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| Full name | Bethany Louise Mooney | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-01-14)14 January 1994 (age 31) Shepparton,Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper-batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 172) | 9 November 2017 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 30 January 2025 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 130) | 20 February 2016 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 8 October 2025 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 41) | 26 January 2016 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 March 2025 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009/10–2021/22 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Yorkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–2019/20 | Brisbane Heat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016, 2018 | Yorkshire Diamonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Trailblazers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21–present | Perth Scorchers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | London Spirit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Gujarat Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-present | Manchester Originals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) is an Australian professionalcricketer who plays for thenational cricket team as abatter in all three formats of the game.[1] At the domestic level, she plays as awicket-keeper-batter forWestern Australia,Perth Scorchers inWBBL and forGujarat Giant inWPL. In March 2020, at the conclusion of theICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020, she became the world'snumber one batter inWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.[2]
Mooney was born inShepparton,Victoria.[3] She has a brother, Tom, and a sister, Gabrielle.[4][5] As a child, she played many sports, ranging fromsoccer totennis andAustralian rules football.[4] Shortly before her eighth birthday, she was invited to fill-in for her brother's cricket team; that invitation turned into her making regular appearances forKialla Lakes Cricket Club.[3][4]
When Mooney was 10 years old, she and her family moved toHervey Bay, Queensland, where she attended Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School and Xavier Catholic College.[6] Early in the mornings before school in Hervey Bay, she and her father would go riding their bikes along the Esplanade, andsea kayaking with their dog.[6]
Mooney did not start playing cricket in Queensland until a year after her move. At that year's Hervey Bay Zone trials, she was identified as the best catcher in her team, and was advised by the team's coach to trywicket-keeping. She was then selected as a wicket-keeper for the Queensland Primary School girls team, and later progressed through higher level junior Queensland girls teams.[3][6] Meanwhile, she played for Hervey Bay's boys' Cavaliers team until she was 18 years old, as there were no girls cricket teams in rural areas.[4]
By the time she was about 13, Mooney was already being tipped to play cricket for Australia. She also made really good friends in cricket, and that kept her in the game, as did her enjoyment of travelling to Brisbane and national competitions, and missing school for a few days to play. Additionally, she felt that interstate girls cricket was a step up from the men's cricket she was playing in Hervey Bay.[3][6]
Upon leaving school, Mooney started a teaching degree. However, she quit her studies in 2014 to focus on cricket, after realising that she would have only one chance to make it in the game.[5]
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Mooney made her debut for theQueensland Fire in theWomen's National Cricket League four days after her 16th birthday in 2010.[5] Currently, she plays as a wicket-keeper/batter forWestern Australia andPerth Scorchers.[7][8]
In November 2018, Mooney was named inBrisbane Heat's squad for the2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season (WBBL|04).[9][10] During the final of the WBBL|04 tournament, held on a swelteringAustralia Day 2019, she overcame a dizziness-inducing illness to score aplayer of the match-winning 65 runs from 46 balls. (However, the oppositionwicket-keeperAlyssa Healy appeared tosledge Mooney during her innings, saying on the player mic, "It's actually not that hot out here"[11]) Her innings inspired the Heat to its maiden Women's Big Bash title, with a three-wicket victory over the heavily favouredSydney Sixers.[12][13][14]
On 21 November 2020, Mooney became the first player to score 3000 runs in theWomen's Big Bash League competition.[15]
In April 2022, Mooney was bought by theLondon Spirit for the2022 season ofThe Hundred in England.[16]
In the inaugural season of the IndianWomen's Premier League in 2023, Beth Mooney was bought byGujarat Giants (GG) at the price of 2crore rupees (approximately US$240,000 at the time).[17] She was subsequently named captain of the side.[18] However, she suffered a calf injury in the tournament opener against theMumbai Indians, and was ruled out of the remainder of the season. South African batterLaura Wolvaardt replaced her in the side, while the captaincy passed toSneh Rana.[19]
Mooney returned to captain the side in the 2024 edition. Although GG suffered a second consecutive bottom place finish, Mooney's own form was one of the few bright spots for the team, with 285 runs in 8 innings at a strike rate of 141.08 which included three consecutive half-centuries.[20] Her unbeaten 85(51) helped GG register the season's highest total of 199/5 in a victory against eventual championsRoyal Challengers Bangalore.[21][22]
