Australia women's cricket team
The Australian women's national cricket team (nicknamed the Southern Stars) represent
Australia in international women's cricket. The team is presently captained by Meg Lanning and
coached by former Victoria and Australian batsman Matthew Mott. women's.[8] As of twenty-one August 2018, the Southern Stars square measure stratified 1st in all forms of women's international cricket.
The team competes for their 1st match in 1934–35, once they lost to European country two-nil in a very three-Test series. They currently vie against European country for the Women's Ashes. They have won additional World Cups than the other facet — winning in 1978, 1982, 1988, 1997, 2005 and 2013. The team has even be topped champions of the independent agency Women's World Twenty20 tournament quite the other facet – winning in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
In 2003, Women's Cricket Australia (WCA), and the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) merged to form a single national cricket board (now known as Cricket Australia), which remains to this day. This merger has been a positive influence on women's cricket, providing more financial support and gathering more exposure for the sport.[9]
Test cricket
Highest team total: 569/6d v England, 6 August 1998 at Woodbridge Road, Guildford, England[15]
Highest individual score: 213*, Ellyse Perry v England, 11 November 2017 at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, Australia[16]
Best innings bowling: 7/7, Betty Wilson v England, 21 February 1958 at Junction Oval, Melbourne, Australia[17]
Best match bowling: 11/16, Betty Wilson v England, 21 February 1958 at Junction Oval, Melbourne, Australia[18]
ODI cricket
Highest team total: 412/3 v Denmark, 16 December 1997 at Middle Income Group Ground, Mumbai, India[19]
Highest individual innings: 229*, Belinda Clark v Denmark, 16 December 1997 at Middle Income Group Ground, Mumbai, India[20]
Best innings bowling: 7/24, Shelley Nitschke v England, 19 August 2005 at Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster, England[21]
T20I cricket
Highest team total: 191/4 v Ireland, 27 March 2014 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh[22]
Highest individual innings: 126, Meg Lanning v Ireland, 27 March 2014 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet, Bangladesh[23]
Best innings bowling: 5/22, Julie Hunter v West Indies, 5 October 2012 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka[24]
| Nickname(s) | Southern Stars | |||||||||
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| Association | Cricket Australia | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Meg Lanning | |||||||||
| Coach | Matthew Mott | |||||||||
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| ICC status | Full member (1909) | |||||||||
| ICC region | East Asia-Pacific | |||||||||
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| Women's Tests | ||||||||||
| First WTest | v  England at Brisbane Exhibition Ground, Brisbane; 28–31 December 1934 | |||||||||
| Last WTest | v England at North Sydney Oval, North Sydney; 9–12 November 2017 | |||||||||
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| Women's One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WODI | v Young England at Dean Park Cricket Ground, Bournemouth; 23 June 1973 | |||||||||
| Last WODI | v  India at IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara; 18 March 2018 | |||||||||
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| Women's World Cup appearances | 11 (first in 1973) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (6 times) | |||||||||
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First WT20I | v England at County Ground, Taunton; 2 September 2005 | |||||||||
| Last WT20I | v England at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound; 24 November 2018 | |||||||||
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| Women's T20 World Cup appearance | 6 (first in 2009) | |||||||||
| Best result | Champions (4 times) | |||||||||
| As of 25 November 2018 | ||||||||||
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