__NOTOC__ Julia Clare Price (born 11 January 1972) is a former

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er for the

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. She made her first-class debut in 1995 for Queensland Women and her

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debut against

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in February 1996. Her last Test was against

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in 2005. A right-handed

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she has scored 114 runs at Test level with her best

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an outstanding unbeaten 80 against England. A specialist

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, she has taken 20 catches and completed two stumpings in Tests. Nine of her Tests have been in Ashes games against England, her other Test opponent being New Zealand. She has played 84

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for her country, scoring 365 runs at an average of 15.86 with her top score of 38 coming against the

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Women's team. She has also bowled one over in ODIs, without success. She was a member of the Australian teams which won the

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in 1997, beating New Zealand, and 2005, beating the

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team. She was a losing finalist in 2000 when New Zealand took the crown. With the emergence of Jodie Purves as a young wicket keeper for

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, Julia Price played as a specialist middle order batsman for her state. In 89 matches in the

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she has scored 1,812 runs, with a best of 112* against Western Australia Women, at an average of 23.84. She has scored eight other fifties and taken 78 catches and completed 23 stumpings. In March 2019, she was appointed as the head coach of the United States women's cricket team.

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at southernstars.org.au 1972 births Living people Australia women Test cricketers Australia women One Day International cricketers Cricketers from Sydney Australian cricket coaches Queensland Fire cricketers Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket) cricketers Wicket-keepers Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub

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