 Cleary fielding forPerth Scorchers in January 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Piepa May Cleary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-07-17)17 July 1996 (age 28) Subiaco,Perth,Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012/13–present | Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015/16–present | Perth Scorchers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Piepa May Cleary (born 17 July 1996) is an Australiancricketer who took 12 wickets in 14 games during the2013–14 WNCL season after debuting in December 2012.
The right-arm bowler was selected in the 2011 Australian under-18 Talent Camp as a 15-year old after taking eight wickets at the 2010-11 under-18 National Championships.As a teenager, Cleary was also part of Australia's under-19 girls team at the 2011 Indoor Cricket Juniors World Series, before captaining the under-16s to glory in 2012.The South Perth product picked up 12 wickets during that tournament.
She travelled to Dubai with the Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars to play an England Academy team in April 2015 and has signed with the Perth Scorchers in the WBBL.[1]
She is part of the current Shooting Stars squad, and was selected in the Cricket Australia Governor-General's XI to face South Africa.The opening bowler played in every WNCL match forWestern Australia in the2016–2017 season in the lead up to season two of the WBBL.[2]
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In February 2016 Cleary was suspended for six months underCricket Australia's Anti-Corruption Code for placing bets on cricket matches totalling $15.50.[3]
Cleary was named in Australia's extended squad for the 2017 ICC Womens World Cup.[4]
In August 2017 Cleary and another seven other promising young cricket players were named in the Inaugural Women's National Performance squad. The squad trained at the world-class NCC facility and alongside the Australian contracted squad at a pre-Ashes camp.[5]
In November 2018, she was named in thePerth Scorchers' squad for the2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[6][7] In 2021, she was drafted byWelsh Fire for theinaugural season ofThe Hundred.[8] She played for them in 8 games and picked up 6 wickets.[9]
In April 2021, it was announced that Cleary had joinedLancashire andNorth West Thunder for the 2021 season.[10] For some years, Cleary had been in a long-distance relationship withAmy Jones, her former Perth Scorchers teammate, who bats andkeeps wicket for England. She and Jones are now both based inLoughborough, Leicestershire. Cleary had also wanted to take a break from playing for Western Australia.[11] However, she returned to play for Western Australia in the2021–22 Women's National Cricket League.[12] She joinedLeicestershire for the 2023East of England Women's County Championship, becoming the side's first ever overseas player.[13] In July 2023, she signed forWestern Storm for threeRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy matches.[14]
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