Jenni Douglass, Author, Umpire, Scorer, Team Manager

About this episode

Jenni Douglass discusses her experiences in cricket as a scorer, team manager, and author of children's books.

Jenni is an Australian woman who grew up in Holbrook, NSW but now living in Bedfordshire in the UK with her daughters and husband, all of whom enjoying the game of cricket. Their local club is Ampthill Town CC and Jenni like many other volunteers, is fully immersed in the club as a scorer, team manager and Umpire. Along the way has been an interest in writing and she has written two children’s books about cricket with a third on the way. We discuss all of the above and, of course the up...

People in this episode

Host: Ken Jacobs

Guest: Jenni Douglass

Topics covered

• cricket
• volunteering
• children's literature
• umpiring
• team management

Keywords

• cricket
• umpire
• scorer
• team manager
• children's books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ampthill Town CC

Books & works: children’s books about cricket

Places: Holbrook, NSW, Bedfordshire

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