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2019–20 Women's National Cricket League Season
The 2019–20 Women's National Cricket League season was the 24th season of the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the women's domestic limited overs cricket competition in Australia. Under an expanded schedule, each of the seven teams played eight round robin games, up from the six played by all teams in each of the previous nine seasons. The tournament started on 22 September 2019 and finished on 16 February 2020. Defending champions New South Wales Breakers topped the ladder and met Western Australia in the final, where the latter won by 42 runs to secure their first WNCL title. Ladder Fixtures Round 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Round 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Round 3 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Round 4 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Final ---- ---- Statistics Highest totals Most runs Most wickets References Notes Bibliography * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, limited by guarantee. Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Men's, the Women's and Youth sides. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test tours and one day internationals with other nations, and scheduling the home international fixtures. Background Cricket Australia is an administrative organisation responsible for cricket in Australia. Cricket Australia has six member organisations that represent each of the Australian states. These organisations are: * New South Wales – Cricket NSW * Queensland – Queensland Cricket * South Australia – South Australian Cricket Association * Tasmania – Cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide, South Australia
Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Native title in Australia#Traditional owner, Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the Adelaide Hills, foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Betts
Samantha Marie Betts (born 6 February 1996) is an Australian cricketer who plays for South Australia. A native of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Betts won selection on the Scorpions' rookie list as a 17-year old schoolgirl for the 2012–13 season, after being spotted by former Australian international player Shelley Nitschke. She had previously done "a fair bit of training and stuff with the guys at the West Broken Hill Cricket Club", and had played in a women's competition in Adelaide. As a Scorpions rookie, Betts continued to live and attend school in Broken Hill, while travelling to Adelaide once each week to train with the Scorpions. After making her Scorpions debut during the 2012–13 season, Betts steadily improved to become a mainstay bowler in the Scorpions squad, providing support for the team's strike bowler Megan Schutt. She also worked heavily on her batting. In the 2015–16 Women's National Cricket League competition, her best Scorpions bowling performance was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Yates
Amy Beach Yates (born 30 September 1998) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed batter. She last played for the ACT Meteors in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). Yates originally signed for Melbourne Renegades ahead of the 2016–17 WBBL season, but she played just one match and was not retained. She returned to the Renegades for the 2020–21 WBBL season. Yates joined the ACT Meteors in 2019. In just her second WNCL game she took six wickets for 33 runs against the South Australian Scorpions, which were the best bowling figures in Meteors history. References External links * *Amy Yatesat Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Crick ... 1998 births Living people Place of birth missing (l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Harris
Grace Margaret Harris (born 18 September 1993) is an Australian cricketer who made her international debut for the Australia women's cricket team in August 2015. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She plays for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Harris's older sister is fellow Brisbane Heat cricketer Laura Harris. Career In June 2015, she was named as replacement for Delissa Kimmince in the T20I squad who was unable to recover from a lower back issue and made her T20I debut against the Ireland Women as the part of Australian women's cricket team in England and Ireland in 2015. In December 2015, she made 103 runs from 55 balls, and also took four wickets, for Brisbane Heat against Sydney Sixers, thus drawing much early attention to the first season of the WBBL. In January 2016, she was named in national squad for WODI and T20I against India Women. Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Prestwidge
Georgia Kate Prestwidge (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Prestwidge is the daughter of former Queensland Bulls all rounder Scott Prestwidge and the sister of current Melbourne Renegades bowler Jack Prestwidge. She made her debut for the Fire in October 2014, but did not bat or bowl in that match. At the end of the 2015–16 season, she was named the Queensland Fire Youth Player of the Year. On 13 October 2016, Prestwidge was reported for having a suspected illegal bowling action during a WNCL match against Tasmania at Allan Border Field. On 12 November 2016, Cricket Australia announced that an analysis undertaken on 28 October 2016 by the Biomechanics Department at the Bupa National Cricket Centre had found Prestwidge's bowling action to be illegal, and that she had ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooke Hepburn
