Roberta Moretti Avery
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Roberta Moretti Avery |
| Born | 9 July 1985 |
| International information | |
| National side | |
| T20I debut (cap 2) | 23 August 2018 v Mexico |
| Last T20I | 6 October 2019 v Argentina |
Source: Cricinfo, 11 January 2021 | |
Roberta Avery (born 9 July 1985) is a Brazilian cricketer and the captain of the Brazil women's cricket team.[1][2][3]
In 2007, Avery was part of the first national women's cricket team in Brazil.[4] She was the first cricketer for Brazil, male or female, to score a century in a Twenty20 match.[5][6]
In August 2018, Avery was named as the captain of Brazil's squad ahead of their first Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match.[7] She made her WT20I debut for Brazil on 23 August 2018, against Mexico, in the opening fixture of the 2018 South American Women's Cricket Championship.[8] In summer 2019, Avery trained in the United Kingdom at Bexley Cricket Club.[9] In October 2019, Brazil women won the 2019 South American Cricket Championship,[10] with Avery finishing as the leading run-scorer of the tournament with 116 runs in five matches.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Roberta Avery". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Brazil women's captain Roberta Moretti Avery on life as a professional cricketer". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "The Cricket Library interview Roberta Moretti-Avery". Stump to Stump. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Interview with Roberta Moretti – EXCLUSIVE Report on Brazil Women's Cricket". Female Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "The Pioneer: Roberta Moretti Avery". CrickTalk20. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Female cricket is growing, and we are helping each other out: Moretti Avery". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Brasil set for T20I recognition in Women's South American Championships". Czar Sports. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "1st Match, Bogota, Aug 23 2018, South American Women's Championships". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Campos, Paulo Vitor (3 July 2019). "Poços-caldenses realizam intercâmbio e treinamentos de cricket na Inglaterra". Cricket Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 11 January 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Brazil Women win the South American Cricket Championship two years in a row". Female Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "South American Championships Wrap". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "South American Women's Championships, 2019/20: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 January 2021.