# Jill Need

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{{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](/source/Adelaide), South Australia
|          death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|3|8|1944|3|11|df=y}}
|         death_place = [Hawthorn](/source/Hawthorn%2C_South_Australia), [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), South Australia
|            nickname = 
|            heightft = 
|          heightinch = 
|             heightm = 
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm [medium](/source/Fast_bowling)
|                role = [Bowler](/source/Bowling_(cricket))

|       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](/source/South_Australian_Scorpions)
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1962/63–1979/80}}
|               club2 = [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Women_cricket_team)
|               year2 = 1973–1975

|             columns = 3

|             column1 = [WTest](/source/Women's_Test_cricket)
|            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](/source/First-class_cricket)
|            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](/source/List_A_cricket)
|            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 [cricket](/source/cricket)er, cricket coach and associate professor of gynaecology and obstetrics. In cricket, she played primarily as a right-arm [medium](/source/Fast_bowling) [bowler](/source/Bowling_(cricket)). She appeared in two [Test matches](/source/Women's_Test_cricket) for [Australia](/source/Australia_women's_national_cricket_team) in 1968 and 1969. She played domestic cricket for [South Australia](/source/South_Australian_Scorpions) and [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_Women_cricket_team).<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](/source/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](/source/Flinders_Medical_Centre) in [Bedford Park, South Australia](/source/Bedford_Park%2C_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>

==References==
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Category:1944 births
Category:1997 deaths
Category:Cricketers from Adelaide
Category:Australia women Test cricketers
Category:South Australia women's cricketers
Category:Yorkshire women cricketers
Category:Australian gynaecologists
Category:20th-century Australian women medical doctors
Category:20th-century Australian medical doctors
Category:Australian expatriate cricketers in England
Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen

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