Megan Schutt

Megan Schutt
Personal information
Full name Megan Louise Schutt
Born 15 January 1993
Adelaide, South Australia
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Role Bowler
International information
National side
  • Australia
ODI debut 17 December 2012 v New Zealand women
Last ODI 17 February 2012 v West Indies women
T20I debut 22 January 2013 v New Zealand women
Last T20I 24 January 2013 v New Zealand women
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009– South Australian Scorpions
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LO T20
Matches 9 3 31 43
Runs scored 17 – 106 77
Batting average 4.25 – 6.23 5.50
100s/50s 0/0 –/– 0/0 0/0
Top score 14 – 27 21*
Balls bowled 450 48 1,377 810
Wickets 17 3 32 29
Bowling average 19.05 19.33 32.15 25.41
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a n/a n/a
Best bowling 3/40 2/20 4/22 3/9
Catches/stumpings 7/– 0/– 14/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 17 March 2013

Megan Louise Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Australia national women's cricket team since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions,[1] for whom she debuted in 2009.[2] A right-arm fast-medium bowler, her debut came against New Zealand,[1] a match in which she bowled expensively, conceding 33 runs from five overs.[3] She collected two wickets in her next match, against the same opposition,[4] and was rated by ESPNcricinfo's review of women's cricket in 2012 as a player to watch in the following year.[5] She was selected as part of Australia's squad for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup,[6] something that ESPNcricinfo's Jenny Roesler suggested was due to Australia's lack of bowlers.[5]

During the World Cup, Schutt appeared in all of Australia's seven matches, claiming 15 wickets at an economy of 4.13.[7] She took at least one wicket in each of the matches,[4] and her 15 were the most by any bowler in the tournament.[8] The Daily Telegraph described her rapid rise from playing club cricket to being the leading bowler in the World Cup as "meteoric", but Schutt explained that the humidity in India favoured her swing bowling.[9] Schutt opened the bowling for Australia in the World Cup final against the West Indies, which her side won by 114 runs; she claimed two wickets for the concession of 38 runs in the match.[10] Her best bowling performance for Australia was the three wickets for 40 runs she claimed in the World Cup group match against New Zealand.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Player Profile: Megan Schutt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Women's limited overs Matches played by Megan Schutt (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "3rd Match: Australia Women v New Zealand Women at Sydney, Dec 17, 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Statistics / Statsguru / ML Schutt / Women's One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Roesler, Jenny (5 December 2012). "For love, not money". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "ICC Women's World Cup / Australia Women Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  7. ↑ "ICC Women's World Cup, 2012/13 - Australia Women / Records / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  8. ↑ "ICC Women's World Cup, 2012/13 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  9. ↑ Homfray, Reece (19 February 2013). "Megan Schutt hits heights with Australia taking most World Cup wickets". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  10. ↑ "Final: Australia Women v West Indies Women at Mumbai (BS), Feb 17, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.