Tess Flintoff (born 31 March 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).[1][2] An all-rounder, she bats right-handed and bowls right-arm medium pace.[3] In 2015, Flintoff was named in Cricket Australia's under-15 Talent Squad[4] and in 2020 she was selected to play for Australia's under-19 team for a planned tour to South Africa.[5]
In January 2022, Flintoff was named in Australia's A squad for their series against England A, with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes.[6]
During the 2022-23 Women's Big Bash League, she hit a 16-ball fifty against Adelaide Strikers. It is the fastest fifty in Women's Big Bash League and the second-fastest recorded fifty Women's Twenty20 cricket after Marie Kelly's 15-ball fifty earlier in the same year.[7] Her team Melbourne Stars scored 186/5 then, which is their highest total in Women's BBL.[8]
References
Media related to Tess Flintoff at Wikimedia Commons
- ^ "Players". Cricket Victoria. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Players". Melbourne Stars. Cricket Network. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Tess Flintoff". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "The rise & rise of Tess Flintoff". Australian Cricket Society. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "Tess Flintoff". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
- ^ "Alana King beats Amanda-Jade Wellington to place in Australia's Ashes squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Tess Flintoff smashes record 16-ball fifty in Women's Big Bash League". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
- ^ "Emerging star rewrites record books with 16-ball stunner". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
External links
- Tess Flintoff at ESPNcricinfo
- Tess Flintoff at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Tess Flintoff at Cricket Australia
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