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2017–18 Women's Big Bash League Season
The 2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 03 was the third season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament was scheduled from 9 December 2017 to 4 February 2018. The final, held at Adelaide Oval, pitted the Sydney Sixers against the Perth Scorchers for the second season running. Sydney comfortably won the match by nine wickets to claim back-to-back championships. Punctuating an emphatic comeback from retirement, Sixers medium-pace bowler Sarah Coyte managed figures of 4/17 in the decider and was named Player of the Final. Melbourne Renegades captain Amy Satterthwaite was named Player of the Tournament, although her team failed to qualify for the finals. Sixers captain Ellyse Perry was the leading run-scorer of the season, while the leading wicket-taker title was shared between the Sixers' Sarah Aley and the Scorchers' Katherine Brunt. Teams Each squad featured 15 active ... [...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] |
Hayley Jensen (cricketer)
Hayley Nicole Kayla Jensen (born 7 October 1992) is a New Zealand cricketer. She lives in Australia, where she played for the ACT Meteors and in the Women's Big Bash League. In June 2016, Jensen was banned from cricket for six months by Cricket Australia for betting AUD 2 on the first men's Test match between New Zealand and Australia at the Gabba in November 2015. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, after touring Ireland and England in the previous months. In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. She was the leading wicket-taker for New Zealand in the tournament, with seven dismissals in four matches. In February 2022, she was named in New Zealand's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In June 2022, Jensen was named in New Zeala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrup Park
The Great Barrier Reef Arena (also known as the Ray Mitchell Oval and Harrup Park) is an Australian rules football and cricket ground in the city of Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Australian rules football On 19 September 2018, the Gold Coast Suns announced a four-year deal with the Mackay Council to play AFL Women's matches at Harrup Park between 2019-2022. Domestic cricket matches The first recorded match on the ground occurred when Queensland Country XI played against the touring West Indians in 1968, with Rohan Kanhai scoring 206 runs on the 2nd day. In 1978, the ground staged a single World Series Cricket "Country Cavaliers" match. The ground held its first two List A one day matches in 1988, when Queensland played the touring Pakistanis on 3 and 4 December 1988. The first first-class match to be played there came in 1995 when Queensland played against the touring Sri Lankans, with the match ending in a 273 run victory for Queensland, with Michael Kasprowicz taking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Border Field
Allan Border Field is a cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004 using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia. It was formerly known as ''Neumann Oval'' and was home to the Fortitude Valley Diehards rugby league team from 1909 until 1995. The oval was named for Fred "Firpo" Neumann, Valley's club captain (and later president) and Queensland and Australian representative footballer. Queensland Cricket purchased the ground not long after Valley's relocation and named it in honour of former Australian cricket captain Allan Border. The ground is used as a training facility for the Queensland Bulls and more recently the Australian cricket team. The capacity of the ground is 6,300, which is much smaller than the Gabba. It is also used as a home venue for the Queensland Bulls and Cricket Australia XI in Australian domestic cricket. History Rugby League First ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 Brisbane Heat WBBL Season
The 2017–18 Brisbane Heat Women's season was the third in the team's history. Coached by Peter McGiffin and captained by Kirby Short, the Heat finished the regular season of WBBL03 in fifth place and failed to qualify for the finals. For the third year in a row, Beth Mooney won the team's Most Valuable Player award. Squad Each WBBL, 03 squad featured 15 active players, with an allowance of up to five marquee signings including a maximum of three from overseas. Australian marquees were defined as players who made at least ten limited-overs appearances for the national team in the three years prior to the cut-off date (24 April 2017). Personnel changes made ahead of the season included: * Peter McGiffin was appointed head coach of the Heat, replacing Andy Richards. * India marquee Smriti Mandhana did not return to the Heat after sustaining a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament during WBBL, 02. * Grace Harris returned to the Heat, having spent one season at the Melbourne Ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Devine
Sophie Frances Monique Devine (born 1 September 1989) is a New Zealand sportswoman, who has represented New Zealand in both cricket for the New Zealand national women's cricket team (''White Ferns''), and in field hockey as a member of the New Zealand women's national field hockey team (''Black Sticks Women''). She has since focused on cricket. She is known for not wearing a helmet when batting, a rarity in 21st century cricket. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. In October 2018, she was named in New Zealand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. Ahead of the tournament, she was named as the star of the team. In July 2020, Devine was appointed as the captain of the New Zealand women's cricket team on a full-time basis, taking over from A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamsin Beaumont
