Ashleigh Katherine Gardner (born 15 April 1997) is an Australian international cricketer who plays as an all-rounder. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She is a regular for Australia and plays for New South Wales Breakers in the Women's National Cricket League and Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League.[1]
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Full name | Ashleigh Katherine Gardner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 25) Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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Test debut (cap 174) | 18 July 2019 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 27 January 2022 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 134) | 2 March 2017 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 16 July 2022 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 44) | 17 February 2017 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 7 August 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–2016/17, 2018/19–present | New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–present | Sydney Sixers (squad no. 6) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18 | South Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gardner was born in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown. She is an Indigenous Australian through her mother's Muruwari heritage.[2]
She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut against New Zealand on 17 February 2017.[3]
On 2 March 2017, she made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut against New Zealand.[4]
In June 2017, she became the first Indigenous Australian woman to play in a cricket World Cup, when she represented Australia against Pakistan in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup.[5][6]
Gardner played for Australia in the Women's Ashes. In the first ODI she took three wickets in the first innings, then combined with Alex Blackwell in the second innings for a 39 run partnership from just 29 balls. She hit two sixes in her innings and, though she was dismissed after only 18 balls, she had put Australia in a position where they only needed two runs from the final over.[7]
In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[8] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[9][10] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as the player to watch in the team.[11] In November 2018, she was named in the Sydney Sixers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[12][13]
In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[14][15] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.[16][17] She made her Test debut for Australia against England women on 18 July 2019.[18] In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[19]
In January 2022, Gardner was named in Australia's squad for their series against England to contest the Women's Ashes.[20] Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[21] In May 2022, Gardner was named in Australia's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[22]
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