Loretta Bayliss

Loretta Irene Bayliss (1939 – 30 June 1966) was a New Zealand cricketer who played as a left-arm fast-medium bowler. She only appeared in a single Test match for New Zealand, in 1961. Playing against Australia, she took 5/28 in the final innings of the match to become the 6th player to take a five-wicket haul on their Women's Test debut.^[1][2] She played domestic cricket for Canterbury.^[3][4]

Loretta Bayliss

Personal information
Full name	Loretta Irene Bayliss
Born	1939 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	30 June 1966(1966-06-30) (aged 26–27) Christchurch, New Zealand
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	New Zealand (1961)
Only Test (cap 41)	17 March 1961 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1956/57–1960/61	Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition WTest WFC Matches 1 17 Runs scored – 79 Batting average – 4.93 100s/50s – 0/0 Top score – 19 Balls bowled 198 1,921 Wickets 5 43 Bowling average 14.00 13.81 5 wickets in innings 1 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 5/28 5/20 Catches/stumpings 0/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 November 2021