Raelee Thompson

Raelee Thompson captained the Australian Women's Cricket team on four occasions. She was born on 3 August 1945 in Shepparton, Victoria and made her Test debut against New Zealand in 1972.[1] A right-handed batswoman and right arm fast-medium bowler, she scored 162 runs in her 16 tests and took 57 wickets at 18.24 with a best of 5 for 33. She played 23 One Day Internationals, scoring 207 runs and taking 24 wickets at 18.66. She played her last Test against England in 1985.

Raelee Thompson
Cricket information
BattingRight-hand bat
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 75)5 February 1972 v New Zealand
Last Test15 January 1985 v England
ODI debut (cap 12)30 June 1973 v Trinidad and Tobago
Last ODI3 February 1985 v England
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODIs
Matches 16 23
Runs scored 162 207
Batting average 11.57 25.87
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 25 50*
Balls bowled 4304 1368
Wickets 57 24
Bowling average 18.24 18.66
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/33 3/16
Catches/stumpings 12/- 6/-
Source: Cricinfo, 17 April 2014

She was awarded life membership of Cricket Victoria in 2018.[2]

References

  1. "cricketinfo - Raelee Thompson".
  2. "CV inducts four new Life Members". Cricket Victoria. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
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