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Full name | Maitlan Joy Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taree, New South Wales, Australia | 5 June 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | sixstitchdesign | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016/17–2020/21 | Australian Capital Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016/17–2020/21 | Melbourne Renegades (squad no. 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021/22–present | Sydney Sixers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Southern Vipers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Southern Brave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:ESPNcricinfo,18 August 2021 |
Maitlan Joy Brown (born 5 June 1997) is an Australian cricketer. She plays as a right-arm fast bowler [1] and right-handed batter for the New South Wales Breakers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL),and for the Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). [2] [3] [4]
Brown was born on 5 June 1997 in Taree,New South Wales,and grew up in nearby Wingham. [5] [6] She has generated some attention for a skill that has been described as "bizarre",namely her ability to speak and sing with her mouth shut. She has said that she taught herself the skill as a child,while sitting in the car on long road trips with her family. [7] She can also juggle. [8]
In addition to pursuing success on the cricket field,Brown is keen on designing. [9] [10] She is studying industrial design at the University of Canberra, [11] and runs her own business,called Six Stitch Design. [11] [12]
As a youngster,Brown was part of the New South Wales academy and played for various youth teams before being released in 2016. She was then signed by the ACT Meteors on a rookie contract and ended up playing all six matches for the team in the 2016–17 WNCL season. She also joined the Melbourne Renegades for WBBL|02,and produced "several exciting cameos" including 30 off 15 balls against the Sydney Sixers. [13] [14] [15] [16]
In WBBL|03,Brown was the Renegades' second-highest wicket-taker with 15 scalps. [17] She was included in the 2018 Women's National Performance Squad. [18]
She finished as the Renegades' second-highest wicket-taker in WBBL|05 with 16 wickets but was unable to prevent the team losing to the Brisbane Heat in the semi-final. [19] [20]
On 6 November 2020,Brown was ruled out of the remainder of the WBBL|06 season with a hamstring problem which also kept her out of the 2020–21 WNCL season. [21] [22]
On 12 May 2021,it was announced that Brown had moved from the Meteors to the New South Wales Breakers,the state side for which she had played at academy level. [3] [23]
In April 2017,she toured Sri Lanka with the Australia A squad,and in August 2017 she was one of eight players named in Cricket Australia's inaugural Women's National Performance Squad. [13] In April 2019,Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season. [24]
In August 2020,Brown was named in Australia's limited-overs squads for their home series against New Zealand. [25]
In August 2021,Brown was named in Australia's squad for their series against India,which included a one-off day/night Test match as part of the tour. [26] In January 2022,Brown was named in Australia's A squad for their series against England A,with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes. [27]
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