Australia women's national baseball team
Information
Country	Australia
Federation	Australian Baseball Federation
Confederation	Baseball Confederation of Oceania
Manager	Jason Pospishil
WBSC ranking
Current	11 (31 December 2024)[1]
Women's World Cup
Appearances	9 (first in2004)
Best result	2nd (1 time, in2010)

TheAustralian women's national baseball team, nicknamed theEmeralds,^[2] representsAustralia in internationalwomen's baseball tournaments and competitions. The team is controlled by theAustralian Baseball Federation,^[3] which is represented in theBaseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO). They are the only team inOceania to be formally ranked by theInternational Baseball Federation (IBAF), and are the 3rd ranked women's baseball team in the world.^[4][5] The Emeralds have been in existence since 2001, when the first ever squad was selected from the 2001 National Women’s Championships, held inSydney.^[6] They compete in the biennial IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup.

The team has competed at all eightWomen's Baseball World Cups, most recently finishing seventh in2018. The next major tournament was the 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup.

No Roster had been named due to postponement of the World Cup because of the COVID pandemic. The World Cup was originally scheduled for Monterey, Mexico, and then changed to Tijuana, Mexico.

Pitchers

• Kim McMillan
• Melinda Latimer
• Stephanie Gaynor
• Brittany Hepburn
• Maddison Lenard
• Lauren McGrath
• Laura Neads
• Jacinda Barclay
• Georgia Blair
• Taylah Welch
• Amy Collins

Outfield

• Amy McCann
• Leigh Godfrey
• Rachael Higgins

Infield

• Shae Lillywhite
• Christina Kreppold
• Natalie Rawlings
• Bronwyn Gell
• Katie Gaynor

Catcher

• Tahnee Lovering

^[7]

• Head Coach – Simone Wearne
• Assistant Coach – Dean White
• Assistant Coach – Narelle Gosstray
• Assistant Coach – Luke Hughes
• Pitching Coach – Graeme Lloyd
• Physio – Joni Ralph-Wilkie
• Executive Officer – David Nagy
• Technical Analyst – Yasunori Sato^[2][8]

In August 2009 theInternational Baseball Federation created a ranking system so that the nations involved in international competition could be compared independently. Teams receive points based on the position they finish at the end of World Cup tournaments. Only results at the previous three tournaments years are used, so points are added and removed over time. Points are also weighted so that more recent tournaments have a greater impact on the rankings.^[9]

Date Released	Tournament	Tournament Result	Ranking		Points		Position Above			Position Below
							Rank	Team	Points Difference	Rank	Team	Points Difference
4 September 2010[5]	2010 World Cup	2nd	3rd		140.00		2nd	United States	+13.33	4th	Canada	−6.67
13 August 2009[9]	2008 World Cup*	4th	4th		100.00		3rd	Canada	+40.00	5th	Chinese Taipei	−20.00

 * – When the rankings were first released, the 2008 World Cup was the most recent tournament completed that had any bearing on the rankings themselves.

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Of the twelve nations to be represented at theIBAF Women's Baseball World Cup, Australia is one of five teams to have participated in all four of them. To date its best result was in the most recent tournament held in2010, in which Australia placed 2nd. Previously, the team had finished fourth in each of the tournaments, with medals being shared betweenCanada,Japan andUnited States.^[10]

At least one Australian has been named to each of the All-Star teams selected at the end of the respective tournaments.

• 2004:Chelsea Forkin andKatie Gaynor
• 2006:Simone Wearne,Shae Lillywhite andAmy McCann
• 2008:Angela Catford
• 2010: Laura Neads, Christina Kreppold and Kim McMillan
• 2016: Tahnee Lovering, Tammy McMillan

Women's Baseball World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA
2004	Semifinals	4th	2	4	25	31
2006	Semifinals	4th	4	2	–	–
2008	Group stage	4th	2	4	36	30
2010	Finals	2nd	6	3	72	49
2012	Semifinals	4th	4	5	82	64
2014	Round 2	3rd	4	2	46	28
2016	Round 2	5th	3	4	47	36
2018	Round 1	7th	5	3	–	–
2024	Group stage	8th	2	3	36	35
Total	Finals	9/9	32	30	–	–

Australian Women's Baseball World Cup Record by Opponent
Opponent	Tournaments Met	W–L Record	Largest Victory		Largest Defeat		Current Streak
			Score	Tournament	Score	Tournament
Canada	4	2–3	9–4	2006	6–1	2010	L2
Chinese Taipei	4	4–0	12–0(F/6)	2008	–		W4
Cuba	2	2–0	6–2	2010	–		W2
Hong Kong	1	1–0	22–2(F/5)	2006	–		W1
India	1	1–0	15–0(F/5)	2008	–		W1
Japan	4	2–3	7–1	2004	13–3(F/5)	2010	L1
Netherlands	1	1–0	16–3(F/5)	2010	–		W1
United States	4	1–5	19–6(F/6)	2010	11–1(F/6)	2008	W1
Venezuela	1	1–1	12–2	2010	8–1	2010	W1
Overall	4	15–12	Against HKG		Against USA & JPN		L1
			22–2(F/5)	2006	11–1(F/6) 13–3(F/5)	2008 2010

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