Leonie Coleman

Leonie Anne Coleman (born 5 February 1979 in Tamworth, New South Wales) is a retired Australian cricketer.^[1] A wicket-keeper, Coleman played in one Test match and 24 One Day Internationals for the Australian national women's cricket team.^[2] Coleman is the 151st woman to play Test cricket for Australia.^[3]

Leonie Coleman

Personal information
Full name	Leonie Anne Coleman
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Australia
Only Test (cap 151)	15 February 2008 v England
ODI debut (cap 99)	11 February 2004 v New Zealand
Last ODI	16 March 2009 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 20)	1 February 2008 v England
Last T20I	6 March 2008 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996/97-2008/09	New South Wales Breakers
2009/10-2010/11	ACT Meteors
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I Matches 1 24 2 Runs scored 21 119 9 Batting average 10.50 14.87 9.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 13 44 9 Catches/stumpings 3/0 15/8 1/1
Source: CricInfo, 28 June 2014

After making her international debut against New Zealand in 2004,^[4] she suffered an injury which kept her out of the international side for several years.^[2] She earned a recall to the national side just before the 2007–08 Ashes series, when first choice wicket-keeper Jodie Fields (then Jodie Purves) broke her thumb in a club match.^[5] However, Coleman retired from international cricket following the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, after Fields was preferred as wicket-keeper throughout the tournament.^[6] Coleman is the 99th woman to play One Day International cricket for Australia.^[7]

Coleman played domestic cricket for the New South Wales Breakers from 1996 to 2009, then played for the ACT Meteors from 2009 to 2011.^[8]

References

1. "Leonie Coleman – Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
2. "Leonie Coleman player profile". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
3. "Leonie Coleman (Player #169)". southernstars.org.au. Cricket Australia. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
4. "1st ODI: New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Auckland, Feb 11, 2004". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
5. "Australia dealt Ashes blow". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
6. Roesler, Jenny (22 March 2009). "Sampson retires from cricket at 23". Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
7. "Women's One-Day Internationals – Australia". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Inc. Archived from the original on 17 September 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
8. "Teams Leonie Coleman played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

External links

• Leonie Coleman at ESPNcricinfo