Clare Connor

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Clare Connor

| honorific_suffix = CBE

| female = true

| image =

| fullname = Clare Joanne Connor

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|9|1}}

| birth_place = Brighton, East Sussex, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role = All-rounder

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1995–2005

| country = England

| testdebutdate = 10 December

| testdebutyear = 1995

| testdebutagainst = India

| testcap = 120

| lasttestdate = 24 August

| lasttestyear = 2004

| lasttestagainst = Australia

| odidebutdate = 19 July

| odidebutyear = 1995

| odidebutagainst = Denmark

| odicap = 69

| lastodidate = 1 September

| lastodiyear = 2005

| lastodiagainst = Australia

| odishirt = 1

| T20Idebutdate = 5 August

| T20Idebutyear = 2004

| T20Idebutagainst = New Zealand

| T20Icap = 2

| lastT20Idate = 2 September

| lastT20Iyear = 2005

| lastT20Iagainst = Australia

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = 1991–2008

| club2 = Central Districts

| year2 = 2004/05

| columns = 4

| column1 = WTest

| matches1 = 16

| runs1 = 502

| bat avg1 = 20.08

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 61

| deliveries1 = 2,061

| wickets1 = 24

| bowl avg1 = 27.91

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/65

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| column2 = WODI

| matches2 = 93

| runs2 = 1,087

| bat avg2 = 16.46

| 100s/50s2 = 0/5

| top score2 = 85*

| deliveries2 = 3,580

| wickets2 = 80

| bowl avg2 = 26.01

| fivefor2 = 1

| tenfor2 = 0

| best bowling2 = 5/49

| catches/stumpings2 = 25/–

| column3 = WT20I

| matches3 = 2

| runs3 = 15

| bat avg3 = 15.00

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 9*

| deliveries3 = 36

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = –

| tenfor3 = –

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 2/–

| column4 = WLA

| matches4 = 209

| runs4 = 3,718

| bat avg4 = 21.87

| 100s/50s4 = 1/18

| top score4 = 114

| deliveries4 = 8,855

| wickets4 = 217

| bowl avg4 = 19.64

| fivefor4 = 3

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 5/8

| catches/stumpings4 = 73/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/8/8454/8454.html CricketArchive

| date = 12 March 2021

}}

Clare Joanne Connor {{post-nominals|CBE}} (born 1 September 1976) is an English former cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled slow left arm spin.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/53693.html |title=Clare Connor |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=12 August 2015}} She held the presidency of Marylebone Cricket Club from 2021 until 2022.{{Cite web|title=Bruce Carnegie-Brown and Clare Connor take office at MCC as Chairman and President respectively |url=https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/bruce-carnegie-brown-and-clare-connor-take-office |access-date=1 October 2021 |work=Marylebone Cricket Club}} She made her England One Day International debut in 1995 and played her first Test match that winter. She achieved a hat-trick against India in 1999 and captained England from 2000 until her retirement from international cricket in 2006.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/womens_cricket/4799630.stm BBC News article, 13 March 2006]

She is currently managing director of Women's Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/52712067 |title=England women: India & South Africa tri-series an option - Clare Connor |work=BBC Sport |accessdate=21 May 2020}}