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Full name | Leonie Anne Coleman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Tamworth, New South Wales | 5 February 1979|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only Test(cap 151) | 15 February 2008 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 99) | 11 February 2004 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 March 2009 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 20) | 1 February 2008 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 6 March 2008 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995/96–2008/09 | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009/10–2010/11 | ACT Meteors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,7 August 2025 |
Leonie Anne Coleman (born 5 February 1979) is a retired Australian cricketer. [1] A wicket-keeper,Coleman played in one Test match and 24 One Day Internationals for the Australian national women's cricket team. [2] Coleman is the 151st woman to play Test cricket for Australia. [3]
After making her international debut against New Zealand in 2004, [4] she suffered an injury which kept her out of the international side for several years. [2] She earned a recall to the national side just before the 2007–08 Ashes series,when first choice wicket-keeper Jodie Fields (then Jodie Purves) broke her thumb in a club match. [5] However,Coleman retired from international cricket following the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup,after Fields was preferred as wicket-keeper throughout the tournament. [6] Coleman is the 99th woman to play One Day International cricket for Australia. [7]
Coleman played domestic cricket for the New South Wales Breakers from 1996 to 2009,then played for the ACT Meteors from 2009 to 2011. [8]