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Full name | Emma Elizabeth Thompson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Baulkham Hills, New South Wales, Australia | 2 December 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2009/10–2022/23 | Tasmania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–2018/19 | Hobart Hurricanes (squad no. 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020/21 | Hobart Hurricanes (squad no. 74) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,21 March 2021 |
Emma Elizabeth Thompson (born 2 December 1990) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional right-arm medium bowler for the Tasmanian Tigers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). [1] [2] Originally from Sydney,Thompson played for several years in the New South Wales U17 ("Under 17") and U19 squads. [3] She then sought further opportunities in Tasmania,where she became a key player for Tasmania. [4]
Thompson was included in the Hobart Hurricanes squad for its inaugural WBBL|01 season (2015–16), [5] and was again selected for the WBBL|02 season (2016–17). [6] She is not one of the big guns in the WBBL,and sometimes plays essentially as a specialist fielder,a role she accepts without rancour. [7] In November 2018,she was named in the Hobart Hurricanes' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. [8] [9]
Off the field,Thompson works as a physiotherapist. [3]