Jill Kennare

Jill Kennare, born on 16 August 1956, is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and represented South Australia in domestic cricket. She appeared in twelve Test matches and nineteen One Day Internationals for Australia between 1979 and 1987 and captained the national side on its 1984 tour of India. In 1985 she and Denise Emerson put together a record third-wicket partnership of 176 runs against England, a mark later passed in 2001 by an opening stand of 197 by Belinda Clark and Joanne Broadbent. In late January 1985 she hit the winning run in the third and final match of the 1984-1985 Women's Ashes, which gave Australia its first series win over England since 1949. She scored three Test centuries and two in One Day Internationals. Alongside cricket she was an accomplished lacrosse player who represented Australia in 1980 and 1981 and was in the team that first beat the United States, in 1981.