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| Full name | Amanda-Jade Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1997-05-29)29 May 1997 (age 28) Adelaide,South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armleg break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 173) | 9 November 2017 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 132) | 27 November 2016 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 March 2022 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 46) | 17 February 2017 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 31 March 2018 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012/13–present | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–present | Adelaide Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Southern Vipers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019/20 | Otago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Southern Brave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Barbados Royals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Amanda-Jade Wellington (born 29 May 1997) is an Australiancricketer. She bowls right-armleg spin and plays for theSouth Australian Scorpions in theWomen's National Cricket League (WNCL) and theAdelaide Strikers in theWomen's Big Bash League (WBBL). Making her WNCL debut in 2012 at the age of 15, she is the youngest person to ever represent the state of South Australia in senior cricket. Since 2016 she has representedAustralia in all three forms of international cricket,Tests,ODIs andT20Is.[1]
Inspired by Australian Test cricketerShane Warne, Wellington taught herself to bowlleg spin in her backyard.[2] Wellington began her career playing forPort Adelaide Cricket Club. She rose to prominence in December 2011 when she was the player of the tournament in the national under-15 championships, playing for her home state ofSouth Australia, and the next season she was selected to play for theSouth Australian Scorpions, South Australia's representative women's team. She made her debut for the Scorpions in theWomen's National Cricket League (WNCL) at the age of 15 years and 150 days, becoming the youngest person, male or female, to represent South Australia in a senior match, breaking the record set byClem Hill in the 1892–93 season, more than one hundred years earlier.[3] She proved her worth early in her state career, just a fortnight after her debut, helping South Australia to a win overTasmania.[4] At the end of the 2012–13 season she had played 4 matches in the WNCL and 8 matches in theAustralian Women's Twenty20 Cup with 10 wickets between the two formats.[5][6]
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Wellington continued to play for the Scorpions in the following seasons, and in the 2014–15 season she gained the attention of theCricket Australia Women's National Selection Panel. She was included in Australia's second XI team, the Shooting Stars, for their tour ofSri Lanka, on which they won every match.[7] She was then included in the Shooting Stars' squad for their trip toDubai, where they played matches against theECB Academy.[8]
After consistently strong form for the Scorpions and bowling figures of 3/13 in aWomen's Big Bash League (WBBL) match for theAdelaide Strikers in theinaugural season of the tournament,[9] Wellington was selected to play for theGovernor-General's XI in a tour match againstIndia.[10] Her form continued to improve in the 2016–17 season and she was South Australia's leading run-scorer in grade cricket with 325 runs at anaverage of 81.25,[11] prompting selection in international matches for the first time.
In November 2018, she was named in theAdelaide Strikers' squad for the2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[12][13] In 2021, she was drafted bySouthern Brave for theinaugural season ofThe Hundred.[14]
On 24 November 2021, in the Eliminator match of the2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season, Wellington took the best figures in the history of the WBBL, with five for eight from her four overs.[15] It was her 100th match in the WBBL, and she also took her 100th WBBL wicket in the game.[16]
In April 2022, she was signed by theSouthern Brave for the2022 season ofThe Hundred in England.[17] In December 2022, it was announced that Wellington had signed forNorthern Districts to play in the2022–23 Super Smash.[18][19] In March 2024, it was announced that she had signed forWestern Storm for the upcoming season.[20]
Wellington made herWomen's One Day International cricket (ODI) debutagainst South Africa on 27 November 2016.[21] With her very first ball in international cricket she took the wicket of South African captainMignon du Preez, going on to finish the innings with figures of 1/35.[21][22] She started to become a standout performer duringNew Zealand's tour of Australia. She made herWomen's Twenty20 International cricket (T20I) debut against New Zealand on 17 February 2017,[23] with figures of 3/15 on debut[23][24] and 4/16 in the final match of the series.[25]
Having become a regular member of Australia's national team, Wellington was given her first contract withCricket Australia in April 2017.[26] Wellington was named in both Australia's ODI andTest squads for the2017–18 Women's Ashes.[27] She made herTest debut for Australia againstEngland Women on 9 November 2017 in theWomen's Ashes.[28]
In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[29] In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season byCricket Australia.[30] In April 2019,Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season.[31][32]
In January 2022, Wellington was named in Australia's A squad for theirseries against England A, with the matches being played alongside theWomen's Ashes.[33] Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[34] In May 2022, Wellington was named in Australia's team for thecricket tournament at the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham, England.[35] Wellington has not played international cricket since 2022, which former England spinnerAlex Hartley has attributed to her lack of fitness.[36]
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