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| Personnel | |
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| Captain | Katie Mack |
| Coach | Erin Osborne |
| Team information | |
| Colours | Dark Blue Gold |
| Founded | First recorded match: 1978 |
| Home ground | Manuka Oval,Canberra |
| Capacity | 16,000 |
| Secondary home ground(s) | Phillip Oval, Canberra |
| History | |
| First-class debut | Queensland in 1978 at St Andrew's Cricket Ground No 3,Sydney |
| AWCC wins | 0 |
| WNCL wins | 0 |
| WT20C wins | 0 |
| Official website | Cricket ACT |
TheAustralian Capital Territory Women cricket team, also known as theIntravision ACT Meteors, is the women's representativecricket team for theAustralian Capital Territory. They play most of their home games atManuka Oval,Canberra and they also usePhillip Oval, Canberra. They compete in theWomen's National Cricket League (WNCL), the premier50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunctAustralian Women's Twenty20 Cup andAustralian Women's Cricket Championships.
Australian Capital Territory's first recorded match was againstQueensland in theAustralian Women's Cricket Championships on 27 to 28 December 1978, which they won on first innings.[1] With the exception of 1980–81, they subsequently competed in every Australian Women's Cricket Championships up to and including its penultimate season in 1994–95.[2][3] Their best finish came in 1992–93, when they drew the third-place playoff withWestern Australia but secured third place based on first innings score.[4]
Australian Capital Territory joined theAustralian Women's Twenty20 Cup and theWNCL in 2009–10, finishing a respectable third in both competitions.[5][6]
Australian Capital Territory finished fourth in the2013–14 Twenty20 Cup and qualified for the semi-finals, where they metNew South Wales. Australian Capital Territory won the match by 12 runs thanks to six wickets fromRhiannon Dick.[7][8] However, they lost the final to Queensland by seven wickets after scoring only 107 batting first.[9]
Prior to joining the WNCL, Australian Capital Territory played their home games at a number of grounds inCanberra, including Kingston Oval, Reid Oval,Manuka Oval, Stirling Oval, Kaleen Oval, Boomanulla Oval, O'Connor Oval, Deakin West Ground andSt Edmund's College Oval.[10][11][12]
After joining the WNCL in2009–10, Australian Capital Territory used Manuka Oval for all of their home matches until 2012. In 2012 and 2013 they played home matches atFreebody Oval inQueanbeyan, Chisholm Oval in Canberra andRobertson Oval inWagga Wagga.[11][13] Since 2014 they have resumed playing at the Manuka Oval for the majority of their matches. They have also started to usePhillip Oval, Canberra, playing their first match there againstEngland on 28 January 2020.[14] They played their five2020–21 WNCL home games and their six2021–22 WNCL home games at Phillip Oval (now also known as EPC Solar Park). In the2022–23 WNCL, they split their home matches between Phillip Oval and Manuka Oval.[11]
Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players inbold have international caps.[15]
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| 2 | Katie Mack |  | (1993-09-14)14 September 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | Captain |
| 10 | Shivani Mehta | | (2005-12-20)20 December 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | — | |
| 25 | Annie Wikman | | (2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 99 | Alisha Bates | | (2002-03-18)18 March 2002 (age 23) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 28 | Grace Dignam | | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | |
| 74 | Carly Leeson | | (1998-11-09)9 November 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 33 | Olivia Porter | | (2001-11-14)14 November 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 19 | Paris Bowdler | | (2004-11-24)24 November 2004 (age 20) | Right-handed | – | |
| 12 | Grace Lyons | | (2005-09-11)11 September 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 12 | Zoe Cooke | | (1995-09-17)17 September 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 9 | Holly Ferling | | (1995-12-22)22 December 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| 6 | Angelina Genford | | (2002-10-30)30 October 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-armfast-medium | |
| 77 | Amy Hunter | | (2005-12-20)20 December 2005 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 11 | Gabby Sutcliffe | | (2002-04-11)11 April 2002 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | |
| 61 | Chelsea Moscript | | (1995-10-04)4 October 1995 (age 29) | Left-handed | Right-armleg break | |
| 61 | Anesu Mushangwe |  | (1996-02-25)25 February 1996 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | |
Players who have played for Australian Capital Territory and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[16]
Christina Matthews (1984)Lyn Larsen (1984)Glenda Hall (1984)Frances Leonard (1986)Cathy Smith (1987)Lynette Cook (1987)Jodie Davis (1988)Bronwyn Calver (1991)Kim Fazackerley (1992)
Kate Pulford (1999)
Leanne Davis (2000)Nicola Browne (2002)Sara McGlashan (2002)Kris Britt (2003)Leonie Coleman (2004)Jodie Fields (2006)Lynsey Askew (2006)Rene Farrell (2007)Erin Osborne (2009)
Dane van Niekerk (2009)Marizanne Kapp (2009)Sian Ruck (2009)Sarah Coyte (2010)Lea Tahuhu (2011)Georgia Elwiss (2011)Holly Ferling (2013)Hayley Jensen (2014)
Jannatul Ferdus (2018)Erin Burns (2019)
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see also:Sport in Australia |