Brooke Louise Hepburn (born 19 April 1990) is an Australian former cricketer who played for Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket), Tasmanian Tigers and Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL), Hobart Hurricanes. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston, Hepburn did not begin playing cricket until she was 19 years old. Just one year later, the Tasmanian Roar gave her a Rookie contract for the 2010–11 season. She has said that "Although I missed out on playing underage cricket for Tassie, I got plenty of competitive bowling practice in the backyard against my older (and very competitive!) sister!" From May to August 2015, Hepburn played in Ireland for Scorchers (women's cricket), Scorchers in the Women's Super Series, Women's Super 3s, a competition involving both 50 over and T20 matches. At the start of the 2016–17 season, Hepburn was appointed vice-captain of Tasmanian Roar. According to Roar coach Julia Price, "Brooke's elevation to vice-captain comes from her 'lead by example' approach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Maloney
Sasha Kate Moloney (born 14 June 1992) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler for Tasmanian Tigers and Melbourne Stars. From May to August 2015, she played for Typhoons in Ireland's inaugural Women's Super 3s, a competition involving both 50 over and T20 matches. She has also played cricket in the Netherlands. Moloney was a part of the Hurricanes squad for its inaugural WBBL01 season (2015–16). She remained in the squad for the WBBL02 season (2016–17). Moloney's career has been marred by knee injuries. She missed the entire 2013–14 season due to a knee reconstruction, and suffered another knee injury during a WBBL match in December 2016. In November 2018, she was named in the Hobart Hurricanes' squad where she was also named captain for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. References External links * *Sasha Moloneyat Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA), formerly known as the Australian C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Harris (cricketer)
Laura May Harris (born 18 August 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Career She made her Queensland debut in the 2016–17 WNCL. She has played for Brisbane Heat since the inception of the WBBL in 2015 and hit the winning runs in their title wins in both 2018–19 and 2019–20. In 2021, she was drafted by Northern Superchargers for the inaugural season of The Hundred. She played for them in six games and scored 61 runs in total. Personal life Harris's younger sister is fellow Brisbane Heat cricketer Grace Harris. In November 2019, she proposed to her Brisbane Heat teammate Delissa Kimmince, after dating for four years. They married in Marburg, Queensland in August 2020. Harris has worked as a nurse when not playing cricket. References External links * *Laura Kimminceat Cricket Australia Cricket Australia (CA), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corinne Hall
Corinne Louise Hall (born 12 October 1987) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and occasional right-arm off break bowler for Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She has previously played for New South Wales, Tasmanian Tigers and Hobart Hurricanes, as well as for English county sides Berkshire and Devon, and the New Zealand team Canterbury Magicians. Originally from Newcastle in the Hunter region of New South Wales, Hall was inspired as a young cricketer by Mark Waugh and Hunter area players Belinda Clark, Leah Poulton and Sarah Andrews. At the end of the 2004–05 season, she won the Cricket NSW female Rising Star award. However, NSW had such a strong women's cricket team that there was not a lot of opportunity for her in that state. In 2009, Hall was recruited by Cricket Tasmania to play for Tasmania, as that team began its first season in the Women's National Cricket League. After joining the Tasmania, she became a top ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Vakarewa
Belinda Waimakare Vakarewa (born 22 January 1998) is an Australian cricketer from Griffith, New South Wales. She plays as a fast bowler for the Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League. Vakarewa has also made one international appearance for the national women's team. Early life Vakarewa attended Eagle Vale High School. She played local cricket for several clubs in western Sydney, including Campbelltown-Camden in grade cricket as well as Campbelltown City and Magpies Cricket Club at junior level. Her introduction to the sport occurred at the age of ten after participating in a "come and try" day with her brother while in primary school. Vakarewa is from "a very traditional Fijian family" and played her father's choice of sport, rugby, throughout her childhood. Domestic career Vakarewa joined the Sydney Thunder ahead of its inaugural season and went on to play in the WBBL01 championship final, which the team won by three wickets. She was also added to New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeline Penna
Madeline Penna (born 30 August 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for South Australia in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). An all-rounder, she bowls right-arm leg spin and bats right-handed. Early life Penna was born on 30 August 2000. When she was nine, she was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans, which is effectively loose bone under her kneecap. Cricket career Penna made her WNCL debut for the ACT Meteors on 22 September 2019 against Victoria. She scored 14 runs and took one wicket for 24 from seven overs. Two days before the beginning of the 2019–20 WBBL, Penna had not been selected for any of the teams, but due to an injury to Alana King, the Melbourne Stars offered her a position in their squad. She went wicketless on debut but took four for 20 in her second match, against Sydney Thunder. Penna joined the Adelaide Strikers for the 2020–21 WBBL. In the final week of the tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
