Nicola Jane Carey (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian
cricket
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er
who plays for the
national cricket team as an
all-rounder
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, batting left-handed and bowling right-arm
medium pace
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. At the domestic level, she plays in the
Women's National Cricket League
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for
Tasmania
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and in the
Women's Big Bash League
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for the
Hobart Hurricanes
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. Until 2019, she played in those two competitions for the
New South Wales Breakers
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and the
Sydney Thunder
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, respectively.
Career
Carey was a member of the victorious
Southern Stars squad that won the
2012 ICC World Twenty20
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October 2012 which was won by the West Indies. The schedule has been pos ...
title in
Sri Lanka
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. Carey was part of two
ICC World Twenty20
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in
2012
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and in
2016
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.
She made her
Women's One Day International cricket
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(WODI) debut for Australia Women against
India Women on 12 March 2018.
Although she bowled well, and was praised by the team's coach,
Matthew Mott
Matthew Peter Mott (born 3 October 1973) is an Australian cricket coach and a former first-class cricketer. He is the former coach of the Australian Women's Cricket Team. He currently coaches the England men's white-ball cricket team.
Playing c ...
, as having had "a fabulous debut", she did not take any wickets in her 10 overs, and was not required to bat. Her teammate
Alyssa Healy
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commented that "... it was probably one of the most unlucky debuts I’ve ever seen.”
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She made her
Women's Twenty20 International cricket
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(WT20I) debut for Australia Women against
England Women
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on 23 March 2018 in the
2017–18 India women's Tri-Nation Series
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.
In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by
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 ...
.
In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20
The 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 was the sixth edition of the ICC Women's World Twenty20, hosted in the West Indies from 9 to 24 November 2018. It the second World Twenty20 hosted by the West Indies (after the 2010 edition), and the West Ind ...
tournament in the West Indies.
In November 2018, she was named in
Sydney Thunder
The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wale ...
's squad for the
2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season
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. In April 2019,
Cricket Australia
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awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season. In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their
tour to England to contest the
Women's Ashes
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. In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the
2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
The 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup was the seventh ICC Women's T20 World Cup tournament. It was held in Australia between 21 February and 8 March 2020. The final took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on International Women's Day. Hosts Aus ...
in Australia.
In August 2021, Carey was named in Australia's squad for their series
against India, which included a one-off
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as part of the tour. In January 2022, Carey was named in Australia's squad for their
series against England to contest the
Women's Ashes
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. Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the
2022 Women's Cricket World Cup
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in New Zealand. In May 2022, Carey was named in Australia's team for the
cricket tournament at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
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in
Birmingham
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, England.
References
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1993 births
Australia women One Day International cricketers
Australia women Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Sydney
Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) cricketers
Living people
New South Wales Breakers cricketers
Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers
Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket) cricketers
Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in cricket
20th-century Australian women
21st-century Australian women
Welsh Fire cricketers