Nicola Carey

Nicola Jane Carey (born 10 September 1993) is an Australian cricketer^[1] who plays for the national cricket team as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling right-arm medium pace. At the domestic level, she plays in the Women's National Cricket League for Tasmania and in the Women's Big Bash League for the Hobart Hurricanes. Until 2019, she played in those two competitions for the New South Wales Breakers and the Sydney Thunder, respectively.^[2][3]

Nicola Carey

Carey playing for the Sydney Thunder during WBBL03
Personal information
Full name	Nicola Jane Carey
Born	(1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31) Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia (2018-present)
ODI debut (cap 137)	12 March 2018 v India
Last ODI	8 March 2022 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	16
T20I debut (cap 49)	23 March 2018 v England
Last T20I	14 December 2022 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2010/11–2018/19	New South Wales
2015/16–2018/19	Sydney Thunder
2019/20–present	Hobart Hurricanes
2019/20–present	Tasmania
2022	Welsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20 Matches 23 26 115 205 Runs scored 153 54 2,807 1,838 Batting average 25.50 27.00 24.41 8.97 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 5/18 0/4 Top score 39* 10* 113 77 Balls bowled 809 380 3,787 3,400 Wickets 17 18 109 172 Bowling average 32.41 23.77 24.75 23.38 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/19 3/15 3/19 4/12 Catches/stumpings 8/– 15/– 34/– 57/–
Medal record Women's Cricket Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham World Cup Winner 2022 New Zealand T20 World Cup Winner 2018 West Indies Winner 2020 Australia
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2022

Career

Carey was a member of the victorious Southern Stars squad that won the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 title in Sri Lanka. Carey was part of two ICC World Twenty20 in 2012 and in 2016.^[4]

She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for Australia Women against India Women on 12 March 2018.^[5] Although she bowled well, and was praised by the team's coach, Matthew Mott, as having had "a fabulous debut", she did not take any wickets in her 10 overs, and was not required to bat. Her teammate Alyssa Healy commented that "... it was probably one of the most unlucky debuts I've ever seen."^[6]

Carey bowling for Australia during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for Australia Women against England Women on 23 March 2018 in the 2017–18 India women's Tri-Nation Series.^[7]

In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.^[8] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.^[9][10]

In November 2018, she was named in Sydney Thunder's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.^[11][12] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.^[13][14] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.^[15][16] In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.^[17]

In August 2021, Carey 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.^[18] In January 2022, Carey was named in Australia's squad for their series against England to contest the Women's Ashes.^[19] Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[20] In May 2022, Carey was named in Australia's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.^[21]

References

1. "Nicola Carey". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
2. Sixers Women go seven in a row with derby win
3. Scorchers scorched and thunderstruck
4. Carey replaces Harris in Australia Women's WT20 squad
5. "Australia Women require another 126 runs with 9 wickets and 38.2 overs remaining". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
6. Jolly, Laura (15 March 2018). "Carey a 'trump card' for Aussies: Mott". Cricket.com.au. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
7. "2nd match, India Tri-Nation Women's T20 Series at Mumbai, Mar 23 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
8. "Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
9. "Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
10. "Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
11. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
12. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
13. "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
14. "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
15. "Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
16. "Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
17. "Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland named in Australia's T20 World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
18. "Stars ruled out, bolters named in squad to play India". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
19. "Alana King beats Amanda-Jade Wellington to place in Australia's Ashes squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
20. "Wellington, Harris return in Australia's World Cup squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
21. "Aussies unchanged in quest for Comm Games gold". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 20 May 2022.

External links

Media related to Nicola Carey at Wikimedia Commons

• Nicola Carey at ESPNcricinfo
• Nicola Carey at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)
• Nicola Carey at Cricket Australia
• Nicola Carey at Commonwealth Games Australia
• Nicola Carey at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games