Australia Women Cricketer Betty Wilson: Betty Wilson was known as Lady Dawn due to her extraordinary performance in cricket.
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Delhi: Don spoke in cricket, then Bradman, who was from Australia only. But, we are talking about ‘Lady Dawn’ of Australia, not Sir Don Bradman. You must be wondering who is this lady don? their relation also Australia is from. This is the nickname of Australian cricket’s legendary female all-rounder Betty Wilson, which she got for her performance.
The year was 1958. The place Melbourne. The England women’s cricket team was on a tour of Australia. The second match of the Test series reached its conclusion today i.e. on February 24, in which Lady Dawn of cricket ie Batty Wilson targeted 11 players one after the other.
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First woman to do so in a single test
Batty Wilson not only targeted 11 players of England but also scored a century against them. Wilson, who was dismissed for 12 runs in the first innings of that Test match, scored 100 runs in 166 balls in the second innings. This was the first time in a Test match that a player had taken 10 or more wickets along with scoring a century. This test match ended in a draw, but after this, Batty Wilson’s name was recorded in the record book of cricket.
11 players were targeted in one match
Let us know how Betty Wilson, popularly known as Lady Dawn, made 11 players her victims in the same match in which she scored a century. He took the wicket of 7 batsmen for 7 runs in the first innings. After this, the wicket of 4 batsmen was measured by giving 9 runs in the second innings. In this way, he gave only 16 runs in 29.3 overs and took 11 wickets with a hat-trick.
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Betty Wilson was known as Lady Dawn because of her extraordinary performance. He played 11 Tests for Australia, scoring 862 runs at an average of 57.46 and taking 68 wickets.