[1] A left-arm fast-medium opening bowler, her best performance was against Australia, taking 7–51 in the first innings of the second Test in 2003, winning the Player of the Match award for match figures of 58–21–107–11, becoming only the second English woman to take 11 wickets against Australia in over 70 years.
[2][3] As a result, Pearson was named (2003) Women's Player of the Year for the second time, having taken the inaugural award in 2000.
[5] Pearson read English at Keble College, Oxford University,[6] where she also played hockey.
[4] In 2006, she took up a post as Deputy Head of Wellington College, also teaching English and she is a member of the cricket coaching team.
In September 2017, Pearson announced that she would step down from this role at the end of August 2018, joining The Football Association as Director of Education.