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont (born 11 March 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze, Welsh Fire, Sydney Thunder and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously played for Surrey Stars, Adelaide Strikers, Southern Vipers, Melbourne Renegades and London Spirit. Beaumont was part of England's winning 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup team, and was the leading run-scorer in the tournament. She was subsequently named player of the tournament, and awarded an MBE in recognition of her achievements. In 2019, she was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Early life and education Beaumont was born in Dover, Kent. She began playing cricket in nearby Sandwich, where she also attended Sir Roger Manwood's School. When she was eight years old, her mother, Julie, secured her very first selection in a cricket team. Beaumont's brother, Michael, was captain of an Under-11 side coached by her father, Kevin, a research ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda-Jade Wellington
Amanda-Jade Wellington (born 29 May 1997) is an Australian cricketer. She bowls right-arm leg spin and plays for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Making her WNCL debut in 2012 at the age of 15, she is the youngest person to ever represent the state of South Australia in senior cricket. Since 2016 she has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket, Tests, ODIs and T20Is. Career Youth and domestic career Inspired by Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne, Wellington taught herself to bowl leg spin in her backyard. Wellington began her career playing for Port Adelaide Cricket Club. She rose to prominence in December 2011 when she was the player of the tournament in the national under-15 championships, playing for her home state of South Australia, and the next season she was selected to play for the South Australian Scorpions, South Australia's represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahlia McGrath
Tahlia May McGrath (born 10 November 1995) is an Australian cricketer. She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut against South Africa on 27 November 2016. She made her women's Test debut in The Women's Ashes in November 2017. Career After missing out on Australia's squad for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, McGrath was recalled to the team when she was named in Australia's squad for the Women's Ashes. She was named in both the WODI squad and the Test squad. On 26 October 2017, she took her first international wicket in the second WODI match against England. She made her Test debut for Australia Women against England Women on 9 November 2017 in The Women's Ashes. In November 2018, she was named in the Adelaide Strikers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season. In April 2020, Cricket Australia awarded McGrath wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Schutt
Megan Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the national team as a medium-fast bowler since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions, for whom she debuted in 2009, and, since 2015, the Adelaide Strikers. She was the first cricketer to take a hat-trick for Australia in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match. Early life and education Schutt was born in Adelaide, into what she has praised as a "loving family", headed by her parents Brian and Sue. According to Schutt, "I'm 99 per cent my dad; I have my mum's eyes, but that's about it," and, "I thank y dadfor all my sporting-ness." However, he denies having been any good at sport. Together with her older sister Natalie, with whom she shared a bedroom, and her younger brother Warren, Schutt was raised in a modest home in Hackham West, an outer southern suburb of Adelaide. She attended Hackham West Primary School, then Wirreanda Secondary School, and although s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Bates
Suzannah Wilson Bates (born 16 September 1987) is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born at Dunedin, she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks, as well as playing for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2015. Basketball Bates represented New Zealand in Women's basketball during the 2008 Summer Olympics. Suzie played professional basketball for the :fr:Christchurch Sirens in the Australian Women's National Basketball League (WNBL), starting 24 games between 2007 and 2008, before moving to the Otago Gold Rush in 2009 and the Logan Thunder (WNBL) in 2009/10. Bates joined the Otago Nuggets as an assistant coach for the 2021 New Zealand NBL season. Cricket On 8 June 2018, she scored her tenth century in WODIs, with 151 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea McCauley
Andrea McCauley (born 23 September 1965) is an Australian former cricketer and cricket coach. She appeared in one Test match and one One Day International for Australia in 1990, both against New Zealand. She played domestic cricket for South Australia, and was head coach of the side between 2014–15 and 2018–19. Cricket career An outstanding all-rounder at State and Australian level from mid 1980s until 2000, McCauley captained South Australia in its most successful era to date where SA won three Women's National Cricket League titles during the mid-1990s. McCauley also represented Australia in Indoor Cricket and was named joint player of the Australian Indoor-Cricket Federation's National Master's Championship series in 1998. McCauley represented Olympics, Sturt and West Torrens during her extensive 20 year plus A grade career. McCauley coached the SA Under 18 women's team, and was South Australian Scorpions assistant coach from 2007 until appointed Head Coach for 2013/14 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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