Jade Clarke

Jade Bridget Clarke, born on 17 October 1983 in Manchester, is an English netball player, mainly a midcourt defender, and England's most-capped player as well as the most-capped player for a single country. She made her senior debut in 2003 against New Zealand and has played at six Netball World Cups and four Commonwealth Games, winning gold in 2018 and bronze in 2006 and 2010. She captained England from 2011, leading the team to its first gold medal in the World Netball Series that year, and reached 200 international caps in January 2023. Her clubs include Loughborough Lightning, Northern Thunder, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, Northern Mystics, Canterbury Tactix, NSW Swifts, Adelaide Thunderbirds, Wasps, Leeds Rhinos and London Pulse. She was appointed MBE in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to netball.