The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Alyssa Healy and coached by Shelley Nitschke, they are the top team in all world rankings assigned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the women's game.
The SCG hosted the second Test match in women's cricket history.
Betty Wilson was the first player to take ten wickets and score a century in the same Test.
A billboard from 1976 promotes the first-ever women's cricket match played at Lord's. Australia lost the ODI to England by eight wickets.
Lisa Sthalekar debuted for Australia in 2001. She became the first woman in the world to take 100 ODI wickets while scoring 1,000 ODI runs.
Alyssa Healy
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Alyssa Jean Healy is an Australian cricketer who plays and captains the Australian women's national team. She also plays for New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL and captains the UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League in India. She made her international debut in February 2010.
Healy practising a stumping in the Adelaide Oval nets.
Healy in her batting kit in the Adelaide Oval nets.
Healy batting for NSW Breakers, 2017