Australia women's national baseball team

Template:Short description The Australian women's national baseball team, nicknamed the Emeralds, represents Australia in international women's baseball tournaments and competitions. The team is controlled by the Australian Baseball Federation, which is represented in the Baseball Confederation of Oceania (BCO). They are the only team in Oceania to be formally ranked by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF), and are the 3rd ranked women's baseball team in the world. The Emeralds have been in existence since 2001, when the first ever squad was selected from the 2001 National Women’s Championships, held in Sydney. They compete in the biennial IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup.

The team has competed at all eight Women's Baseball World Cups, most recently finishing seventh in 2018. The next major tournament was the 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup.

Roster

2020 World Cup Roster

No Roster had been named due to postponement of the World Cup because of the COVID pandemic. The World Cup was originally scheduled for Monterey, Mexico, and then changed to Tijuana, Mexico.

2014 World Cup Roster

Pitchers

• Kim McMillan
• Melinda Latimer
• Stephanie Gaynor
• Brittany Hepburn
• Maddison Lenard
• Lauren McGrath
• Laura Neads
• Jacinda Barclay
• Georgia Blair
• Taylah Welch
• Amy Collins

Outfield

• Amy McCann
• Leigh Godfrey
• Rachael Higgins

Infield

• Shae Lillywhite
• Christina Kreppold
• Natalie Rawlings
• Bronwyn Gell
• Katie Gaynor

Catcher

• Tahnee Lovering

Coaching staff

• Head Coach – Simone Wearne
• Assistant Coach – Dean White
• Assistant Coach – Narelle Gosstray
• Assistant Coach – Luke Hughes
• Pitching Coach – Graeme Lloyd
• Physio – Joni Ralph-Wilkie
• Executive Officer – David Nagy
• Technical Analyst – Yasunori Sato

World ranking

In August 2009 the International Baseball Federation created a ranking system so that the nations involved in international competition could be compared independently. Teams receive points based on the position they finish at the end of World Cup tournaments. Only results at the previous three tournaments years are used, so points are added and removed over time. Points are also weighted so that more recent tournaments have a greater impact on the rankings. Since the rankings were introduced, two editions have been released, the most recent released after the 2010 World Cup.

When the rankings were first introduced, Australia was listed at 4th position; their lowest since the rankings were introduced. Their best position achieved to date is their current position of 3rd.

Date Released	Tournament	Tournament Result	Ranking		Points		Position Above			Position Below
							Rank	Team	Points Difference	Rank	Team	Points Difference
4 September 2010	2010 World Cup	2nd	3rd	File:Up arrow green.svg	140.00	File:Up arrow green.svg	2nd	United States	+13.33	4th	Canada	−6.67
13 August 2009	2008 World Cup*	4th	4th	File:Sideways double arrow yellow.svg	100.00	File:Sideways double arrow yellow.svg	3rd	Canada	+40.00	5th	Chinese Taipei	−20.00

 * – When the rankings were first released, the 2008 World Cup was the most recent tournament completed that had any bearing on the rankings themselves.

Women's World Cup

Of the twelve nations to be represented at the IBAF Women's Baseball World Cup, Australia is one of five teams to have participated in all four of them. To date its best result was in the most recent tournament held in 2010, in which Australia placed 2nd. Previously, the team had finished fourth in each of the tournaments, with medals being shared between Canada, Japan and United States.

At least one Australian has been named to each of the All-Star teams selected at the end of the respective tournaments.

• 2004: Chelsea Forkin and Katie Gaynor
• 2006: Simone Wearne, Shae Lillywhite and Amy McCann
• 2008: Angela Catford
• 2010: Laura Neads, Christina Kreppold and Kim McMillan
• 2016: Tahnee Lovering, Tammy McMillan

Women's Baseball World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA
Template:Flagicon 2004	Semifinals	4th	2	4	25	31
Template:Flagicon 2006	Semifinals	4th	4	2	–	–
Template:Flagicon 2008	Group stage	4th	2	4	36	30
Template:Flagicon 2010	Finals	2nd	6	3	72	49
Template:Flagicon 2012	Semifinals	4th	4	5	82	64
Template:Flagicon 2014	Round 2	3rd	4	2	46	28
Template:Flagicon 2016	Round 2	5th	3	4	47	36
Template:Flagicon 2018	Round 1	7th	5	3	–	–
Template:Flagicon 2024	Group stage	8th	2	3	36	35
Total	Finals	9/9	32	30	–	–

Australian Women's Baseball World Cup Record by Opponent
Opponent	Tournaments Met	W–L Record	Largest Victory		Largest Defeat		Current Streak
			Score	Tournament	Score	Tournament
Canada	4	2–3	9–4	Template:Flagicon 2006	6–1	Template:Flagicon 2010	L2
Chinese Taipei	4	4–0	12–0 (F/6)	Template:Flagicon 2008	–		W4
Cuba	2	2–0	6–2	Template:Flagicon 2010	–		W2
Hong Kong	1	1–0	22–2 (F/5)	Template:Flagicon 2006	–		W1
India	1	1–0	15–0 (F/5)	Template:Flagicon 2008	–		W1
Japan	4	2–3	7–1	Template:Flagicon 2004	13–3 (F/5)	Template:Flagicon 2010	L1
Netherlands	1	1–0	16–3 (F/5)	Template:Flagicon 2010	–		W1
United States	4	1–5	19–6 (F/6)	Template:Flagicon 2010	11–1 (F/6)	Template:Flagicon 2008	W1
Venezuela	1	1–1	12–2	Template:Flagicon 2010	8–1	Template:Flagicon 2010	W1
Overall	4	15–12	Against HKG		Against USA & JPN		L1
			22–2 (F/5)	Template:Flagicon 2006	11–1 (F/6) 13–3 (F/5)	Template:Flagicon 2008 Template:Flagicon 2010

See also

• Women's baseball in Australia

External links

• Emeralds Official Site Template:Webarchive