Tasmanian Roar

Tasmanian Roar
Captain: Australia Veronica Pyke
Coach: Australia Jade Selby
Founded: 2009
Home ground: Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Capacity: 16000
Official website: Official Site

The Tasmanian Roar are the women's representative cricket team for the Australian state of Tasmania and they compete in the Women's National Cricket League Twenty20 tournament. For the 2009-10 season, the Tasmanian Roar have a naming rights sponsorship deal with local Tasmanian bakery chain Cripps Nubake. Tasmania was the last Australian state to enter a team in the national women's competition, debuting in the inaugural 2009-10 Twenty20 season.[1] The development of a representative side for Tasmania has been seen as an excellent progression of the women's game in the state, where until the Roar were founded, talented women cricketers had to travel inter-state to participate in competitive cricket.[2]

The Tasmanian Roar played their first ever match against the ACT Meteors at Manuka Oval in Canberra on 23 October 2009.[3] After losses in their first three matches of the season, the Tasmanian Roar achieved their first ever match win, by beating the South Australian Scorpions by 6 wickets with one ball to spare on 6 December 2009.[4] The Roar finished with a season record of 1-5.

In season 2010-2011 The Tasmanian Roar made their debut in the WNCL one day competition, making them fully fledged members.

Current squad

Name Age Batting Style Bowling Style Nationality Shirt Notes
Veronica Pyke (C) -RHBLM Australia TAS 4
Erin Burns 22RHBRMF Australia NSW 29
Linsey Da Costa 23RHBRAOS South Africa RSA 1
Jo Blacklow 17RHBWKT Australia TAS Yet To Debut
Katelyn Fryett 17RHBRF Australia TAS 9
Lucy Hamilton 20RHBRAOS Australia TAS 11
Lauren Hepburn 22RHBLM Australia TAS -
Kylie Jones 20RHBWKT South Africa RSA 19
Brooke Hepburn 20RHBRAM Australia TAS -
Lauren Onojaife 18RHBRAM England ENG -
Belinda Page 30RHBLM Australia TAS 2
Julia Price 41RHB- Australia QLD 5
Carly Ryan 23RHB- Australia NSW 17
Hannah Short 17RHB- Australia TAS 14
Amanda Silva 22RHBRAM Australia TAS -
Emma Humphries 17RHBRALS Australia TAS Yet to Debut
Emma Thompson 20RHBRM Australia NSW 74
Katie Hartshorn 17RHBLAOS Australia TAS -
Sasha Moloney 20RHBRM Australia TAS 99

Honours

Individual Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2009/10/20/104505_cricket.html
  2. ↑ http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=28158
  3. ↑ http://www.southernstars.org.au/wnclstart.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.cricinfo.com/ausdomestic-09/engine/match/417758.html

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