Victoria women's cricket team explained

Victoria
Colours: Navy blue
White
Grey
Captain:Meg Lanning
Coach:Jarrad Loughman
Founded:First recorded match: 1891
Ground:Junction Oval, Melbourne
Capacity:7,000
Ground2:Shepley Oval, Melbourne
First Fc:New South Wales
First Fc Year:1934
First Fc Venue:University Oval, Sydney
Title1:AWCC
Title1wins:36
Title2:WNCL
Title2wins:2
Title3:WT20C
Title3wins:3
Website:Victorian Cricket Team

The Victoria women's cricket team, previously known as Victorian Spirit, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian State of Victoria. They play their home games at Junction Oval, St Kilda, Melbourne. They compete in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunct Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and Australian Women's Cricket Championships, a competition which they dominated, having won 36 titles.

History

1891–1930: Early history

Victoria's first recorded match was against New South Wales on 17 March 1891, however, the result is unknown.[1] Their first match with a known result was against New South Wales Second XI, with Victoria winning a one-day, two innings match by 6 wickets on 19 April 1930.[2]

1931–1996: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

Victoria played alongside New South Wales and Queensland in the inaugural season of the Australian Women's Cricket Championships in 1930–31.[3] They continued to play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96.[4] [5] They won the title 36 times, making them the most successful team.[6]

1996–present: Women's National Cricket League and Twenty20 Cup

Victoria joined the newly established WNCL in 1996–97.[7] They have won the title twice, in 2002–03 and 2004–05. They are the most successful side in the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, having won the title three times, with consecutive wins coming in 2009–10, 2010–11 and 2011–12[8]

Grounds

Victoria have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded home match against Tasmania in 1906 was played at Victoria Park, Melbourne. Historically they have played the vast majority of their home matches at various grounds in Melbourne. Their first match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was against England in 1934. Since 2002 they have also played occasional matches in Geelong.[9] [10] [11] [12] [1]

Since 2013, Victoria have played most of their home games at Junction Oval, located in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, as well as occasionally at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Casey Fields. Their two 2019–20 WNCL home games were played at Junction Oval. Their four 2020–21 WNCL league matches, as well as the final, were also played at Junction Oval. In 2021–22, they played six matches at Junction Oval, as well as playing their first ever match at Shepley Oval in Melbourne. In 2022–23, the side returned to just using Junction Oval.

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players in bold have international caps.[13]

No.NameNat.Birth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
7Meg Lanning 25 March 1992 Right-handed Captain, Cricket Australia contract, Australia Captain
27 27 January 2004 Right-handed
All-rounders
3Annabel Sutherland 12 October 2001 Right-handed Cricket Australia contract
6 2 September 1998 Left-handed
11Kim Garth [14] 25 April 1996 Right-handed
14 14 April 1998 Right-handed
20Ellyse Perry 3 November 1990 Right-handed Cricket Australia contract
23Sophie Molineux 17 January 1998 Left-handed Cricket Australia contract
25 31 March 2003 Right-handed
32Georgia Wareham 26 May 1999 Right-handed Cricket Australia contract
–Poppy Gardner 5 January 2005 Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
4 17 January 2000 Right-handed —
22 Unknown Left-handed –
Bowlers
8 Unknown Right-handed
16 17 December 1997 Right-handed
17Tayla Vlaeminck 27 October 1998 Right-handed Cricket Australia contract
18 8 September 2003 Right-handed
19 1 April 2005 Right-handed
21 15 July 2005 Right-handed
28 7 October 2003 Right-handed
34 7 August 1992 Right-handed

Notable players

Players who have played for Victoria and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[15]

Coaching staff

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  2. Web site: New South Wales Women Second XI v Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 19 April 1930. 25 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Australian Women's Cricket Championships 1930/31. CricketArchive. 25 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Women's First-Class Events played by Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 25 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Women's List A Events played by Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 25 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Women's Cricket in Australia - All 'n Sundry Stats... . 8 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140204093739fw_/http://www.southernstars.org.au/natstat.htm . 4 February 2014 . dead.
  7. Web site: Women's National Cricket League 1996/97. CricketArchive. 25 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Victorian Cricket Team. Cricket Victoria. 10 February 2021.
  9. Web site: Victoria Women v England Women. CricketArchive. 7 December 1934. 17 January 2021.
  10. Web site: Women's First-Class Matches played by Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  11. Web site: Women's List A Matches played by Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  12. Web site: Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Victoria Women. CricketArchive. 17 January 2021.
  13. Web site: Victoria confirm women's contract list . Cricket Victoria. 9 May 2023 . 17 September 2023.
  14. Garth has also played international cricket for Ireland.
  15. Web site: Victoria Women Players. CricketArchive. 2 April 2021.
  16. Web site: Cricket Victoria appoint Jarrad Loughman as Women's Coach. Cricket Victoria. 26 May 2021. 26 May 2021.
  17. Web site: Controlling the controllable key for Cup hopeful. cricket.com.au. 7 January 2020. 16 January 2021.
  18. Web site: Sharelle McMahon appointed Head of Female Cricket. Cricket Victoria. 18 August 2021. 18 August 2021.

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