Carly May Leeson (born 9 November 1998) is an Australian
cricket
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er who plays for the
ACT Meteors in the
Women's National Cricket League
The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national domestic 50-over competition for women's cricket in Australia. Featuring seven teams—one from every state, plus the Australian Capital Territory—each season's winner is awarded the ...
(WNCL). An
all-rounder
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, she bats right-handed and bowls right-arm
medium pace
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. She has previously played for
Sydney Sixers
The Sydney Sixers are an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the New ...
,
New South Wales
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and
Melbourne Renegades
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.
Early life
Leeson was born on 9 November 1998 in
Grafton,
New South Wales
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She represented New South Wales at under-15 and under-18 level and was a member of
Australia's
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second-string Shooting Stars squad when they toured
Sri Lanka in 2015.
Club career
In February 2018, Leeson became the first woman to play in a men's
grade cricket
Grade cricket, also known as Premier Cricket is the name of the senior inter-club or district cricket competitions in each of the Australian states and territories. The term may refer to:
*Victorian Premier Cricket
* NSW Premier Cricket
* Queens ...
match for
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club
Randwick Petersham Cricket Club, also known as the Randy Petes, competes in the Sydney Grade Cricket competition in Grades 1 to 5, Poidevin Gray (under-21) and AW Green Shield (under-16). It also fields two sides in the Sydney Metropolitan compe ...
.
Domestic career
Women's Big Bash League
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Leeson joined the Sydney Sixers ahead of the
2016–17 WBBL season. She played one match, against the Melbourne Renegades, and took two wickets for 11 runs from her two overs.
Leeson joined the Melbourne Renegades for the
2019–20 season. Her
2020–21 season was her most successful WBBL as she took 11 wickets and made her T20 high score of 31
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Women's National Cricket League
In the WNCL, Leeson joined the New South Wales Breakers ahead of the
2017–18 season, but did not play a match before joining the
ACT Meteors in 2019.
On 23 January 2020, Leeson made her maiden one-day fifty, scoring 56 off 63 balls in a seven-wicket loss to the Breakers.
References
External links
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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 ...
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1998 births
Living people
People from Grafton, New South Wales
Cricketers from New South Wales
Australian women cricketers
ACT Meteors cricketers
Melbourne Renegades (WBBL) cricketers
New South Wales Breakers cricketers
Sydney Sixers (WBBL) cricketers
Sportswomen from New South Wales