A pint-sized,[4] small framed[5] and technically sound[4] player,Piparo was raised in Bunbury,Western Australia.[4] She attended the WACA's Regional Junior Program and South West Cricket Academy,and represented WA at Under-15 and Under-18 level. She also captained Australia's women's Under-18 team,for which she made a century against Papua New Guinea in September 2013.[6]
In 2011–12,Piparo made her WNCL debut for Western Australia. The following season,2012–13,she scored 154 runs at an average of 25.66. In 2013–14,she performed solidly once again,with an average of 30.8 and a career highest score of 95no against Queensland Fire in Toowoomba.[6][7][8]
Piparo was named in the Scorchers squad for the inaugural 2015–16 WBBL,[9] and played in every Scorchers game that season.[4] In February 2016,she was signed by Worcestershire as their overseas player for that year's English summer.[10] During her fourth game for Worcestershire in June 2016,she scored a match-winning half-century against Essex.[11]
In November 2016,Piparo stood in as skipper of Western Australia,and scored her maiden WNCL century,against Tasmania at the WACA Ground in Perth. However,her efforts were not enough to win the match.[12] Later that season,she played in the Scorchers' WBBL|02 campaign (2016–17).[13]
In August 2018,Piparo was appointed captain of Western Australia for the WNCL 2018–19 season.[14] In November 2018,she was named in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2018–19 WBBL season.[15][16]
Piparo considers Matthew Hayden to be her cricket role model,"... because he was everything I wasn’t! A left handed,big bodied,power hitter (something I can only ever dream of being!)" She also claims to be able to lick her elbow,which,she says,is supposed to be impossible.[8]
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