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Elyse Jayne Villani (born 6 October 1989) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australia national women's team. She also plays domestically for the Tasmanian Tigers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).

Elyse Villani
Villani batting for Perth Scorchers (WBBL) during WBBL|04.
Personal information
Full name
Elyse Jayne Villani
Born (1989-10-06) 6 October 1989 (age 33)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
NicknameJunior; June Bug
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
  • Australia
Test debut (cap 167)10 January 2014 v England
Last Test9 November 2017 v England
ODI debut (cap 126)19 January 2014 v England
Last ODI3 March 2019 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.4
T20I debut (cap 27)3 June 2009 v New Zealand
Last T20I24 November 2018 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2014/15Victoria
2012Staffordshire
2014/2015Northern Districts
2015/16–2017/18Western Australia
2015/16–2018/19Perth Scorchers
2017–2018Loughborough Lightning
2018/19–2020/21Victoria
2019/20–2021/22Melbourne Stars
2021/22–presentTasmania
2022–presentTrent Rockets
2022/23–presentHobart Hurricanes
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WBBL
Matches 3 34 62 87
Runs scored 72 603 1,369 2,410
Batting average 14.40 21.53 28.52 31.30
100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/12 0/21
Top score 33 75 90* 84*
Balls bowled 6 252 – 33
Wickets 0 7 – 3
Bowling average – 35.71 – 15.00
5 wickets in innings – 0 – 0
10 wickets in match – 0 – 0
Best bowling – 3/42 – 3/16
Catches/stumpings 2/– 16/– 16/– 42/–
Source: Cricket Australia, 28 April 2021

She made one appearance in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[1] She previously played for Victorian Spirit in the WNCL.[2] In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.[3]

In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[4] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[5][6]

In November 2018, she was named in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[7][8] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[9][10] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.[11][12]

In January 2022, Villani was named in Australia's A squad for their series against England A, with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes.[13]


Personal life


Villani was a student at Eltham College in Melbourne.[14]

She came out as lesbian in 2015, the second member of the Australian team to do so after Alex Blackwell.[15]

Villani's nickname is "Junior".[16] She is an ambassador for Gray-Nicolls.[17]


References


  1. "Player Profile: Elyse Villani". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  2. "Player Profile: Elyse Villani". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
  3. "Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debutants". BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  4. "Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. "Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  6. "Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  8. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  9. "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  10. "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  11. "Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  12. "Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad". The Guardian. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  13. "Alana King beats Amanda-Jade Wellington to place in Australia's Ashes squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  14. "Sport". Eltham College. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  15. Helmers, Caden (20 November 2017). "Women's Ashes: Australian cricketer Elyse Villani lauds marriage equality result". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  16. Staff writer (9 August 2013). "Introducing the players out to defend the Ashes as the Southern Stars get ready for England test". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  17. "Ambassadors". GRAY-NICOLLS. Retrieved 30 July 2019.


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