Ashleigh Gardner facts for kids
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Gardner batting for Sydney Sixers during WBBL|03
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Ashleigh Katherine Gardner
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| Born | 15 April 1997 Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 174) | 18 July 2019 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 15 February 2024 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 134) | 2 March 2017 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 17 January 2025 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 44) | 17 February 2017 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 17 October 2024 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2015–2017, 2018–present | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–present | Sydney Sixers (squad no. 6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–16 | Northern Districts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Gujarat Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 17 January 2025
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Ashleigh Katherine Gardner (born 15 April 1997) is an Australian cricketer. She plays for the national women's team. Ashleigh is an all-rounder, meaning she is great at both batting and bowling. She bats right-handed and bowls right-arm off spin.
Gardner also plays for teams in Australia and India. These include New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL). She plays for the Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). In India, she plays for the Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League (WPL). Ashleigh has won many championships and awards with her teams.
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Playing for Clubs and States
Ashleigh Gardner started her professional cricket journey in the 2015–16 season. She joined New South Wales for the WNCL. She also became part of the Sydney Sixers for the very first WBBL season.
Her 2016–17 season was amazing! She helped both the Sixers and New South Wales win championships. She was also named the "Young Gun" of WBBL|02. In the WBBL final, she had to leave the field due to heat, but her team still won.
In the 2017–18 WBBL season, Ashleigh showed her power. She scored 114 runs off just 52 balls against the Melbourne Stars. This was the fastest half-century and highest score in the league at that time! The Sixers won their second championship in a row that season.
Ashleigh faced some challenges with injuries during her career. For example, in a 2020–21 WBBL match, she had to miss games due to an injury. But she always bounced back! In the 2022–23 WBBL season, she was named the "Player of the Tournament." This was a big achievement!
In 2023, Ashleigh was bought by the Gujarat Giants in the first-ever Women's Premier League auction in India. This showed how valuable she is in cricket.
Playing for Australia
First International Matches
Ashleigh first joined Australia's national team in 2017. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut against New Zealand on 17 February. A WT20I is a shorter, faster game of cricket.
Soon after, she made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut on 2 March. A WODI is a longer game, played over one day. In this game, she scored the winning runs for Australia!
In June 2017, Ashleigh made history. She became the first Indigenous Australian woman to play in a Cricket World Cup. This was a very proud moment for her and for Australia.
Winning the T20 World Cup
Ashleigh started to make a big impact with her batting for Australia in 2017–18. She scored her first half-centuries in both ODI and T20I matches in October 2018.
The next month, she was a star at the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. She took ten wickets and helped Australia win the championship against England. Ashleigh was named the "Player of the Final" for her amazing performance!
Test Debut and More World Cup Wins
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In 2019, Ashleigh made her Test debut. Test cricket is the longest form of the game, played over several days. In this match, she did something special: she hit a six to score her first runs in all three types of international cricket (Test, ODI, and T20I). This shows her powerful batting style!
In February 2020, she scored her highest T20I score of 93 runs. Later that month, she helped Australia win their second T20 World Cup in a row. She even took the winning catch in the final!
World Cup and Commonwealth Games Gold
Ashleigh continued to shine. She scored half-centuries in Test matches in 2021 and 2022.
In the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup, Ashleigh was a key player. She scored 48 runs very quickly and took three wickets in a match against New Zealand. Australia went on to win another World Cup title!
She also had a fantastic performance at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. In the T20I tournament, she scored 52 runs against India, helping Australia win a tough match. In the gold medal match, again against India, she scored 25 runs and took three wickets. Australia won the gold medal!
On 26 June 2023, Ashleigh had an incredible performance in an Ashes Test match against England. She took 12 wickets in total, including an amazing 8 wickets for just 66 runs in one innings. These were the best bowling figures ever for an Australian woman in Test cricket!
Ashleigh was also chosen for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and the 2025 Women's Ashes series.
Off the field
Ashleigh Gardner was born in Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney. She is an Indigenous Australian through her mother's Muruwari family. She started the Ashleigh Gardner Foundation to help more Aboriginal kids finish high school.
During the global pandemic in 2020, Ashleigh found a new hobby: dot painting. Her artwork became very popular on social media. Other famous cricketers even asked her to paint for them! She also painted special boots for a footballer named Erin Todd to wear during a special Indigenous Round game.
Honours
Team
- Women's Cricket World Cup champion: 2022
- 3× ICC Women's T20 World Cup champion: 2018, 2020, 2023
- Commonwealth Games champion: 2022
- 2× Women's National Cricket League champion: 2016–17, 2018–19
- 2× Women's Big Bash League champion: 2016–17, 2017–18
Individual
- ICC Women's T20 World Cup Player of the Final: 2018
- Belinda Clark Award winner: 2022, 2024
- WBBL Player of the Tournament: 2022–23
- WBBL Young Gun Award winner: 2016–17
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