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The Australian Capital Territory Women cricket team, also known as the Intravision ACT Meteors, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian Capital Territory. They play most of their home games at Manuka Oval, Canberra and they also use Phillip Oval, Canberra. They compete in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunct Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and Australian Women's Cricket Championships.
History
1978–1995: Australian Women's Cricket Championships
Australian Capital Territory's first recorded match was against Queensland in the Australian 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 with Western Australia but secured third place based on first innings score.[4]
2009–present: Twenty20 Cup and Women's National Cricket League
Australian Capital Territory joined the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and the WNCL in 2009–10, finishing a respectable third in both competitions.[5][6]
Australian Capital Territory finished fourth in the 2013–14 Twenty20 Cup and qualified for the semi-finals, where they met New South Wales. Australian Capital Territory won the match by 12 runs thanks to six wickets from Rhiannon Dick.[7][8] However, they lost the final to Queensland by seven wickets after scoring only 107 batting first.[9]
Grounds
Prior to joining the WNCL, Australian Capital Territory played their home games at a number of grounds in Canberra, including Kingston Oval, Reid Oval, Manuka Oval, Stirling Oval, Kaleen Oval, Boomanulla Oval, O'Connor Oval, Deakin West Ground and St Edmund's College Oval.[10][11][12]
After joining the WNCL in 2009–10, Australian Capital Territory used Manuka Oval for all of their home matches until 2012. In 2012 and 2013 they played home matches at Freebody Oval in Queanbeyan, Chisholm Oval in Canberra and Robertson Oval in Wagga Wagga.[11][13] Since 2014 they have resumed playing at the Manuka Oval for the majority of their matches. They have also started to use Phillip Oval, Canberra, playing their first match there against England on 28 January 2020.[14] They played their five 2020–21 WNCL home games and their six 2021–22 WNCL home games at Phillip Oval (now also known as EPC Solar Park). In the 2022–23 WNCL, they split their home matches between Phillip Oval and Manuka Oval.[11]
Players
Current squad
Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players in bold have international caps.[15]
| No. | Name | Nat. | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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| Batters | ||||||
| 2 | Katie Mack | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Captain |
| 10 | Shivani Mehta | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | — | |
| 25 | Annie Wikman | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 99 | Alisha Bates | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| 28 | Grace Dignam | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 74 | Carly Leeson | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 33 | Olivia Porter | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 19 | Paris Bowdler | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | – | |
| 12 | Grace Lyons | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 12 | Zoe Cooke | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 9 | Holly Ferling | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 6 | Angelina Genford | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
| 77 | Amy Hunter | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 11 | Gabby Sutcliffe | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 61 | Chelsea Moscript | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 61 | Anesu Mushangwe | Template:Flagicon | Script error: No such module "age".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Notable players
Players who have played for Australian Capital Territory and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[16]
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- Template:Flagicon Christina Matthews (1984)
- Template:Flagicon Lyn Larsen (1984)
- Template:Flagicon Glenda Hall (1984)
- Template:Flagicon Frances Leonard (1986)
- Template:Flagicon Cathy Smith (1987)
- Template:Flagicon Lynette Cook (1987)
- Template:Flagicon Jodie Davis (1988)
- Template:Flagicon Bronwyn Calver (1991)
- Template:Flagicon Kim Fazackerley (1992)
- Template:Flagicon Kate Pulford (1999)
- Template:Flagicon Leanne Davis (2000)
- Template:Flagicon Nicola Browne (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Sara McGlashan (2002)
- Template:Flagicon Kris Britt (2003)
- Template:Flagicon Leonie Coleman (2004)
- Template:Flagicon Jodie Fields (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Lynsey Askew (2006)
- Template:Flagicon Rene Farrell (2007)
- Template:Flagicon Erin Osborne (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Dane van Niekerk (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Marizanne Kapp (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Sian Ruck (2009)
- Template:Flagicon Sarah Coyte (2010)
- Template:Flagicon Lea Tahuhu (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Georgia Elwiss (2011)
- Template:Flagicon Holly Ferling (2013)
- Template:Flagicon Hayley Jensen (2014)
- Template:Flagicon Jannatul Ferdus (2018)
- Template:Flagicon Erin Burns (2019)
- Template:Flagicon Annie Wikman (2025)
Coaching staff
- Head coach: Erin Osborne[15]
Honours
- Australian Women's Cricket Championships:
- Winners (0):
- Best finish: 3rd (1991–92, 1992–93)
- Women's National Cricket League:
- Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup (0):
- Winners (0):
- Best finish: runners-up (2013–14)
- T20 Spring Challenge
- Winners (0):
See also
References
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