Australia women's national cricket team

Australia

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Southern Stars logo
Nickname(s) Southern Stars
Association Cricket Australia
Personnel
Captain Meg Lanning
Coach Matthew Mott
International Cricket Council
ICC status Full member (1909)
ICC region East Asia-Pacific
Women's Tests
First WTest v  England at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane; 28–31 December 1934
Last WTest v  England at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury; 11–14 August 2015
WTests Played Won/Lost
Total [1] 72 20/10
(42 draws)
This year 0 0/0 (0 draws)
Women's One Day Internationals
First WODI v England Young England at Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth; 23 June 1973
Last WODI v  Sri Lanka at Bristol County Ground, Bristol; 29 June 2017
WODIs Played Won/Lost
Total [2] 302 234/60
(2 ties, 6 no result)
This year [3] 5 4/1
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's World Cup Appearances 11 (first in 1973)
Best result Champions (6 times)
Women's Twenty20 Internationals
First WT20I v  England at County Ground, Taunton; 2 September 2005
Last WT20I v  New Zealand at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide; 22 February 2017
WT20Is Played Won/Lost
Total [4] 98 59/37
(2 ties, 0 no result)
This year [5] 3 1/2
(0 ties, 0 no result)
Women's World Twenty20 Appearances 5 (first in 2009)
Best result Champions (3 times)
As of 1 July 2017

The Australian women's national cricket team (nicknamed the Southern Stars) represent Australia in international women's cricket. The team is currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by former Victoria and Queensland batsman Matthew Mott.[6] As of 20 October 2015, the Southern Stars are ranked first in all forms of women's international cricket.

The team played their first Test match in 1934–35, when they lost to England two-nil in a three-Test series. They now compete against England for the Women's Ashes. They have won more World Cups than any other side — winning in 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005 and 2013. The team has also be crowned champions of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament more than any other side – winning in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

In 2003, Women's Cricket Australia (WCA), and the Australian Cricket board (ACB) merged to form a single national cricket board (now known as Cricket Australia), which remains to this day. This merger has been a positive influence on women's cricket, providing more financial support and gathering more exposure for the sport.[7]

Current international rankings Top 10

The ICC Women's Rankings incorporates results from Tests, ODIs and T20Is into a single ranking system.

ICC Women's Rankings
Rank Team Matches Points Rating
1  Australia 62 7931 128
2  England 55 6853 125
3  New Zealand 65 7655 118
4  India 59 6830 114
5  West Indies 59 6173 105
6  South Africa 78 7244 93
7  Pakistan 63 4617 73
8  Sri Lanka 60 4026 67
9  Bangladesh 30 1254 42
10  Ireland 31 1016 33
Reference: ICC Women's Rankings, ICC Women's Championship, 20 July 2017
"Matches" is the number of matches played in the 12-24 months since the October before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

Tournament history

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 1973 Second Place2/764101
India 1978Champions1/433000
New Zealand 19821/51312010
Australia 198898100
England 1993Round 13/875200
India 1997Champions1/1287001
New Zealand 2000Second Place2/898100
South Africa 2005Champions1/897002
Australia 2009Super Sixes4/874300
India 2013Champions1/876100
Total10/106 Titles7864914
World Twenty20 record
Year Round Position GP W L T NR
England 2009Semi-finals3/842200
West Indies Cricket Board 2010Champions1/855000
Sri Lanka 201254100
Bangladesh 20141/1065100
India 2016Second Place2/1064200
Total5/53 Titles2620600
Healy in her batting kit in the Adelaide Oval nets.

Current team

As of 31 January 2015,[8] the Australian national women's contracted players are:

Former players

National captains

Records

Test cricket

ODI cricket

T20I cricket

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Test matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
  2. ↑ "WODI matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
  3. ↑ "WODI matches - 2017 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
  4. ↑ "WT20I matches - Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
  5. ↑ "WT20I matches - 2017 Team records". ESPNcricinfo.com.
  6. ↑ West, Keesha. "Mott Named New Southern Stars Coach". www.cricket.com.au. cricket.com.au. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Stronach, Megan; Adair, Darryl (8 September 2009). "Sport in Society: Cultures, Commerce, Media, Politics". Brave new world’ or ‘sticky wicket’? Women, management and organizational power in Cricket Australia. 12 (7): 910, 932. doi:10.1080/17430430903053174.
  8. ↑ http://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/cricket/contracted-player-list
  9. ↑ "Australia Women's Test matches – Team highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Australia Women's Test matches – Individual high scores". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 22 November 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Australia Women's Test matches – Best bowling figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Australia Women's Test matches – Best bowling figures in a match". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Australia Women's One-Day Internationals – Team highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Australia Women's One-Day Internationals – Individual high scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "Australia Women's One-Day Internationals – Best bowling figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Australia Women's Twenty20 Internationals – Team highest totals". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Australia Women's Twenty20 Internationals – Individual high scores". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  18. ↑ "Australia Women's Twenty20 Internationals – Best bowling figures in an innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
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