Victoria women's cricket team

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Victoria
Personnel
CaptainMeg Lanning
CoachLachlan Stevens
Team information
FoundedFirst recorded match: 1891
Home groundJunction Oval, Melbourne
Capacity7,000
History
First-class debutNew South Wales
in 1934
at University Oval, Sydney
WNCL wins2
WT20C wins3
Official websiteVictorian Cricket Team

The Victoria Women cricket team, previously known as Victoria Spirit, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of Victoria. They play their home games at Junction Oval, Melbourne. 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, a competition which they dominated, having won 36 titles.

History

1891–1930: Early history

Victoria's first recorded match was against New South Wales on 17 March 1891, however, the result is unknown.[1] Their first match with a known result was against New South Wales Second XI, with Victoria winning a one-day, two innings match by 6 wickets on 19 April 1930.[2]

1931–1996: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

Victoria played alongside New South Wales and Queensland in the inaugural season of the Australian Women's Cricket Championships in 1930–31.[3] They continued to play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96.[4][5] Records for the tournament are patchy but Victoria are its most successful team, having won 36 titles.[6]

1996–present: Women's National Cricket League and Twenty20 Cup

Victoria joined the newly-established WNCL in 1996–97.[7] They have won the title twice, in 2002–03 and 2004–05. They are the most successful side in the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, having won the title three times, with consecutive wins coming in 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12[6]

Grounds

Victoria have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded home match against Tasmania in 1906 was played at Victoria Park, Melbourne. Historically they have played the vast majority of their home matches at various grounds in Melbourne. Their first match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was against England in 1934. Since 2002 they have also played occasional matches in Geelong.[8][9][10][11][1]

Since 2013, Victoria have played most of their home games at Junction Oval, located in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, as well as occasionally at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Casey Fields. Their two 2019–20 WNCL home games were played at Junction Oval. Their five 2020–21 WNCL home games are also scheduled to be played at Junction Oval.[10][11]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad for the 2020/21 season. Players in bold have international caps.[12]

No. Name Nat. Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Anna Lanning Australia (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Meg Lanning Australia (1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain
Elyse Villani Australia (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 34) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Amy Vine Australia (1991-12-22) 22 December 1991 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
Makinley Blows Australia (1997-12-12) 12 December 1997 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm medium
Lucy Cripps Australia (2001-12-06) 6 December 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sophie Day Australia (1998-09-02) 2 September 1998 (age 25) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Bhavisha Devchand Australia (1992-12-24) 24 December 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Elly Donald Australia (1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Tess Flintoff Australia (2003-03-31) 31 March 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kim Garth Republic of Ireland (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Zoe Griffiths Australia (1999-10-18) 18 October 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Sophie Molineux Australia (1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Ellyse Perry Australia (1990-11-03) 3 November 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Molly Strano Australia (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Annabel Sutherland Australia (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Georgia Wareham Australia (1999-05-26) 26 May 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Wicket-keepers
Nicole Faltum Australia (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 24) Right-handed
Bowlers
Courtney Neale Australia (1998-07-04) 4 July 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Tayla Vlaeminck Australia (1998-10-27) 27 October 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast

Coaching staff

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Victoria Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  2. ^ "New South Wales Women Second XI v Victoria Women". CricketArchive. 19 April 1930. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Australian Women's Cricket Championships 1930/31". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's First-Class Events played by Victoria Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's List A Events played by Victoria Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Victorian Cricket Team". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's National Cricket League 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Victoria Women v England Women". CricketArchive. 7 December 1934. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's First-Class Matches played by Victoria Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Women's List A Matches played by Victoria Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Victoria Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  12. ^ "State squads: All the ins and outs for the 2020-21 season". cricket.com.au. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Lachlan Stevens appointed Head Coach of the Victorian Women's Team". Cricket Victoria. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Controlling the controllable key for Cup hopeful". cricket.com.au. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.