The Australian Capital Territory Women cricket team, also known as the Abode Hotels ACT Meteors, is the women's representative

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team for the

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. They play most of their home games at

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, Canberra and they also use

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, Canberra. They compete 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), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunct Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and

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History

1978–1995: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

Australian Capital Territory's first recorded match was against

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in the

on 27 to 28 December 1978, which they won on first innings. With the exception of 1980–81, they subsequently competed in every Australian Women's Cricket Championships up to and including its penultimate season in 1994–95. Their best finish came in 1992–93, when they drew the third-place playoff with

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but secured third place based on first innings score.

2009–present: Twenty20 Cup and Women's National Cricket League

Australian Capital Territory joined the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and the WNCL in 2009–10, finishing a respectable third in both competitions. Australian Capital Territory finished fourth in the 2013–14 Twenty20 Cup and qualified for the semi-finals, where they met

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. Australian Capital Territory won the match by 12 runs thanks to six wickets from Rhiannon Dick. However, they lost the final to Queensland by seven wickets after scoring only 107 batting first.

Grounds

Prior to joining the WNCL, Australian Capital Territory played their home games at a number of grounds in Canberra, including Kingston Oval, Reid Oval,

, Stirling Oval, Kaleen Oval, Boomanulla Oval, O'Connor Oval, Deakin West Ground and St Edmund's College Oval. After joining the WNCL in 2009–10, Australian Capital Territory used Manuka Oval for all of their home matches until 2012. In 2012 and 2013 they played home matches at Freebody Oval in

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, Chisholm Oval in Canberra and Robertson Oval in

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. Since 2014 they have resumed playing at the Manuka Oval for the majority of their matches. They have also started to use

, Canberra, playing their first match there against

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on 28 January 2020. They played their five 2020–21 WNCL home games and their six 2021–22 WNCL home games at Phillip Oval (now also known as EPC Solar Park).

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2022/23 season. Players in bold have international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for Australian Capital Territory and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Christina Matthews (1984) * Lyn Larsen (1984) *

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(1984) *

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(1986) * Cathy Smith (1987) * Lynette Cook (1987) *

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(1988) *

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(1991) * Kim Fazackerley (1992) * Kate Pulford (1999) *

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(2000) * Nicola Browne (2002) * Sara McGlashan (2002) * Kris Britt (2003) * Leonie Coleman (2004) * Jodie Fields (2006) * Lynsey Askew (2006) * Rene Farrell (2007) * Erin Osborne (2009) * Dane van Niekerk (2009) * Marizanne Kapp (2009) * Sian Ruck (2009) * Sarah Coyte (2010) * Lea Tahuhu (2011) * Georgia Elwiss (2011) * Holly Ferling (2013) *

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(2014) * Erin Burns (2019)

Coaching staff

* Head coach:

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Honours

: **Winners (0): **''Best finish:'' 3rd (1991–92, 1992–93) *

: **Winners (0): **''Best finish:'' 3rd ( 2009–10,

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, 2011–12) * Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup (0): **Winners (0): **''Best finish:'' runners-up ( 2013–14)

References

{{Canberra Sports Teams Australian women's cricket teams Met Sporting clubs in Canberra