ACT Meteors

The Australian Capital Territory Women cricket team, also known as the Intravision ACT Meteors, is the women's representative cricket team for the Australian Capital Territory. They play most of their home games at Manuka Oval, Canberra and they also use Phillip Oval, Canberra. 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.

Australian Capital Territory

Personnel
Captain	Katie Mack
Coach	Erin Osborne
Team information
Colours	Dark Blue   Gold
Founded	First recorded match: 1978
Home ground	Manuka Oval, Canberra
Capacity	16,000
Secondary home ground(s)	Phillip Oval, Canberra
History
First-class debut	Queensland in 1978 at St Andrew's Cricket Ground No 3, Sydney
AWCC wins	0
WNCL wins	0
WT20C wins	0
Official website	Cricket ACT

History

1978–1995: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

Australian Capital Territory's first recorded match was against Queensland in the Australian Women's Cricket Championships on 27 to 28 December 1978, which they won on first innings.^[1] With the exception of 1980–81, they subsequently competed in every Australian Women's Cricket Championships up to and including its penultimate season in 1994–95.^[2][3] Their best finish came in 1992–93, when they drew the third-place playoff with Western Australia but secured third place based on first innings score.^[4]

2009–present: Twenty20 Cup and Women's National Cricket League

Australian Capital Territory joined the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup and the WNCL in 2009–10, finishing a respectable third in both competitions.^[5][6]

Australian Capital Territory finished fourth in the 2013–14 Twenty20 Cup and qualified for the semi-finals, where they met New South Wales. Australian Capital Territory won the match by 12 runs thanks to six wickets from Rhiannon Dick.^[7][8] However, they lost the final to Queensland by seven wickets after scoring only 107 batting first.^[9]

Grounds

Prior to joining the WNCL, Australian Capital Territory played their home games at a number of grounds in Canberra, including Kingston Oval, Reid Oval, Manuka Oval, Stirling Oval, Kaleen Oval, Boomanulla Oval, O'Connor Oval, Deakin West Ground and St Edmund's College Oval.^[10][11][12]

After joining the WNCL in 2009–10, Australian Capital Territory used Manuka Oval for all of their home matches until 2012. In 2012 and 2013 they played home matches at Freebody Oval in Queanbeyan, Chisholm Oval in Canberra and Robertson Oval in Wagga Wagga.^[11][13] Since 2014 they have resumed playing at the Manuka Oval for the majority of their matches. They have also started to use Phillip Oval, Canberra, playing their first match there against England on 28 January 2020.^[14] They played their five 2020–21 WNCL home games and their six 2021–22 WNCL home games at Phillip Oval (now also known as EPC Solar Park). In the 2022–23 WNCL, they split their home matches between Phillip Oval and Manuka Oval.^[11]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2023/24 season. Players in bold have international caps.^[15]

No.	Name	Nat.	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
2	Katie Mack		(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Captain
25	Annie Wikman		(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
32	Rebecca Carter		(1996-07-16) 16 July 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
28	Grace Dignam		(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
33	Olivia Porter		(2001-11-14) 14 November 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
61	Chelsea Moscript		(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 28)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
74	Carly Leeson		(1998-11-09) 9 November 1998 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
5	Kayla Burton		(2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
12	Grace Lyons		(2005-09-11) 11 September 2005 (age 18)	Right-handed	–
19	Paris Bowdler		(2004-11-24) 24 November 2004 (age 19)	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
6	Angelina Genford		(2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
7	Chloe Rafferty		(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
9	Holly Ferling		(1995-12-22) 22 December 1995 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
11	Gabby Sutcliffe		(2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
51	Jannatul Ferdus		(1999-12-12) 12 December 1999 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
77	Amy Hunter		(2005-12-20) 20 December 2005 (age 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
99	Alisha Bates		(2002-03-18) 18 March 2002 (age 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Notable players

Players who have played for Australian Capital Territory and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[16]

• Christina Matthews (1984)
• Lyn Larsen (1984)
• Glenda Hall (1984)
• Frances Leonard (1986)
• Cathy Smith (1987)
• Lynette Cook (1987)
• Jodie Davis (1988)
• Bronwyn Calver (1991)
• Kim Fazackerley (1992)
• Kate Pulford (1999)
• Leanne Davis (2000)
• Nicola Browne (2002)
• Sara McGlashan (2002)
• Kris Britt (2003)
• Leonie Coleman (2004)
• Jodie Fields (2006)
• Lynsey Askew (2006)
• Rene Farrell (2007)
• Erin Osborne (2009)
• Dane van Niekerk (2009)
• Marizanne Kapp (2009)
• Sian Ruck (2009)
• Sarah Coyte (2010)
• Lea Tahuhu (2011)
• Georgia Elwiss (2011)
• Holly Ferling (2013)
• Hayley Jensen (2014)
• Jannatul Ferdus (2018)
• Erin Burns (2019)

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Erin Osborne^[15]

Honours

• Australian Women's Cricket Championships:
  • Winners (0):
  • Best finish: 3rd (1991–92, 1992–93)
• Women's National Cricket League:
  • Winners (0):
  • Best finish: 3rd (2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12)
• Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup (0):
  • Winners (0):
  • Best finish: runners-up (2013–14)

See also

• ACT Comets

References

1. "Australian Capital Territory Women v Queensland Women". CricketArchive. 27 December 1978. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
2. "Women's First-Class Events played by Australian Capital Territory Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
3. "Women's List A Events played by Australian Capital Territory Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
4. "Australian Capital Territory Women v Western Australia Women". CricketArchive. 8 January 1993. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
5. "Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup 2009/10 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
6. "Women's National Cricket League 2009/10 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
7. "Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013/14 Table". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
8. "New South Wales Women v Australian Capital Territory Women". CricketArchive. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
9. "Australian Capital Territory Women v Queensland Women". CricketArchive. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
10. "Women's First-Class Matches played by Australian Capital Territory Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
11. "Women's List A Matches played by Australian Capital Territory Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
12. "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Australian Capital Territory Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
13. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Australian Capital Territory Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
14. "Australian Capital Territory Women v England Women". CricketArchive. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
15. "ACT Meteors Confirm Squad for 2023/2024 WNCL Season". Cricket ACT. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
16. "Australian Capital Territory Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.