Australia women's national under-19 cricket team

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

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 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]

NameBirth dateRoleBatting styleBowling styleTeamMost Recent Call-up
Chloe Ainsworth (2005-09-14) 14 September 2005 (age 18)BowlerRight-handedRight-arm mediumWestern Australia2023 World Cup
Jade Allen (2003-11-13) 13 November 2003 (age 20)BowlerRight-handedRight-arm leg breakNew South Wales2023 World Cup
Charis Bekker (2004-03-14) 14 March 2004 (age 20)All-rounderRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxWestern Australia2023 World Cup
Paris Bowdler (2004-11-24) 24 November 2004 (age 19)Wicket-keeperRight-handedVictoria2023 World Cup
Maggie Clark (2007-03-15) 15 March 2007 (age 17)BowlerLeft-handedRight-arm mediumSouth Australia2023 World Cup
Sianna Ginger (2005-07-26) 26 July 2005 (age 18)BatterRight-handedRight-arm mediumCentral Sparks2023 World Cup
Paris Hall (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 20)Wicket-keeperLeft-handedSouth Australia2023 World Cup
Lucy Hamilton (2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 18)BowlerLeft-handedLeft-arm mediumQueensland2023 World Cup
Ella Hayward (2003-09-08) 8 September 2003 (age 20)BowlerRight-handedRight-arm off breakVictoria2023 World Cup
Milly Illingworth (2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 18)BowlerRight-handedRight-arm mediumVictoria2023 World Cup
Eleanor Larosa (2005-11-26) 26 November 2005 (age 18)All-rounderLeft-handedLeft-arm mediumSouth Australia2023 World Cup
Rhys McKenna (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004 (age 19)BowlerRight-handedRight-arm mediumVictoria2023 World Cup
Claire Moore (2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 20)BatterRight-handedRight-arm mediumNew South Wales2023 World Cup
Kate Pelle (2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 18)Wicket-keeperRight-handedRight-arm mediumNew South Wales2023 World Cup
Ananaya Sharma (2003-12-14) 14 December 2003 (age 20)BowlerRight-handedRight-arm off breakNew South Wales2023 World Cup
Amy Smith (2004-11-16) 16 November 2004 (age 19)BowlerRight-handedRight-arm leg breakTasmania2023 World Cup
Ella Wilson (2003-11-17) 17 November 2003 (age 20)All-rounderRight-handedRight-arm mediumSouth Australia2023 World Cup

Records & statistics

International match summary

As of 27 January 2023

Playing records
FormatMWLTD/NRInaugural match
Youth Women's Twenty20 Internationals6420014 January 2023

Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations

As of 27 January 2023

ICC Full members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
Bangladesh1010014 January 2023
 India1100021 January 202321 January 2023
 England1010027 January 2023
Sri Lanka1100018 January 202318 January 2023
Associate members
OpponentMWLTNRFirst matchFirst win
 United Arab Emirates1100023 January 202323 January 2023
United States1100016 January 202316 January 2023

Leading runs scorers

As of 27 January 2023
S/NPlayersRunsAverageCareer span[9]
1Claire Moore14135.252023–Present
2Kate Pelle13426.802023–Present
3Ella Hayward10827.002023–Present

Leading wickets takers

As of 27 January 2023
S/NPlayerWicketsAverageCareer span[10]
1Maggie Clark126.252023–Present
2Sianna Ginger75.572023–Present
3Ella Hayward513.282023–Present

Highest individual innings

As of 27 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date[11]
1Claire Moore52  Bangladesh14 January 2023
2Kate Pelle51  United Arab Emirates23 January 2023
3Ella Hayward36  Sri Lanka18 January 2023

Best individual bowling figures

As of 27 January 2023
S/NPlayerScoreOppositionMatch Date[12]
1Sianna Ginger3/13  India21 January 2023
2Maggie Clark3/15  England27 January 2023
3Ella Hayward3/25  England27 January 2023

Highest team totals

As of 27 January 2023
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
118 January 2023159/5,
(20 Overs)
 Sri Lanka[13]

Lowest team totals

As of 27 January 2023
S/NDatesTotalsAgainstRef
117 January 202396/5,
(18.5 Overs)
 England[13]

Under-19 World Cup record

Australia U19's Twenty20 World Cup Record
YearResultPosPldWLTNR
2023Semi-finals1664200
2025To be determined
2027
Total64200

References