CLAIRE IS WIS WIZ.Byline: MIKE WALTERS By MIKE WALTERS YELLOW bible Wisden has swept away 120 years of male exclusivity by naming Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor (born 25 September 1975 at Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is an English cricketer and member of the current England women's team. In the first women's one-day international against India on 14 August 2006, Taylor became the first woman to score a century as their first woman Cricketer of the Year. Wisden editor Scyld Berry last night insisted there was no political correctness politically correct adj. Abbr. PC 1. Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change, especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. in nominating Taylor - player of the tournament as England won the World Cup in Australia last month - to receive the gong. Taylor, 33, said: "It's a momentous honour, and I'm just hugely thrilled that it's me who is to receive it." Berry said: "It would be a sin of omission, an act of prejudice, to exclude her from the accolade." CAPTION(S): BY THE BOOK Edwards |
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