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JL Gunn

Jenny Gunn

40y 8d Nottingham
Born
May 9, 1986, Nottingham
Playing Roles
allrounder
Batting Style
right-hand bat
Bowling Style
right-arm medium-fast
Fielding Pos
N/A
Intl Career
2004 - 2019

Profile & Biography

The first woman to join the Nottinghamshire Cricket Academy, all-rounder Jenny Gunn made her debut against South Africa in 2004, aged 17, and won her 100th ODI cap for England in 2012. Her medium-pace seamers are supremely difficult to read and perhaps because of this she has for much of her career been England's most economical bowler. However, she is also England's all-time leading wicket-taker in ODIs.
She has a highly distinctive bowling action which has twice - once just before the start of the 2009 World Cup - seen her reported to the ICC for throwing. On both occasions she was cleared, with the ICC deciding that Gunn bowled with "extreme hyperextension" due to being double-jointed at the elbow, creating the illusion of chucking.
England vice-captain between June 2010 and August 2014, she led her country three times in the absence of Charlotte Edwards. On the final occasion, in a T20 against New Zealand in October 2013, she took 5 for 18, finishing the series as top wicket-taker. She was promoted to fifth in the ICC's ODI bowling rankings that same year.
A talented batsman, she was promoted to open the innings during the 2007 Quadrangular Series in India, and relished the challenge, hitting a highest ODI score of 73 in the position against New Zealand later that year. More recently her late-order runs have also been invaluable for England: her 41 in the first innings of the 2009 Ashes Test helped set up the draw for England, to see them retain the trophy; and at Perth in January 2014, she remained at the crease with her captain for 161 balls, making 44 and allowing England to set a competitive fourth-innings total for the Aussies. She was the top-scorer for England in the 2014 Wormsley Test against India, hitting 62*, which alongside a first-innings five-wicket haul saw her named Player of the Match despite being on the losing side. Raf Nicholson

Batting Career Summary

Full Stats
FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Other1119239162*23128730.380140060
Other1441112816297319.62284857.19051207490
Other10467186826913.91679100.4401469580

Bowling Career Summary

Full Stats
FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Other11212189645295/195/5922.241.7675.4100
Other144136590638221365/225/2228.13.8843.4200
Other1047613851487755/185/1819.826.4418.4100

Top Records by JL Gunn

All Records
9

Most runs in an innings (by batting position)

Women Test
62*
5

Outstanding bowling analyses in an innings

Women Test
5/19
8

Most wickets taken caught by a wicketkeeper

Women Test
7

Photos of JL Gunn

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Jenny Gunn celebrates after picking up a wicket
Veteran seamer Jenny Gunn celebrates a wicket
Jenny Gunn celebrates one of her wickets
Jenny Gunn claims another scalp for Loughborough Lightning
Stars align: The 2018 Kia Super League is about to begin
Gazing into the unknown: Jenny Gunn reacts in the field