Prior to the 2025 Edition, all-rounderAshleigh Gardner replaced Mooney as captain of the franchise.[23] The change in leadership produced immediate dividends for the Giants, as they won 4 of their 8 league matches to qualify for the Playoffs for the first time in their history.[24] Mooney herself played a decisive role in this change in fortunes, scoring 237 runs across 9 innings at a strike rate of 128.10. She was the second highest run-scorer for the Giants, and her tally included a knock of 96*(59) against theUP Warriorz, the highest individual score for a Gujarat Giants batter.[25][26] Her season ended with a defeat in the Eliminator to eventual championsMumbai Indians.[27][28]
Mooney was a member of the victoriousSouthern Stars squad that won the2014 ICC World Twenty20 title inBangladesh. Mooney played her first game for theAustralia women's national cricket team in aTwenty20 match againstIndia on 26 January 2016 at theAdelaide Oval.[29] On 26 February 2017, she scored her maidenWomen's One Day International (WODI) hundredagainst New Zealand.[30]
Mooney's consistently good performances for Australia in 2016–17, during which she scored 334 runs in her nine WODIs at an average of 41.75, and became the first Queenslander to score a WODI century, led to her achieving her primary goal for that summer: selection in the team's 15-member squad for the2017 Women's Cricket World Cup in England.[31]
She also made herTest debut for Australia againstEngland on 9 November 2017 in theWomen's Ashes.[32]
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In December 2017, she won both the inaugural ICC T20I Player of the Year and Emerging Player of the Year awards.[33] In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season byCricket Australia.[34] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[35][36]
In April 2019,Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[37][38] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for theirtour to England to contest theWomen's Ashes.[39][40]
In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[41] In Australia's match againstBangladesh, Mooney andAlyssa Healy combined for an opening partnership of 151 runs, the highest partnership for Australia Women for any wicket in a WT20I match.[42] In thefinal, Mooney top-scored for Australia, finishing unbeaten on 78 off 54 balls to help Australia win their fifth title.[43][44] Mooney also finished as the tournament's leading runs scorer with 259 runs, including the most fours (30), and was named player of the tournament.[45][46]
In February 2021, Mooney voiced her ambition to eventually succeedAlyssa Healy as the national team's first choice wicket-keeper.[5] On 15 April 2021, Mooney was named as theWisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World for her performances the previous year.[47] On the same day, it was announced that she had retained her Australian central contract.[48]
In January 2022, Mooney was named in Australia's squad for theirseries against England to contest theWomen's Ashes.[49] Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[50] She hit 330 runs, including a half-century in the final, helping Australia clinch theWorld Cup title.[51] In May 2022, Mooney was named in Australia's team for thecricket tournament at the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham, England.[52] She was leading run-scorer, with 179, and the player of the match for her 61 in the final, as Australia won the Commonwealth Games.[53] She scored 918 international runs at an average of 65 in the year 2022, and was named as theWisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World for her performances.[54]
She was named in the Australia squad for the2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup[55] and the2025 Women's Ashes series.[56][57]
Interviewers have described Mooney as "flying under the radar", something she prefers to do. However, she admitted in June 2020 that in light of her recent success on the field, keeping a low profile was going to be more difficult. She also said that "... it's all good if I can’t!"[58]
On 1 February 2025, Mooney became the fourth woman, and first Australian woman, to scorea century in all three international formats, when she completed the maiden Test century (of 106 runs) she had started the previous day, during theOnly Test of the 2024–25 Women's Ashes series at theMelbourne Cricket Ground.[59] She had reached her maiden international century in the first match of the2016–17 Rose Bowl WODI series against New Zealand, atEden Park, Auckland, in February 2017, scoring exactly 100 runs.[60][61][62]
In November 2017, Mooney scored her maiden T20I century, the first scored by any woman in Australia, in the final match of the2017–18 Women's Ashes atManuka Oval, Canberra. She made 117not out from 70 balls.[63][64] Since then, she has scored four further international centuries, one in a T20I, two in One Day Internationals, and the maiden Test century.[65][66][67][59]
| Runs | Match | Opponent | City | Venue | Year |
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| 106 | 8 |  England | Melbourne, Australia | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2025[68] |
| Runs | Match | Opponent | City | Venue | Year |
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| 100 | 7 |  New Zealand | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park Outer Oval | 2017[70] |
| 125* | 43 |  India | Mackay, Australia | Great Barrier Reef Arena | 2021[66] |
| 133 | 57 |  Pakistan | Sydney, Australia | North Sydney Oval | 2023[67] |
| Runs | Match | Opponent | City | Venue | Year |
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| 117* | 16 | England | Canberra, Australia | Manuka Oval | 2017[72] |
| 113 | 39 |  Sri Lanka | Sydney, Australia | North Sydney Oval | 2019[65] |
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