Emma Sampson

For the American author, see Emma Speed Sampson.

Emma Margaret Sampson (born 29 July 1985) is an Australian former cricketer who played as a right-arm pace bowler, and was considered one of the fastest in the women's game during her career, bowling at about 118 kilometres per hour (73 mph).^[1] She appeared in one Test match, 30 One Day Internationals and five Twenty20 Internationals for Australia between 2007 and 2009. She played domestic cricket for South Australia and Surrey.^[2][3]

Emma Sampson

Personal information
Full name	Emma Margaret Sampson
Born	(1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 (age 39) Adelaide, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (2007–2009)
Only Test (cap 154)	15 February 2008 v England
ODI debut (cap 108)	21 February 2007 v New Zealand
Last ODI	19 March 2009 v England
T20I debut (cap 18)	19 July 2007 v New Zealand
Last T20I	15 February 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2001/02–2008/09	South Australia
2009	Surrey
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 1 30 5 102 Runs scored 0 27 4 440 Batting average – 9.00 – 10.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 0* 9* 4* 44 Balls bowled 267 1,500 102 4,716 Wickets 3 39 4 109 Bowling average 31.00 24.02 21.50 26.30 5 wickets in innings 0 1 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/65 5/30 2/16 5/30 Catches/stumpings 0/– 8/– 2/– 26/–
Source: CricketArchive, 29 December 2022

After the 2009 World Cup, Sampson announced her "shock" retirement from cricket, at the age of 23.^[4] Her best international bowling figures came in a One Day International against New Zealand in 2008, where she took 5/30.^[5] Sampson did play again for Surrey after her announcement, in the 2009 Women's Twenty20 Cup and 2009 Women's County Championship, but did not play again after the 2009 season.^[6][7]

Sampson was the 154th woman to play Test cricket for Australia,^[8] and the 108th woman to play One Day International cricket for Australia.^[8][9]