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To Ebony-Jewel, being a trailblazer has become somewhat of a second nature. The former English cricketer was the first black woman to play for the England team and also captained the Surrey Women’s team. During her career, Ebony-Jewel was a member of the England Team that won the 9th ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Sydney 2009. In the three months following their World Cup win, the team went on to win the ICC Women’s World Twenty20, the Natwest One Day series and also retained the Ashes.

Since retiring from cricket, Ebony-Jewel has gone on to become the first director of Women’s Cricket at Surrey County Cricket Club while also getting behind the mic to be a pundit and broadcaster for the BBC flagship radio programme Test Match Special of which she is one of the first female expert summarisers to commentate on men’s international cricket matches. An inspiration to all of those who have followed her career or listened to her speeches, Ebony-Jewel also hosts a popular fortnightly motivational podcast called ‘The Art of Success’. If you want to launch a tornado of inspiration and motivation across your team, or looking for an all empowering chat about what it takes to lead from the front, then it’s time to level up with Ebony-Jewel.

Ebony Rainford-Brent MBE

UK

Women’s Cricket World Cup Winner, Motivational Guru & Inspirational Female Trailblazer

Overcoming Adversity & Challenges Diversity Empowering Others

Ebony Rainford-Brent MBE

Ebony is a former English cricketer and was a member of the England Team that won the 9th ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in Sydney 2009. In the three months following their World Cup win, the team went on to win: the ICC Women’s World Twenty20, the Natwest One Day series and retained the Ashes. During her playing career, she was also captain of the Surrey women’s team.

Since retiring from sport, Ebony has gone on to a career in the media including becoming a broadcaster and commentator for the flagship BBC programme ‘Test Match Special’ & in 2020 she joined the Sky Sports cricket commentary team.

Ebony also runs a podcast called ‘The Art of Success’ where she sits down with high performers from various fields to unpick tools and strategies for success.

In 2015 Ebony returned to Surrey County Cricket Club, after being appointed their first Director of Women’s Cricket. She is also an ambassador for Beyond Sport & chair of ACE programmes newly formed charity in 2020.

Ebony has recently been made an MBE for her services to cricket and charity.

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