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Amanda-Jade Wellington
Wellington during her Test debut
Personal information
Full name
Amanda-Jade Wellington
Born (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 27)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLegbreak
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 173)9 November 2017 v England
ODI debut (cap 132)27 November 2016 v South Africa
Last ODI18 March 2018 v India
T20I debut (cap 46)17 February 2017 v New Zealand
Last T20I31 March 2018 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–presentSouth Australia
2015–presentAdelaide Strikers
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I
Matches 1 12 8
Runs scored 2 16 9
Batting average 2.00 3.20 9.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 2 11 8
Balls bowled 342 588 120
Wickets 2 15 10
Bowling average 65.00 31.80 11.20
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a
Best bowling 1/61 3/24 4/16
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 November 2019

Amanda-Jade Wellington (born 29 May 1997) is an Australian cricketer. She bowls leg spin and plays for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). Making her WNCL debut in 2012 at the age of 15, she is the youngest person to every represent the state of South Australia in senior cricket. Since 2016 she has represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket, Tests, ODIs and T20Is.[1]

Career

Youth and domestic career

Inspired by Australian Test cricketer Shane Warne, Wellington taught herself to bowl leg spin in her backyard.[2] Wellington began her career playing for Port Adelaide Cricket Club. She rose to prominence in December 2011 when she was the player of the tournament in the national under-15 championships, playing for her home state of South Australia, and the next season she was selected to play for the South Australian Scorpions, South Australia's representative women's team. She made her debut for the Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) at the age of 15 years and 150 days, becoming the youngest person, male or female, to represent South Australia in a senior match, breaking the record set by Clem Hill in the 1892–93 season, more than one hundred years earlier.[3] She proved her worth early in her state career, just a fortnight after her debut, helping South Australia to a win over Tasmania.[4] At the end of the 2012–13 season she had played 4 matches in the WNCL and 8 matches in the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup with 10 wickets between the two formats.[5][6]

Wellington continued to play for the Scorpions in the following seasons, and in the 2014–15 season she gained the attention of the Cricket Australia Women's National Selection Panel. She was included in Australia's second XI team, the Shooting Stars, for their tour of Sri Lanka, on which they won every match.[7] She was then included in the Shooting Stars' squad for their trip to Dubai, where they played matches against the ECB Academy.[8]

After consistently strong form for the Scorpions and bowling figures of 3/13 in a Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) match for the Adelaide Strikers in the inaugural season of the tournament,[9] Wellington was selected to play for the Governor-General's XI in a tour match against India.[10] Her form continued to improve in the 2016–17 season and she was South Australia's leading run-scorer in grade cricket with 325 runs at an average of 81.25,[11] prompting selection in international matches for the first time.

In November 2018, she was named in the Adelaide Strikers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[12][13]

International career

Wellington made her Women's One Day International cricket (ODI) debut against South Africa on 27 November 2016.[14] With her very first ball in international cricket she took the wicket of South African captain Mignon du Preez, going on to finish the innings with figures of 1/35.[14][15] She started to become a standout performer during New Zealand's tour of Australia. She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (T20I) debut against New Zealand on 17 February 2017,[16] with figures of 3/15 on debut[16][17] and 4/16 in the final match of the series.[18]

Having become a regular member of Australia's national team, Wellington was given her first contract with Cricket Australia in April 2017.[19] Wellington was named in both Australia's ODI and Test squads for the 2017–18 Women's Ashes.[20] She made her Test debut for Australia against England Women on 9 November 2017 in the Women's Ashes.[21]

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[22] In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[23] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season.[24][25]

References

  1. ^ "Amanda-Jade Wellington". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Women's World Cup – Eight youngsters to watch". icc-cricket.com. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  3. ^ Turner, Matt (23 October 2012). "Port Adelaide Cricket Club leg-spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington set to break record". news.com.au. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  4. ^ Morgan, Kym (13 November 2012). "Amanda-Jade's feet firmly on the ground". The Advertiser. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | / | Women's National Cricket League, 2012/13 - South Australia Women | Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Cricket Records | Records | / | Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, 2012/13 - South Australia Women | Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Shooting Stars sweep Sri Lankans in development tour". cricketaustralia.com.au. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth Bank Shooting Stars squad for Dubai tour announced". womensportreport.com. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  9. ^ Macpherson, Will (31 December 2015). "Taylor's enterprise, Schutt's incision key in Strikers win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  10. ^ "WBBL Strikers to feature in Governor-General's XI". adelaidestrikers.com.au. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Amanda Wellington | SACA South Australian Cricket Association". saca.com.au. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  12. ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  13. ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  14. ^ a b "South Africa Women tour of Australia, 4th ODI: Australia Women v South Africa Women at Coffs Harbour, Nov 27, 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  15. ^ Lulham, Amanda (4 December 2016). "Cricketer Amanda-Jade Wellington stars in Southern Stars debut for Swoop Play of the Week". news.com.au. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  16. ^ a b "New Zealand Women tour of Australia, 1st T20I: Australia Women v New Zealand Women at Melbourne, Feb 17, 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  17. ^ Brettig, Daniel (16 February 2017). "Villani, Wellington help Australia take 1-0 lead". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  18. ^ Brettig, Daniel (22 February 2017). "New Zealand strangle Australia in series decider". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  19. ^ Lulham, Amanda (24 April 2017). "Teenagers Lauren Cheatle, Amanda Jade-Wellington offered national contracts". news.com.au. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  20. ^ Arthur, Darren (10 October 2017). "Cheatle, McGrath return to Australia ODI squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  21. ^ "Only Test (D/N), England Women tour of Australia at Sydney, Nov 9-12 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  24. ^ "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  25. ^ "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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