Hazel Sanders

Hazel Mary Sanders (16 July 1926 – 29 December 1995) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 12 Test matches for England between 1949 and 1958. She played domestic cricket for Surrey for 11 years.^[1][2]

Hazel Sanders

Personal information
Full name	Hazel Mary Sanders
Born	(1926-07-16)16 July 1926 Mitcham, Surrey, England
Died	29 December 1995(1995-12-29) (aged 69) Shepway, Kent, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm slow
Role	Batter
International information
National side	England (1949–1958)
Test debut (cap 27)	15 January 1949 v Australia
Last Test	21 February 1958 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1949–1959	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition WTest WFC Matches 12 48 Runs scored 318 1,069 Batting average 15.14 18.43 100s/50s 0/2 0/4 Top score 54 54 Balls bowled 30 428 Wickets 0 15 Bowling average – 14.13 5 wickets in innings – 1 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 5/15 Catches/stumpings 15/– 33/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 March 2021

Sanders made her debut during England's first post-war tour of Australia and New Zealand in early 1949, reaching 54, her highest Test score, in a victory over New Zealand at Auckland. She scored another half-century, against Australia, at Scarborough in 1951.^[3]

Off the field, Sanders was a biochemist, who worked on lipids at the Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry at Middlesex Hospital. She published scientific papers on Lipids and Lipid Metabolism, describing a modification of an existing scientific process using column chromatography to separate and identify lipids from human brain cell matter, allowing phosphatidylserine to be isolated more simply and quickly.^[4][5]