The Australian women's national baseball team, nicknamed the Emeralds, represents

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in international

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tournaments and competitions. The team is controlled by the Australian Baseball Federation, which is represented in the Baseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO). They are the only team in

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to be formally ranked by the

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(IBAF), and are the 3rd ranked women's baseball team in the world. The Emeralds have been in existence since 2001, when the first ever squad was selected from the 2001 National Women’s Championships, held in

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. They compete in the biennial IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup. The team has competed at all eight

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s, most recently finishing seventh in

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. The next major tournament was the 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup.

Roster

2023 World Cup Roster

2020 World Cup Roster

No Roster had been named due to postponement of the World Cup because of the COVID pandemic. The World Cup was originally scheduled for Monterey, Mexico, and then changed to Tijuana, Mexico.

2018 World Cup Roster

2016 World Cup Roster

2014 World Cup Roster

Pitchers * Kim McMillan * Melinda Latimer * Stephanie Gaynor * Brittany Hepburn * Maddison Lenard * Lauren McGrath * Laura Neads * Jacinda Barclay * Georgia Blair * Taylah Welch * Amy Collins Outfield * Amy McCann * Leigh Godfrey * Rachael Higgins Infield * Shae Lillywhite * Christina Kreppold * Natalie Rawlings * Bronwyn Gell * Katie Gaynor Catcher * Tahnee Lovering

2012 World Cup Roster

2010 World Cup Roster

Coaching staff

* Head Coach – Simone Wearne * Assistant Coach – Dean White * Assistant Coach – Narelle Gosstray * Assistant Coach – Luke Hughes * Pitching Coach – Graeme Lloyd * Physio – Joni Ralph-Wilkie * Executive Officer – David Nagy * Technical Analyst – Yasunori Sato

World ranking

In August 2009 the

created a ranking system so that the nations involved in international competition could be compared independently. Teams receive points based on the position they finish at the end of World Cup tournaments. Only results at the previous three tournaments years are used, so points are added and removed over time. Points are also weighted so that more recent tournaments have a greater impact on the rankings. Since the rankings were introduced, two editions have been released, the most recent released after the

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. When the rankings were first introduced, Australia was listed at 4th position; their lowest since the rankings were introduced. Their best position achieved to date is their current position of 3rd. : * – When the rankings were first released, the 2008 World Cup was the most recent tournament completed that had any bearing on the rankings themselves.

Women's World Cup

Of the twelve nations to be represented at the

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Women's Baseball World Cup, Australia is one of five teams to have participated in all four of them. To date its best result was in the most recent tournament held in

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, in which Australia placed 2nd. Previously, the team had finished fourth in each of the tournaments, with medals being shared between

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and

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. At least one Australian has been named to each of the All-Star teams selected at the end of the respective tournaments. *

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: Chelsea Forkin and Katie Gaynor *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

Simone Wearne Simone Wearne (born 5 December 1980 in Melbourne) was a pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, wit ...

, Shae Lillywhite and Amy McCann *

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

: Angela Catford *

: Laura Neads, Christina Kreppold and Kim McMillan *

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

: Tahnee Lovering, Tammy McMillan

References

External links

Emeralds Official Site
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