Tina Macpherson (born 20 August 1949) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-arm pace bowler. She appeared in one Test match and five One Day Internationals for Australia in 1972 and 1973. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales.[1][2]

Tina Macpherson
Personal information
Full name
Tina Macpherson
Born (1949-08-20) 20 August 1949 (age 75)
Strathfield, Sydney, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 76)5 February 1972 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 6)23 June 1973 v Young England
Last ODI28 July 1973 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1967/68–1978/79New South Wales
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 1 5 22 13
Runs scored 3 14 314 62
Batting average 1.50 14.00 14.95 12.40
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 3 14 44 29
Balls bowled 248 253 2,979 694
Wickets 6 9 56 23
Bowling average 16.66 11.00 12.14 10.90
5 wickets in innings 0 1 2 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 3/26 5/14 6/15 5/14
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 5/– 0/–
Source: CricketArchive, 13 November 2023

She took 5/14 on her One Day International debut, in the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup against Young England, becoming the first woman to take a five-wicket haul in a One Day International.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Tina Macpherson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Tina Macpherson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  3. ^ "On the ball – Bowlers who picked up fifer on ODI and T20I debut". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | Women's World Cup | List of five-wickets-in-an-innings | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2017.

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