Cathryn Fitzpatrick

Australian cricketer

Cathryn Fitzpatrick
Personal information
Full name
Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick
Born (1968-03-04) 4 March 1968 (age 56)
Melbourne, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 121)2 February 1991 v India
Last Test18 February 2006 v India
ODI debut (cap 71)24 July 1993 v West Indies
Last ODI4 February 2006 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 5)2 September 2005 v England
Last T20I18 October 2006 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989/90–2006/07Victoria
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 13 109 2 244
Runs scored 152 651 – 1,970
Batting average 16.88 16.69 – 17.58
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 – 0/1
Top score 53 43 – 56
Balls bowled 3,603 6,017 48 13,136
Wickets 60 180 0 358
Bowling average 19.11 16.79 – 17.53
5 wickets in innings 2 4 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 5/29 5/14 – 6/22
Catches/stumpings 5/– 25/– 1/– 50/–
Medal record
Source: CricketArchive, 25 November 2022

Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick (born 4 March 1968) is an Australian former cricketer. She was recognised as the world's fastest female bowler throughout her career and became the first woman to take 100 One Day International wickets.[1] She appeared in 13 Test matches, 109 One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals for Australia between 1991 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for Victoria.[2][3] In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into both the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[4][5]

Career summary

While juggling her full-time job as a waste collector and later a postwoman, Fitzpatrick represented Australia in cricket on 124 occasions.[6] She made her international debut in 1991 and went on to play 13 Test matches, taking 60 wickets (the second-most by an Australian woman, only behind Betty Wilson) at an average of 19.11.[7]

Fitzpatrick also played 109 One Day Internationals, taking 180 wickets (the most by any woman until surpassed by Jhulan Goswami in May 2017) at an average of 16.79.[8][9] She was a member of the Australian team that won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 1997 and 2005.[10][11]

On 25 February 2006, Fitzpatrick became the oldest woman to take a five-wicket haul in ODI history, at the age of 37 years and 358 days.[12] In March 2007, she announced her retirement from international cricket and also brought her domestic career with Victoria to an end after taking 148 wickets in 103 WNCL matches.[13]

From May 2012 to March 2015, Fitzpatrick served as head coach of the Australian women's team, overseeing three successful world championship campaigns.[14]

In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.[15] Later that year, she was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[16]

Bowling speed

Due to limitations of technological resources in her playing tenure, Fitzpatrick's top and average speeds are estimates rather than precise figures. Thorough eye-witness testimony agrees she was the world's fastest female bowler during her prime years,[17][18][19] while sporadic measurements indicated her quickest delivery was at least 125 km/h.[20][21][22] This evaluation holds up both impressively and credibly compared with modern women's cricket, which is characterised by increased professional standards - as of 2019, the fastest current bowlers were South Africa's Shabnim Ismail and New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu, who were officially recorded at speeds of 128 km/h and 126 km/h respectively.[23]

Honours

Team

Individual

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Leading Ladies: First to 100 ODI wickets from each team". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Cathryn Fitzpatrick". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Cathryn Fitzpatrick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ Pierik, Jon (11 February 2019). "Jones, Fitzpatrick and Murdoch inducted into cricket's Hall of Fame". The Age. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ "ICC Hall of Fame: Cathryn Fitzpatrick".
  6. ^ "Elite now, elite then: Before the golden age of women's cricket". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Bowling records | Most wickets in career". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Cathryn Fitzpatrick". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Jhulan Goswami: Goswami breaks record as Indian women beat SA women by 7 wkts | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 May 207. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of New Zealand Women vs Australia Women Final 1997 - Score Report". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Sublime Rolton guides Australia to fifth World Cup". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Bowling records | Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Fitzpatrick retires after 16-year career". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Fitzpatrick steps down from Southern Stars". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Australian Cricket Awards | Cricket Australia". Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  16. ^ Cricinfo (19 July 2019). "Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Donald, Cathryn Fitzpatrick inducted in ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  17. ^ "ICC Hall of Fame: Cathryn Fitzpatrick". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  18. ^ Vaidya, Jaideep (4 March 2013). "Cathryn Fitzpatrick: The ultimate benchmark for fast bowlers in women's cricket". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Wisden's Five Greats of the Women's Game – Cathryn Fitzpatrick". Wisden: The blog. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Fitzpatrick calls it a day, still at top of her game". The Age. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  21. ^ Gary Cox (18 October 2018). Cricket Ball. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 203–. ISBN 978-1-350-01457-2.
  22. ^ Lawrence Booth (9 April 2020). The Shorter Wisden 2020: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2020. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 84–. ISBN 978-1-4729-7638-3.
  23. ^ Cherny, Daniel (21 February 2020). "Women's T20 World Cup: The female pace race - who will be the fastest of them all? Shabnim Ismail, Lea Tahuhu, Ellyse Perry jostle, Tayla Vlaeminck is the future". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Full Scorecard of Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women 2nd Final 2003 - Score Report". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  25. ^ "Full Scorecard of Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women 3rd Final 2005 - Score Report". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

Further reading

  • Collin, Emily (20 January 2020). "Elite now, elite then: Before the golden age of women's cricket". Cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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