Karen Louise Rolton is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the national women's team. A left-handed batter,she has scored the most runs for her country in women's Test cricket.
Belinda Jane Clark is an Australian former cricketer and sports administrator. A right-handed batter,she served as the captain of the national women's team for eleven years and was a member of triumphant World Cup campaigns in 1997 and 2005. The first player to record a double century in the One Day International (ODI) format of the game,Clark has scored the most runs and captained the most matches of any Australian woman in ODIs. She has also achieved emphatic success domestically,winning five championships with New South Wales and two with Victoria while playing in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Alyssa Healy and coached by Shelley Nitschke,they are the top team in all world rankings assigned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the women's game.
Deborah Ann Hockley is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of New Zealand Cricket.
Arran Brindle is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches,88 One Day Internationals and 35 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1999 and 2014. She played county cricket for Lancashire and Sussex,and played in the Women's Cricket Super League for the Southern Vipers.
Enid Bakewell played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979,and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler,on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced. In Tests she scored 1,078 runs at an average of 59.88,with 4 centuries,as well as taking 50 wickets at an average of 16.62. In what proved to be her final Test,she scored 68 and 112* and took 10 for 75 against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1979. Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.
Aimee Louise Watkins is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder.
Suzannah Wilson Bates is a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of national women cricket team. Born at Dunedin,she plays domestic cricket for the Otago Sparks,as well as playing for the White Ferns. She currently holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She won the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013. Bates again won ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year 2016.
Amy Ella Satterthwaite is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder,batting left-handed and bowling either right-arm medium or off break. She appeared in 145 One Day Internationals and 111 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2007 and 2022. She played domestic cricket for Canterbury,Tasmania,Hobart Hurricanes,Melbourne Renegades,Lancashire Thunder,Lancashire and Manchester Originals.
Jill Kennare is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 12 Test matches and 19 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1979 and 1987,including captaining the side on their 1984 tour of India. She played domestic cricket for South Australia.
Rachael Louise Haynes is an Australian former international cricketer who has won six world championships as a member of the national women's team. A left-handed batter,Haynes was vice-captain of Australia from 2017 to 2022. Domestically,she achieved prolonged success in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL),winning seven titles with New South Wales and two with the Sydney Thunder.
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent,The Blaze,Welsh Fire,Melbourne Renegades and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously played for Surrey Stars,Adelaide Strikers,Southern Vipers,Sydney Thunder and London Spirit.
Denise Audrey Annetts is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 43 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1985 and 1993. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales.
Meghann Moira Lanning is an former Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns,winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and five ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. She holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs.
Sarah Jane Cady is an Australian cricketer from Camden,New South Wales. A right-arm medium fast bowler,Coyte has taken a total of 100 wickets for the national women's team across Tests,ODIs and T20Is. She currently plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).
Nicole Elizabeth Bolton is an Australian former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler for Australia and a number of domestic teams in Australia,New Zealand and England.
Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt is an English cricketer who represents England in all formats. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. The "Natmeg" shot is named after Sciver,from when she has hit a cricket ball through her legs during a game.
The 2020–21 Perth Scorchers Women's season was the sixth in the team's history. Coached by Shelley Nitschke and captained by Sophie Devine,the Scorchers played the entirety of WBBL|06 in a bio-secure Sydney hub due to the COVID-19 pandemic and,for the second year in a row,were eliminated in the semi-finals. In her first season with the Scorchers,Devine was named the league-wide Player of the Tournament,earning the same award that she won in WBBL|05 while playing for the Adelaide Strikers.
