enid was clearing out a shed at Elizabeth House to take back a Tesco trolley when the phone rang with a call from ICC in Dubai. So in 2012 Enid was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame at a ceremony in Colombo (with Brian Lara). The official citation reads: “ Born on December 16, 1940, Enid Bakewell played for the English women’s cricket team in 12 Tests and in 23 One-Day International matches between 1968 and 1979. A right-hand batter and left-arm spinner, Bakewell is widely considered the best-ever English all-rounder in women’s cricket. In Tests, she scored 1,078 runs at an average of 59.88 with four centuries, while taking 50 wickets at an average of 16.62. She scored an unbeaten 112 and took 10 for 75 in a match against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1979. Bakewell became the third women to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame – in 2012 – after Rachael Heyhoe-Flint and Belinda Clark.” The Chad – a local Mansfield-based paper – was pleased: The godmothers; mainly English players from the 1973 World Cup. Left to right: back row, Lynne Thomas, June Stephenson (nee Moorhouse), Jan Southgate (nee Allen) Shirley Hodges, (wicketkeeper) Enid Bakewell. Front: Megan Botha (nee Lear), Anne Gordon (captain of Australia in 1973), Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Chris Watmough, Glynis Culley (nee Hullah).