Beth Mooney

Beth Mooney : 

Bethany Louise Mooney, Australian pride who is a professional cricket player who plays for the Australian cricket team as a wicket-keeper batswoman in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level, she plays for Western Australia and Perth Scorchers. In March 2020, at the conclusion of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020, she became the world’s number one batter in Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.

History :

Born on 14 January 1994, in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Beth has a brother and a sister Gabrielle. As a child, she was into many sports, ranging from soccer to tennis. Before her eighth birthday, she was invited to fill in for her brother’s cricket team; that invitation turned into her making regular appearances for Kialla Lakes Cricket Club.

Mooney did not start playing cricket in Queensland until a year after her move. At that year’s Hervey Bay Zone trials, she was identified as the best catcher in her team and was advised by the team’s coach to try wicket-keeping. She was then selected as a wicket-keeper for the Queensland Primary School girls team and later progressed through higher-level junior Queensland girls teams. Meanwhile, she played for Hervey Bay’s boys’ Cavaliers team until she was 18 years old, as there were no girls cricket teams in rural areas.By the time she was about 13, Mooney was already being tipped to play cricket for Australia. Upon leaving school, Mooney started a teaching degree. However, she quit her studies in 2014 to focus on cricket, after realizing that she would have only one chance to make it in the game

Her Debut :

Mooney made her debut for the Queensland Fire in the Women’s National Cricket League in 2010. Currently, she plays as a wicket-keeper batter for Western Australia and Perth Scorchers.

In November 2018, Mooney was named in Brisbane Heat’s squad for the 2018–19 Women’s Big Bash League season. On 21 November 2020, Mooney became the first player to score 3000 runs in the Women’s Big Bash League competition. In April 2022, Mooney was bought by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.

Her International Career:

 In January 2022, Mooney was named in Australia’s squad for their series against England to contest the Women’s Ashes. Later the same month, she was named in Australia’s team for the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. She hit 330 runs, including a half-century in the final, helping Australia clinch the World Cup title. In May 2022, Mooney was named to Australia‘s team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. She was leading run-scorer, with 179, and the player of the match for her 61 in the final, as Australia won the Commonwealth Games. She scored 918 international runs at an average of 65 in the year 2022 and was named as the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World for her performances

Her Career in WPL, India. 

In the inaugural season of the Indian Women’s Premier League in 2023, Beth Mooney was bought by Gujarat Giants (GG) at the price of 2 crore INR. She was named as captain of the GG. However, she suffered a calf injury in the tournament opener against the Mumbai Indians and was ruled out of the remainder of the season. South African batter Laura Wolvaardt replaced her in the side, while the captaincy passed to Sneh Rana.

 Achievements:

 As a Team : 

3× ICC Women’s World Twenty20 champion: 2018, 2020, 2023.

Women’s Cricket World Cup champion: 2022.

Commonwealth Games champion: 2022.

3× Women’s Big Bash League champion: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22.

Women’s National Cricket League champion: 2020–21.

Individual

2x Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World: 2020, 2022.

ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Player of the Tournament: 2020.

Commonwealth Games Player of the Gold Medal Match: 2022.

2× Belinda Clark Award winner: 2021, 2023.

Women’s Big Bash League Player of the Tournament: 2016–17.

Stats : 

Batting stats : Left-handed batter