Karen Read

Karen Read
Personal information
Full name
Karen Read
Born 31 August 1959
North Fremantle, Western Australia
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role Batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 97) 21 January 1984 v India
Last Test 25 January 1985 v England
ODI debut (cap 33) 20 January 1982 v International XI
Last ODI 25 January 1986 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
1975/76–1990/91 Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 3 20 38 51
Runs scored 62 336 915 874
Batting average 15.50 21.00 27.78 21.85
100s/50s 0/0 0/1 0/6 0/4
Top score 21 56 75 75
Balls bowled – – 100 6
Wickets – – 0 0
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – 0 0
10 wickets in match – – 0 0
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/– 8/– 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 January 2023

Karen Read (born 31 August 1959) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in three Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for Australia. She played domestic cricket for Western Australia.

Read was a member of the Australian team that won the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.