London Sep 13 (IANS) Former England woman cricketer Jan Brittin passed away here due to cancer at the age of 58.
Brittin who died on Tuesday was part of England s World Cup-winning side in 1993.
Brittin was the leading run-scorer and century-maker in Women s Test cricket with five hundreds in her 27 matches between 1979 and 1998 espncricinfo reported.
The right-hander played 63 ODIs and top-scored with 48 when England beat New Zealand at Lord s to win the World Cup.
Her Test best of 167 came against Australia at Harrogate in 1998 -- in the penultimate match of her career -- and she opened alongside Charlotte Edwards who paid tribute on Twitter calling Brittin "her idol".
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