Louise Browne
Louise Patricia Browne (born 16 March 1952) is a West Indies cricketer who played eight women's test matches and eight women's one-day internationals for the Trinidad and Tobago women's cricket team and the West Indian women's cricket team in the 1970s. Browne was named captain of the inaugural West Indies women's cricket team. She led the team in a series against Australia in 1976.[1] Both test matches, played in Jamaica, were drawn. The West Indies team led on first inning in both games. Later that year, she again led the West Indies women on a tour of India. That series of six test matches also ended in a draw.
In the year 2000, Louise was named one of the hundred top sporting personalities of the century in Trinidad and Tobago. In 2011, Louise managed the USA Women's Cricket Team at a World Cup Qualifier in Bangladesh. She was inducted into the Trinidad and Tobago Sports Hall of Fame on November 20, 2015.
She is the 5th of twelve children (8 girls and 4 boys). Like Louise, two of her younger sisters, Beverly Mary Browne and Ann Gertrude Browne-John also represented Trinidad and Tobago and the West Indies at women's cricket. Ann has also captained, coached, and managed the West Indies Women's Cricket Team.
References
- "Historic day as WI women played first match". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 11 May 2020.