{{short description|Australian cricketer and professor}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Jill Need | female = true | image = | caption = | fullname = Jillian Need | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|3|11|df=yes}} | birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|3|8|1944|3|11|df=y}} | death_place = Hawthorn, Adelaide, South Australia | nickname = | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium | role = Bowler
| international = true | internationalspan = 1968–1969 | country = Australia
| testdebutdate = 27 December | testdebutyear = 1968 | testdebutagainst = England | testcap = 67 | lasttestdate = 10 January | lasttestyear = 1969 | lasttestagainst = England
| club1 = South Australia | year1 = {{nowrap|1962/63–1979/80}} | club2 = Yorkshire | year2 = 1973–1975
| columns = 3
| column1 = WTest | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 4 | bat avg1 = 4.00 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 4 | deliveries1 = 216 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 0/–
| column2 = WFC | matches2 = 33 | runs2 = 884 | bat avg2 = 19.21 | 100s/50s2 = 0/1 | top score2 = 71 | deliveries2 = 2,614 | wickets2 = 55 | bowl avg2 = 17.85 | fivefor2 = 2 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 6/32 | catches/stumpings2 = 6/–
| column3 = WLA | matches3 = 8 | runs3 = 125 | bat avg3 = 15.62 | 100s/50s3 = 0/0 | top score3 = 31 | deliveries3 = 462 | wickets3 = 14 | bowl avg3 = 18.28 | fivefor3 = 0 | tenfor3 = 0 | best bowling3 = 4/23 | catches/stumpings3 = 1/–
| date = 17 November 2023 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11033/11033.html CricketArchive }} '''Jillian Need ''' (11 March 1944 – 8 March 1997) was an Australian cricketer, cricket coach and associate professor of gynaecology and obstetrics. In cricket, she played primarily as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in two Test matches for Australia in 1968 and 1969. She played domestic cricket for South Australia and Yorkshire.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/jillian-need-53547 |title=Player Profile: Jillian Need|work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="CricketArchive">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11033/11033.html |title=Player Profile: Jill Need |work=CricketArchive |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref>
In the 1979–80 season, Need coached South Australia to their first Australian Women's Cricket Championships title since 1951–52.<ref name="obituary"/>
The Jill Need Breast Cancer Clinic was named in her honour by the Flinders Medical Centre in Bedford Park, South Australia, after her death.<ref name="obituary">{{cite journal|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/86672/Womens_Cricket_Australia_1996-97.pdf|title=Obituary 1996/97|journal=WCA Annual Report|pages=6–7|publisher=Women's Cricket Australia|date=1997|access-date=20 February 2017|archive-date=23 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323131045/https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/86672/Womens_Cricket_Australia_1996-97.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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