The Australian Capital Territory Women cricket team, also known as the Intravision 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

Manuka Oval Manuka Oval is a sporting venue in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located in Griffith, Australian Capital Territory, Griffith, in the area of that suburb known as Manuka, Australian Capital Territory, Manuka. Manuka Oval has a seating ...

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and they also use

Phillip Oval Phillip Oval, known for sponsorship reasons as EPC Solar Park, is a sporting venue in Canberra, Australia. It is located in Phillip, in the district of Woden Valley. The ground is used for Australian rules football and cricket. The ground was ...

, 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 th ...

(WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunct

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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

and the

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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

, 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

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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). In the 2022–23 WNCL, they split their home matches between Phillip Oval and Manuka Oval.

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 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) *

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(1984) * Glenda Hall (1984) * Frances Leonard (1986) *

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(1987) *

Lynette Cook Lynette Gai Cook (born 4 May 1959) is an Australian former cricketer. Cook played for the ACT women's cricket team between 1982 and 1990. Cook played two One Day Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team The Australi ...

(1987) * Jodie Davis (1988) *

Bronwyn Calver Bronwyn Lianne Calver (born 22 September 1969 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian cricketer who played as an all-rounder for the national team. She participated in two World Cups, in 1993 and in 1997, and was part of the ...

(1991) * Kim Fazackerley (1992) *

Kate Pulford Katherine Louise Pulford (born 27 August 1980) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed. She appeared in 1 Test match, 46 One Day Internationals and 12 Twenty20 Internatio ...

(1999) *

Leanne Davis Leanne Clare Davis is an English former international cricketer notable for being the youngest player, male or female, to represent the national side. In total she played two One Day Internationals for the England women's cricket team. She is cu ...

(2000) *

Nicola Browne Nicola Jane Browne (born 14 September 1983) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 125 One Day Internationals and 54 Twenty20 Intern ...

(2002) *

Sara McGlashan Sara Jade McGlashan (born 28 March 1982) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. She appeared in 2 Test matches, 134 One Day Internationals and 76 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand betwe ...

(2002) *

Kris Britt Kris Lynsey Britt (born 13 April 1984) is an Australian former cricketer. She debuted for the Australian women's cricket team in 2002 in the second test against England in Sydney, becoming the 144th woman to play Test cricket for Australia. S ...

(2003) * Leonie Coleman (2004) *

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(2006) *

Lynsey Askew Lynsey Riann Frances Askew (born 3 September 1986) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in eight One Day Internationals and six Twenty20 Internationals for England between ...

(2006) * Rene Farrell (2007) *

Erin Osborne Erin Alyce Osborne (born 27 June 1989) is an Australian former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator, who appeared in 2 Women's Test cricket, Test matches, 60 Women's One Day International, One Day Internationals and 59 Women's T ...

(2009) *

Dane van Niekerk Dané van Niekerk ( , ; born 14 May 1993) is a South African cricketer born in Pretoria and educated at Hoërskool Centurion. A right-handed Batting (cricket), batter and leg spin, leg break Bowler (cricket), bowler, she played for South Africa ...

(2009) *

Marizanne Kapp Marizanne Kapp ( , ; born 4 January 1990) is a South African international cricketer who plays for South Africa national women's cricket team. She was the first female cricketer to take a hat-trick in a T20 match for South Africa. Career In ...

(2009) *

Sian Ruck Sian Elizabeth Ansley Ruck is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a left-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler. She appeared in 27 Women's One Day International, One Day Internationals and 37 Women's Twenty20 International, ...

(2009) *

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(2010) *

Lea Tahuhu Lea-Marie Maureen Tahuhu (born 23 September 1990) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowler. She made her international debut for the New Zealand women's cricket team in June 2011. Career In December 2017, she was named ...

(2011) *

Georgia Elwiss Georgia Amanda Elwiss (born 31 May 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex, Welsh Fire and England. Career She was raised in Wolverhampton with her brother Luke and is a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batsman. ...

(2011) * Holly Ferling (2013) *

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(2014) * Jannatul Ferdus (2018) * Erin Burns (2019) *

Annie Wikman Annie Sylvia Wikman (born 27 April 2001) is an Australian-Italian cricketer who plays primarily as a right-handed batter for the ACT Meteors in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). She also plays for the Italian women's national team. ...

(2025)

Coaching staff

* Head coach:

Honours

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

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

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, 2011–12) *

(0): **Winners (0): **''Best finish:'' runners-up ( 2013–14) *

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**Winners (0):

References

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History

1978–1995: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

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

Grounds

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Coaching staff

Honours

See also

References