Belinda Clark, a pioneer for Australian cricket, was born on September 10, 1970.
She made her ODI debut on January 17, 1991, against New Zealand, and later that month, scored a century in her Test debut against India.
Her only T20I was against England on September 2, 2005, where she scored 4 runs.
In 118 ODIs, she scored a record 4,844 runs for Australia, averaging 47.49, with a high score of 229*, with a record 970 runs in a single year (1997) in ODIs.
In 15 Tests, she scored 919 runs at an average of 45.95, with a top score of 136.
Clark became the first cricketer, male or female, to score a double century in ODIs, hitting 229* against Denmark in 1997.
She captained Australia from 1994 to 2005, including 11 Tests and a record 101 ODIs, leading them to three World Cup finals (1997, 2001, 2005), winning titles in 1997 and 2005
Her last Test was in August 2005, and her final ODI was on September 1, 2005, with her retirement on September 16, 2005.
Domestically, she won five championships with New South Wales and two with Victoria in the WNCL.
Domestically, she won five the WNCL.
In 2000, she became the CEO of Women’s Cricket Australia and joined the ICC’s Women’s Committee.
Clark was named Wisden Australia Cricketer of the Year in 1998.
She became the second woman inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2011.
In 2011 she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame and in 2014, she was the first woman inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.
In 2018, she was honored as an Officer of the Order of Australia, and Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia named awards after her.
In 2023, a bronze statue of her was unveiled at the Sydney Cricket Ground, marking the world’s first statue of a female cricketer.