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Tributes and Milestones
Lisa Keightley retired from
international cricket after a
seven-year career at the highest
level.
Dr Cam Battersby AM served on
the Board of Cricket Australia for
15 years, including managing
several Australian teams on
overseas tours.
LISA KEIGHTLEY
RETIRES FROM
INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
Australian top-order batter Lisa Keightley retired from international cricket in
December, after a seven-year career at the highest level.
One of Australia’s most accomplished female players, Keightley played seven Tests for
Australia, scoring 362 runs at an average of 36.20 after making her debut against New
Zealand at Wanganui in 1994-95.
An Australian representative in 54 one-day internationals, she is the country’s third
highest run-scorer in the limited-overs game with 1827 runs at 44.56.
One of Keightley’s most notable achievements came in 1998 against England at Lord’s,
when she scored the first century (113*) by a female player at the historic ground.
She also holds the second highest one-day international score for Australia (156*)
behind Belinda Clark’s world record 229*.
Keightley is continuing her cricket career, at state domestic level with New South Wales
in the Women’s National Cricket League.
DR CAM BATTERSBY AM
In August 2002, long-serving Cricket Australia Director Dr Cam Battersby completed his
15th and final year on the Board.
He was replaced by former Australian captain and Queensland Cricket Director, Allan
Border.
Joining the Board of Queensland Cricket in 1991, Dr Battersby later became the Chair of
the state association for seven years from 1993 to 2000.
During his tenure on the Cricket Australia Board, he worked tirelessly on numerous
committees across a range of cricket areas including development, umpiring and
women’s cricket.
Away from the boardroom, he was involved in several other duties including Australian
team manager on tours to New Zealand (1990), Sri Lanka (1992), South Africa (1994), Sri
Lanka and India (1996) and India again in 1998.
Dr Battersby entered the private practice of medicine in 1977 and during his career
worked as a lecturer in anatomy at the University of Queensland and surgery at Royal
Brisbane Hospital, and was also a Senior Lecturer and Reader in Surgery at the
University of Queensland.
A Director of the Australia-India Council, he has a demonstrated commitment and
passion to developing the game broadly.
He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for his contribution to medicine
as a surgeon and his service to cricket administration in June 2000.
In other changes at board level, Tony Harrison replaced Denis Rogers AO as the
Tasmanian-elected Director in October 2002.
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