The best performers from the Darwin and District Cricket Competition’s women’s division over the past three years
Women’s cricket in Darwin has gone from strength to strength in recent years and here are some of the best players behind its renaissance.
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Which players have aided the rebirth of women’s cricket in Darwin?
A historic seven teams will compete in the women’s division of the Darwin and District Cricket Competition this season, which starts on Friday night.
Women’s cricket in Darwin has had very much an on and off history.
It was relatively strong in 2009, with five teams, before those numbers tapered off to just two by 2011, and stopped completely by 2013.
But the women’s version of the game underwent a renaissance in 2019 after several years in hiatus.
AT PINT CC, the club will field an all-girls Under 12 team while local comedian Amy Heatherington has been training for the women’s senior squad.
At Palmerston, player Kara McMahon said the team would be a “good mix of people and skill levels so everyone gets a go”.
However, all Premier Grade teams now have a stake in the women’s game, with Waratah producing a future star in 20-year-old Monet Hunter, considered to be one of the quickest bowlers in the Territory, punishing batter and outstanding fielder.
“(She) has the potential to get into a WBBl squad next summer,” club leader Chris McCormick said.
THE BATTERS AND BOWLERS BEHIND THE RESURGENCE IN WOMEN’S CRICKET
2021
Krystelle Jones
CLUB: Tracy Village
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 158
HIGHEST SCORE: 38 v PINT
WICKETS: Eight at 10.13
BB: 3/11 against Waratah
Matisse Hunter
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 134
HS: 31 v Southern Districts
WICKETS: Eight at 10.13
BB: 4/6 against Nightcliff
Monet Hunter
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 130
HS: 38 v Tracy Village
Phillipa Cox
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: five
RUNS: 93
HS: 24 against Tracy Village and Nightcliff
Kara McMahon
CLUB: Palmerston
MATCHES: Five
RUNS: 108
HS: 29 against PINT
WICKETS: Seven at 10.57
BB: 3/17 against Southern Districts
Kat Byron
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: Six
WICKETS: Six at 6.83
BB: 2/3 against Southern Districts
2020
Tarryn O’Heir
CLUB: Waratah
RUNS: 52
HS: 15 against Palmerston
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 52
HS: 15 v Palmerston
Kiarah Jackson
CLUB: Southern Districts
MATCHES: Seven
RUNS: 39
HS: 17 against PINT
WICKETS: Eight wickets at 6.38
BB: 4/9 against PINT
Monet Hunter
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 71
HS: 19 v PINT
WICKETS: Five wickets at 7.6
BB: 4/12 against Southern Districts
Kara McMahon
CLUB: Palmerston
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 71
HS: 22 v Waratah
Amber Cloughessy
CLUB: Southern Districts
MATCHES: Five
RUNS: 63
HS: 25 v PINT
Frances Ennor
CLUB: Southern Districts
MATCHES: Five
RUNS: 61
HS: 25 v Palmerston
Teaghan Coutts
CLUB: Palmerston
RUNS: 43
HS: 17 against PINT
MATCHES: Three
WICKETS: Six wickets at four
BB: 3/4 against PINT
Tina Carlson
CLUB: Palmerston
MATCHES: Six
WICKETS: Six at nine.
BB: 3/9 against Southern Districts
2019
Megan White
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 140
HS: 31 v Palmerston
WICKETS: Five wickets at 11.2
BB: 2/26 against Palmerston
Amanda Challen
CLUB: Palmerston
MATCHES:
RUNS: 50
HS: 17 v Waratah
WICKETS: Five at 9.6
BB: 3/23 against Waratah
Melissa Campbell
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 133
HS: 41 v Southern Districts
Breanna Martin
CLUB: Waratah
MATCHES: Six
RUNS: 89
HS: 32 v Palmerston
WICKETS: Three at 29
BB: 2/21 against Southern Districts
Rianna Carlson
CLUB: Palmerston
MATCHES: Three
RUNS: 66
HS: 43 v Waratah
WICKETS: Two at 10
BB: 2/20 against Waratah
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