Australian cricketer
Maisy Leigh Gibson is an Australian cricketer, who plays as a left-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler for Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes . She has previously played for Sydney Thunder and New South Wales .
Career
In 2010, she was the first female to captain a team at the Lismore under-12 cricket carnival when she captained Hunter Valley under-12s.[1] Gibson has played Sydney grade level cricket for Singleton ,[1] and Hunter Region.[2]
Gibson played in four Women's Big Bash League seasons for Sydney Thunder, taking 36 wickets in total.[3] She was part of the Sydney Thunder (WBBL) team that won the 2015–16 Women's Big Bash League season . She took 13 wickets in the tournament at an average of 11.30 and an economy rate of 5.60.[2] In 2016, she was given a professional New South Wales Breakers contract, which allowed her to move to Sydney.[4] She was later named in the squad for the final of the 2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season .[5]
Ahead of the 2019–20 Women's National Cricket League season and 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season , she moved to Tasmania, and signed for the Tasmanian Tigers and the Hobart Hurricanes .[3] She took 10 wickets in the 2019–20 WNCL, and in May 2020, she was named Tasmanian women's player of the season.[6]
References
External links
Media related to Maisy Gibson at Wikimedia Commons