Carly Leeson

Australian cricketer

Carly Leeson
Porter batting for the ACT in September 2022
Porter batting for the ACT in September 2022
Personal information
Full name
Carly May Leeson
Born (1998-11-09) 9 November 1998 (age 25)
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016/17–2018/19Sydney Sixers
2017/18–2018/19New South Wales
2019/20–presentAustralian Capital Territory
2019/20–2022/23Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 16 27
Runs scored 238 106
Batting average 18.30 8.83
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 56 31*
Balls bowled 460 347
Wickets 12 16
Bowling average 38.00 26.75
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 –
Best bowling 4/33 3/14
Catches/stumpings 9/– 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 March 2021

Carly May Leeson (born 9 November 1998) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the ACT Meteors in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). An all-rounder, she bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace.[1][2][3] She has previously played for Sydney Sixers, New South Wales and Melbourne Renegades.[4]

Early life

Leeson was born on 9 November 1998 in Grafton, New South Wales.[4] She represented New South Wales at under-15 and under-18 level and was a member of Australia's second-string Shooting Stars squad when they toured Sri Lanka in 2015.[5]

Club career

In February 2018, Leeson became the first woman to play in a men's grade cricket match for Randwick Petersham Cricket Club.[6]

Domestic career

Women's Big Bash League

Leeson bowling for Melbourne Renegades during WBBL
Leeson bowling for Melbourne Renegades during WBBL|07

Leeson joined the Sydney Sixers ahead of the 2016–17 WBBL season. She played one match, against the Melbourne Renegades, and took two wickets for 11 runs from her two overs.[7][8]

Leeson joined the Melbourne Renegades for the 2019–20 season.[9] Her 2020–21 season was her most successful WBBL as she took 11 wickets and made her T20 high score of 31*.[10]

Women's National Cricket League

In the WNCL, Leeson joined the New South Wales Breakers ahead of the 2017–18 season, but did not play a match before joining the ACT Meteors in 2019.[11]

On 23 January 2020, Leeson made her maiden one-day fifty, scoring 56 off 63 balls in a seven-wicket loss to the Breakers.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Abode Hotels ACT Meteors". Cricket ACT. Cricket Network. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Players". Melbourne Renegades. Cricket Network. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Carly Leeson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Carly Leeson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Carly Leeson". Melbourne Renegades. Cricket Network. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ^ James, Ben (24 February 2018). "Carly Leeson bowls her way to cricket history". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Sydney Sixers Women v Melbourne Renegades Women". CricketArchive. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2016/17 - Sydney Sixers Women: Batting and Bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  9. ^ Jolly, Laura (17 October 2019). "Complete squad lists for WBBL05". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2020/21 - Melbourne Renegades Women: Batting and Bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  11. ^ Bertoldo, Lucie (24 September 2019). "ACT Meteors recruit Carly Leeson eyes back-to-back WNCL titles". Southern Highland News. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Australian Capital Territory Women v New South Wales Women". CricketArchive. 23 January 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

External links

Media related to Carly Leeson at Wikimedia Commons

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