Emma Sampson

Emma Margaret Sampson (born 29 July 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian cricketer who has played one Test and 31 ODI cricket matches for Australia national women's cricket team.She is married to Hannah Sampson [1] Predominantly a bowler, she is considered one of the fastest in the women's game, bowling at about 118 kilometres per hour (73 mph).[2]

Emma Sampson

Personal information
Full name	Emma Margaret Sampson
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 154)	15 February 2008 v England
ODI debut (cap 108)	21 February 2007 v New Zealand
Last ODI	7 July 2011 v England
T20I debut	19 July 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I	15 February 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02-2008/09	South Australian Scorpions
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI LA WNCL Matches 1 30 98 62 Runs scored 0 27 428 304 Batting average 0 9.00 9.95 8.94 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 0* 9* 44 26 Balls bowled 267 1500 4530 2730 Wickets 3 39 106 58 Bowling average 21.00 24.02 25.84 27.91 5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/93 5/30 5/30 4/27 Catches/stumpings 0/- 8/– 26/– 15/–
Source: CricInfo, 5 July 2014

Sampson played 98 domestic limited overs matches, including 62 Women's National Cricket League matches for the South Australian Scorpions.[3]

After playing 31 ODIs, a Test and five Twenty20 Internationals she announced her retirement from cricket, at the age of 23, after the 2009 World Cup.[4] Her best analysis was 5 for 30 against New Zealand in 2008.

Sampson was the 154th woman to play Test cricket for Australia,[5] and the 108th woman to play One Day International cricket for Australia.[5][6]

References

1. "Emma Sampson – Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
2. Roesler, Jenny (6 March 2009). "The might of Sampson". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
3. "Emma Sampson – CricketArchive". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
4. Roesler, Jenny (22 March 2009). "Sampson retires from cricket at 23". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
5. "Emma Sampson (Player #178)". southernstars.org.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 17 March 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
6. "Women's One-Day Internationals – Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2014.