Australian cricketer
Cathryn Fitzpatrick
Personal information Full name Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick
Born (1968-03-04 ) 4 March 1968 (age 57) Melbourne , AustraliaBatting Right-handed Bowling Right-armfast International information National side Test debut (cap 121 ) 2 February 1991 v India Last Test 18 February 2006 v India ODI debut (cap 71 ) 24 July 1993 v West Indies Last ODI 4 February 2006 v New Zealand T20I debut (cap 5 ) 2 September 2005 v England Last T20I 18 October 2006 v New Zealand Domestic team information Years Team 1989/90–2006/07 Victoria Career statistics
Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick (born 4 March 1968) is an Australian formercricketer . She was recognised as the world'sfastest femalebowler throughout her career and became the first woman to take 100One Day International wickets.[ 1] Test matches , 109One Day Internationals and twoTwenty20 Internationals forAustralia between 1991 and 2007. She played domestic cricket forVictoria .[ 2] [ 3] Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and theICC Cricket Hall of Fame .[ 4] [ 5]
While juggling her full-time job as awaste collector and later apostwoman , Fitzpatrick representedAustralia in cricket on 124 occasions.[ 6] Test matches , taking 60 wickets (the second-most by an Australian woman, only behindBetty Wilson ) at anaverage of 19.11.[ 7]
Fitzpatrick also played 109One Day Internationals , taking 180 wickets (the most by any woman until surpassed byJhulan Goswami in May 2017) at an average of 16.79.[ 8] [ 9] Women's Cricket World Cup in1997 and2005 .[ 10] [ 11]
On 25 February 2006, Fitzpatrick became the oldest woman to take afive-wicket haul in ODI history, at the age of 37 years and 358 days.[ 12] Victoria to an end after taking 148 wickets in 103WNCL matches.[ 13]
From May 2012 to March 2015, Fitzpatrick served as head coach of the Australian women's team, overseeing three successful world championship campaigns.[ 14]
In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into theAustralian Cricket Hall of Fame .[ 15] ICC Cricket Hall of Fame .[ 16]
Due to limitations of technological resources in her playing tenure, Fitzpatrick's top and average speeds are estimates rather than precise figures. Thorough eye-witness testimony agrees she was the world's fastest female bowler during her prime years,[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] South Africa 'sShabnim Ismail andNew Zealand 'sLea Tahuhu , who were officially recorded at speeds of 128 km/h and 126 km/h respectively.[ 23]
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