Australia women's national under-19 cricket team

Australia Women's Under-19 cricket team
AssociationCricket Australia
Personnel
CaptainRhys McKenna
CoachSarah Aley
History
Twenty20 debutv.  Bangladesh at Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa; 14 January 2023
U19 World Cup wins0
International Cricket Council
ICC regionEast Asia-Pacific

The Australia women's under-19 cricket team represents Australia in international under-19 women's cricket. The team is administered by Cricket Australia.

The team played their first official matches at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup, the first ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, in which they reached the semi-finals.[1][2]

History

Since 2003, Australian Under-19 cricket teams have been formed to play matches against other national age-group and development teams. These matches carried no formal ICC designation.[3]

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in 2023, in South Africa. As a Full Member of the ICC, Australia qualified automatically for the tournament.[5]

Australia announced their 15-player squad for the tournament on 13 December 2022. Former Australia international Sarah Aley was chosen as Head Coach of the side for the tournament, assisted by Erin Osborne and Dulip Samaraweera.[6] They reached the semi-finals of the tournament, but were beaten by England by 3 runs.[2][7]

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Australia under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[6][8]

Name Birth date Role Batting style Bowling style Team Most Recent Call-up
Chloe Ainsworth (2005-09-14) 14 September 2005 (age 19) Bowler Right-handed Right-arm medium Western Australia 2023 World Cup
Jade Allen (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 21) Bowler Right-handed Right-arm leg break New South Wales 2023 World Cup
Charis Bekker (2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 20) All-rounder Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Western Australia 2023 World Cup
Paris Bowdler (2004-11-24) 24 November 2004 (age 20) Wicket-keeper Right-handed – Victoria 2023 World Cup
Maggie Clark (2007-03-15) 15 March 2007 (age 17) Bowler Left-handed Right-arm medium South Australia 2023 World Cup
Sianna Ginger (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 19) Batter Right-handed Right-arm medium Central Sparks 2023 World Cup
Paris Hall (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 21) Wicket-keeper Left-handed – South Australia 2023 World Cup
Lucy Hamilton (2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 18) Bowler Left-handed Left-arm medium Queensland 2023 World Cup
Ella Hayward (2003-09-08) 8 September 2003 (age 21) Bowler Right-handed Right-arm off break Victoria 2023 World Cup
Milly Illingworth (2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 19) Bowler Right-handed Right-arm medium Victoria 2023 World Cup
Eleanor Larosa (2005-11-26) 26 November 2005 (age 19) All-rounder Left-handed Left-arm medium South Australia 2023 World Cup
Rhys McKenna (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 20) Bowler Right-handed Right-arm medium Victoria 2023 World Cup
Claire Moore (2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 21) Batter Right-handed Right-arm medium New South Wales 2023 World Cup
Kate Pelle (2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 19) Wicket-keeper Right-handed Right-arm medium New South Wales 2023 World Cup
Ananaya Sharma (2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 21) Bowler Right-handed Right-arm off break New South Wales 2023 World Cup
Amy Smith (2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 20) Bowler Right-handed Right-arm leg break Tasmania 2023 World Cup
Ella Wilson (2003-11-17) 17 November 2003 (age 21) All-rounder Right-handed Right-arm medium South Australia 2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 27 January 2023

Playing records
Format M W L T D/NR Inaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals 6 4 2 0 0 14 January 2023

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 27 January 2023

ICC Full members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
Bangladesh Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0 14 January 2023
 India 1 1 0 0 0 21 January 2023 21 January 2023
 England 1 0 1 0 0 27 January 2023
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 1 1 0 0 0 18 January 2023 18 January 2023
Associate members
Opponent M W L T NR First match First win
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 0 23 January 2023 23 January 2023
United States United States 1 1 0 0 0 16 January 2023 16 January 2023

Leading runs scorers

As of 27 January 2023
S/N Players Runs Average Career span[9]
1 Claire Moore 141 35.25 2023–Present
2 Kate Pelle 134 26.80 2023–Present
3 Ella Hayward 108 27.00 2023–Present

Leading wickets takers

As of 27 January 2023
S/N Player Wickets Average Career span[10]
1 Maggie Clark 12 6.25 2023–Present
2 Sianna Ginger 7 5.57 2023–Present
3 Ella Hayward 5 13.28 2023–Present

Highest individual innings

As of 27 January 2023
S/N Player Score Opposition Match Date[11]
1 Claire Moore 52  Bangladesh 14 January 2023
2 Kate Pelle 51  United Arab Emirates 23 January 2023
3 Ella Hayward 36  Sri Lanka 18 January 2023

Best individual bowling figures

As of 27 January 2023
S/N Player Score Opposition Match Date[12]
1 Sianna Ginger 3/13  India 21 January 2023
2 Maggie Clark 3/15  England 27 January 2023
3 Ella Hayward 3/25  England 27 January 2023

Highest team totals

As of 27 January 2023
S/N Dates Totals Against Ref
1 18 January 2023 159/5,
(20 Overs)		  Sri Lanka [13]

Lowest team totals

As of 27 January 2023
S/N Dates Totals Against Ref
1 17 January 2023 96/5,
(18.5 Overs)		  England [13]

Under-19 World Cup record

Australia U19's Twenty20 World Cup Record
Year Result Pos № Pld W L T NR
South Africa 2023 Semi-finals – 16 6 4 2 0 0
MalaysiaThailand 2025 To be determined
BangladeshNepal 2027
Total 6 4 2 0 0

References

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  3. ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Australia Under-19s Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  4. ^ "ICC postpones 2021 Women's World Cup Qualifier due to COVID-19". Women's CricZone. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Excitement builds ahead of inaugural ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup as Qualifier begins". International Cricket Council. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
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  8. ^ "Australia, New Zealand forced to make changes to U19 T20 World Cup squad". International Cricket Council. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
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