Georgia Wareham
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Full name | Georgia Lee Wareham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Terang, Victoria, Australia | 26 May 1999||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Wolfie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 180) | 30 September 2021 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 139) | 18 October 2018 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 27 March 2024 v Bangladesh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 50) | 29 September 2018 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 17 October 2024 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–present | Melbourne Renegades | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017/18–present | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Gujarat Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Northern Superchargers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 October 2024 |
Georgia Lee Wareham (born 26 May 1999) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a leg spin bowler. At the domestic level, she plays for Victoria and the Melbourne Renegades.[1] In April 2018, she played six matches on an Under 19 tour of South Africa, taking a total of nine wickets including 4/17 in a 50-over match against the Emerging South Africa team.[2]
Career
In September 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series against New Zealand.[3] She made her WT20I for Australia against New Zealand on 29 September 2018.[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] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for Australia Women against Pakistan Women on 18 October 2018.[7]
In November 2018, she was named in the Melbourne Renegades' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[8][9] The International Cricket Council (ICC) named Wareham as one of the five breakout stars in women's cricket in 2018.[10]
In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with her first full contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[11][12] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.[13][14] In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[15]
In August 2021, Wareham was named in Australia's squad for their series against India, which included a one-off day/night Test match as part of the tour.[16] Wareham made her Test debut on 30 September 2021, for Australia against India.[17]
In October 2021, she suffered a rupture of her left anterior cruciate ligament while fielding in a WBBL match, a recurrence of an injury she had experienced playing Australian rules football as a 14-year-old.[18] After two surgeries and a 14-month recovery period, she resumed playing competitive cricket in January 2023.[19][20]
She was named in the Australia squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[21]
WPL
In the inaugural 2023 season of WPL, Georgia Wareham was bought by Gujarat Giants for ₹75L.[22] She was signed by Royal Challengers Bangalore ahead of the 2024 season for ₹40L.[23]
References
- ^ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Jolly, Laura (2 August 2018). "'I haven't seen a young leggie do that before'". Cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Jonassen injured, pair bolt into T20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- ^ "1st T20I (N), New Zealand Women tour of Australia at Sydney, Sep 29 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2018.
- ^ "Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
- ^ "1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Kuala Lumpur, Oct 18 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ "2018 lookback – the breakout stars (women)". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad". The Guardian. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ "Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland named in Australia's T20 World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ "Stars ruled out, bolters named in squad to play India". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Only Test (D/N), Carrara, Sep 30 - Oct 3 2021, India Women tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Georgia Wareham suffers ruptured ACL to put Ashes and World Cup in doubt". ESPNcricinfo. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Lanning and Wareham set to return for Victoria in the WNCL". ESPNcricinfo. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ Laura Jolly. "Wareham ready for return two years in the making". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Brown returns but no room for Jonassen in World Cup squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ Tripathi, Anuj (ed.). "WPL Auction: UP Warriorz pay INR 75 lakh for Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham finds home in Gujarat Giants". ANI NEWS. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Georgia Wareham". Womens Premier League. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
Further reading
- Burnett, Adam (15 June 2022). "Sparkle and Gade: Wareham confronts her long road back". Cricket.com.au. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
External links
Media related to Georgia Wareham at Wikimedia Commons