Australia women's national cricket team
The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. They were nicknamed Southern Stars, but in 2017 this name was dropped and are now known only as the Australian women's cricket team in an attempt to promote gender equality with the men, who have no nickname for their team.[8][9]
Association | Cricket Australia | |||||||||
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Personnel | ||||||||||
Captain | Meg Lanning | |||||||||
Coach | Matthew Mott | |||||||||
History | ||||||||||
Test status acquired | 1934 | |||||||||
International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
ICC status | Full member (1909) | |||||||||
ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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Women's Tests | ||||||||||
First WTest | v | |||||||||
Last WTest | v | |||||||||
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Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
First WODI | v Young England at Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth, England; 23 June 1973 | |||||||||
Last WODI | v | |||||||||
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Women's World Cup appearances | 11 (first in 1973) | |||||||||
Best result | Champions (1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005, 2013) | |||||||||
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
First WT20I | v | |||||||||
Last WT20I | v | |||||||||
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Women's T20 World Cup appearances | 6 (first in 2009) | |||||||||
Best result | Champions (2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020) | |||||||||
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As of 1 May 2020 |
The team is currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by former Victoria and Queensland batsman Matthew Mott.[10] As of 21 August 2018, they are ranked first in all forms of women's international cricket.
The team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they lost to England two-nil in a three-Test series. They now compete against England for the Women's Ashes. They have won more World Cups than any other side — winning in 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005 and 2013. The team has also be crowned champions of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament more than any other side – winning in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2020.
In 2003, Women's Cricket Australia (WCA), and the Australian Cricket board (ACB) merged to form a single national cricket board (now known as Cricket Australia), which remains to this day. This merger has been a positive influence on women's cricket, providing more financial support and gathering more exposure for the sport.[11]
History
The team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they lost to England two-nil in a three-Test series. They now compete against England for the Women's Ashes. They have won more World Cups than any other side — winning in 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005 and 2013. The team has also be crowned champions of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament more than any other side – winning in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2020.
In 2003, Women's Cricket Australia (WCA), and the Australian Cricket board (ACB) merged to form a single national cricket board (now known as Cricket Australia), which remains to this day. This merger has been a positive influence on women's cricket, providing more financial support and gathering more exposure for the sport.[11]
Current team
This is a list of players who have contracts with Cricket Australia and/or have recently played for Australia (2019–20)[12]
Key
- S/N – Shirt number
- C – Contracted to Cricket Australia
Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | State | Forms | S/N | C | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||||
Nicole Bolton | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | Western Australia | Test, ODI, T20I | 12 | Yes | |
Meg Lanning | 28 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Victoria | Test, ODI, T20I | 17 | Yes | Captain |
Beth Mooney | 26 | Left-handed | — | Queensland | Test, ODI, T20I | 6 | Yes | |
All-rounders | ||||||||
Nicola Carey | 26 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | New South Wales | ODI, T20I | 16 | Yes | |
Ashleigh Gardner | 23 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | New South Wales | Test, ODI, T20I | 63 | Yes | |
Jess Jonassen | 27 | Left-handed | Left-arm orthodox spin | Queensland | Test, ODI, T20I | 21 | Yes | |
Ellyse Perry | 29 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria | Test, ODI, T20I | 8 | Yes | |
Elyse Villani | 26 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | Victoria | Test, ODI, T20I | 4 | Yes | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||||
Alyssa Healy | 30 | Right-handed | — | New South Wales | Test, ODI, T20I | 77 | Yes | |
Pace Bowlers | ||||||||
Delissa Kimmince | 31 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Queensland | ODI, T20I | 26 | Yes | |
Megan Schutt | 27 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | South Australia | Test, ODI, T20I | 3 | Yes | |
Tayla Vlaeminck | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast | Victoria | Test, ODI, T20I | — | — | |
Rachael Haynes | 33 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | Victoria | Test, ODI, T20I | 7 | Yes | |
Spin Bowlers | ||||||||
Sophie Molineux | 22 | Left-handed | Left-arm off spin | Victoria | Test, ODI, T20I | 23 | Yes | |
Georgia Wareham | 21 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | Victoria | ODI, T20I | 35 | Yes | |
Former players
National captains
Coaching Staff
Position | Name |
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Head Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
Assistant Coach | |
High Performance Coach |
National Selection Panel
Position | Name |
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National Selector | |
Head Coach | |
National Selector | |
National Selector |
Tournament history
World Cup record[13][14] | |||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
Second Place | 2/7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Champions | 1/4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1/5 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Round 1 | 3/8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Champions | 1/11 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Second Place | 2/8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Champions | 1/8 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Super Sixes | 4/8 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Champions | 1/8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Semi Finalist | 3/8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
To be determined | |||||||
Total | 11/11 | 6 Titles | 84 | 70 | 11 | 1 | 2 |
T20 World Cup record[15][16] | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
Semi Finalist | 3/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Champions | 1/8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1/10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Second Place | 2/10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Champions | 1/10 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
To be determined | ||||||||
Total | 7/7 | 5 Titles | 38 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Records and Statistics
International Match Summary — Australia Women[17][18][19]
Last updated 8 March 2020
Playing Record | ||||||
Format | M | W | L | T | NR | Inaugural Match |
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Women's Test | 74 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 44 | 28 December 1934 |
Women's One-Day Internationals | 329 | 258 | 63 | 2 | 6 | 23 June 1973 |
Women's Twenty20 Internationals | 138 | 91 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 2 September 2005 |
Women's Test cricket
- Highest team total: 569/6d. v. England on 6 August 1998 at Woodbridge Road, Guildford.[20]
- Highest individual score: 213*, Ellyse Perry v England on 9 November 2017 at North Sydney Oval, Sydney.[21]
- Best innings bowling: 7/7, Betty Wilson v England on 21 February 1958 at Junction Oval, Melbourne.[22]
Most Test runs for Australia Women [23]
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Most Test wickets for Australia Women [24]
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Highest individual innings in Women's Test[25]
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Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's Test[26]
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Women's Test record versus other nations[17]
Records complete to Women's Test #140. Last updated 21 July 2019.
Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | First match | First win |
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50 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 29 | 28 December 1934 | 15 June 1937 | |
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 January 1977 | 15 January 1977 | |
13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 20 March 1948 | 20 March 1948 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 May 1976 |
Women's ODI cricket
- Highest team total: 412/3 v. Denmark on 16 December 1997 at Middle Income Group Club Ground, Mumbai.[27]
- Highest individual score: 229*, Belinda Clark v. Denmark on 16 December 1997 at Middle Income Group Club Ground, Mumbai.[28]
- Best innings bowling: 7/22, Ellyse Perry v. England on 7 July 2019 at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury.[29]
Most ODI runs for Australia Women [30]
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Most ODI wickets for Australia Women [31]
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Highest individual innings in Women's ODI[32]
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Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI[33]
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WODI record versus other nations[18]
Records complete to WODI #1166. Last updated 9 October 2019.
Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | First match | First win |
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ICC Full members | |||||||
78 | 52 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 28 July 1973 | 1 August 1976 | |
46 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 8 January 1978 | 8 January 1978 | |
15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 June 1987 | 28 June 1987 | |
126 | 93 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 7 July 1973 | 7 July 1973 | |
12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 December 1997 | 14 December 1997 | |
14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 December 1997 | 12 December 1997 | |
11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 December 2000 | 1 December 2000 | |
13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 July 1993 | 24 July 1993 | |
ICC Associate members | |||||||
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 July 1993 | 28 July 1993 | |
International XI | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 July 1973 | 20 June 1982 |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 July 1973 | 11 July 1973 | |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 November 1988 | 29 November 1988 | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 June 1973 | 30 June 1973 |
Young England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 June 1973 | 23 June 1973 |
Women's T20I cricket
- Highest team total: 226/2, v. Sri Lanka on 2 October 2019 at North Sydney Oval, Sydney.[34]
- Highest individual innings: 148*, Alyssa Healy v. Sri Lanka on 2 October 2019 at North Sydney Oval, Sydney.[35]
- Best innings bowling: 5/10, Molly Strano v. New Zealand on 19 February 2017 at Kardinia Park, Geelong.[36]
Most WT20I runs for Australia Women[37]
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Most WT20I wickets for Australia Women[38]
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Highest individual innings in Women's T20I[39]
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Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's T20I[40]
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WT20I record versus other nations[19]
Last updated 8 March 2020.
Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | First match | First win |
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ICC Full members | |||||||
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 February 2020 | 27 February 2020 | |
37 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 2 September 2005 | 2 September 2005 | |
20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 28 October 2008 | 28 October 2008 | |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 March 2014 | 27 March 2014 | |
40 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 18 October 2006 | 19 July 2007 | |
10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 September 2012 | 29 September 2012 | |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 May 2010 | 7 May 2010 | |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 September 2016 | 27 September 2016 | |
13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 June 2009 | 14 June 2009 |
Note: Australia Women won a Super Over against England Women and won a Bowl-out against New Zealand Women. They lost a Super Over against England Women as well.
See also
References
- "ICC Rankings". International Cricket Council.
- "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "Women's Test matches - 2020 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WODI matches - 2020 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "WT20I matches - 2020 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.
- "Cricket Australia rename women's cricket team, drop Southern Stars title". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- Barnsley, Warren (7 June 2017). "Cricket Australia drop Southern Stars title in boost for gender equality". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- West, Keesha. "Mott Named New Southern Stars Coach". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
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- Jolly, Laura. "CA announce 2019-20 women's contract list". www.cricket.com.au. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- "Australian results by year at the Women's Cricket World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- "Australian overall results at the Women's Cricket World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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- "Records / Australia / Women's Test / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- "Records / Australia / Women's One-Day Internationals / Result summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Test / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Test / Highest Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Test / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- "Records / Australia Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Highest totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Australia Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Top Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best Bowling figures". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
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- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Highest Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
- "Records / Australia Women / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Best bowling figures". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
External links
- Photographs from the English Women's Cricket Association tour of Australia, 1934–1935
- Women's Cricket in Australia: news, history, leagues and competitions, results and statistics
- Official Facebook page.