Sasha Kate Moloney (born 14 June 1992) is an Australian

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er who plays as a right-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler for

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and

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. From May to August 2015, she played for

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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 The Hobart Hurricanes are an Australian professional men's T20 franchise cricket team based in Tasmania, Australia. They compete in Australia's domestic T20 cricket competition known as the Big Bash League, which is a league where many in ...

' squad where she was also named captain for the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moloney, Sasha 1992 births Australian women cricketers Cricketers from Tasmania Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL) cricketers Melbourne Stars (WBBL) cricketers Living people People from Longford, Tasmania Tasmanian Tigers (women's cricket) cricketers Sportswomen from Tasmania