Cathryn Fitzpatrick

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Cathryn Fitzpatrick
Personal information
Full name
Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick
Born (1968-03-04) 4 March 1968 (age 56)
Melbourne, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 121)2 February 1991 v India
Last Test18 February 2006 v India
ODI debut (cap 71)24 July 1993 v West Indies
Last ODI4 February 2006 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 5)2 September 2005 v England
Last T20I18 October 2006 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989/90–2006/07Victoria
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 13 109 2 244
Runs scored 152 651 – 1,970
Batting average 16.88 16.69 – 17.58
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 – 0/1
Top score 53 43 – 56
Balls bowled 3,603 6,017 48 13,136
Wickets 60 180 0 358
Bowling average 19.11 16.79 – 17.53
5 wickets in innings 2 4 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 – 0 0
Best bowling 5/29 5/14 – 6/22
Catches/stumpings 5/– 25/– 1/– 50/–
Medal record
Women's Cricket
Representing  Australia
ICC Women's Cricket World Cup
Third place 1993 England
Winner 1997 India
Runner-up 2000 New Zealand
Winner 2005 South Africa
Source: CricketArchive, 25 November 2022

Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick (born 4 March 1968) is an Australian former

fastest female bowler throughout her career and became the first woman to take 100 One Day International wickets.[1] She appeared in 13 Test matches, 109 One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals for Australia between 1991 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for Victoria.[2][3] In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into both the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[4][5]

Career summary

While juggling her full-time job as a waste collector and later a postwoman, Fitzpatrick represented Australia in cricket on 124 occasions.[6] She made her international debut in 1991 and went on to play 13 Test matches, taking 60 wickets (the second-most by an Australian woman, only behind Betty Wilson) at an average of 19.11.[7]

Fitzpatrick also played 109 One Day Internationals, taking 180 wickets (the most by any woman until surpassed by Jhulan Goswami in May 2017) at an average of 16.79.[8][9] She was a member of the Australian team that won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 1997 and 2005.[10][11]

On 25 February 2006, Fitzpatrick became the oldest woman to take a five-wicket haul in ODI history, at the age of 37 years and 358 days.[12] In March 2007, she announced her retirement from international cricket and also brought her domestic career with Victoria to an end after taking 148 wickets in 103 WNCL matches.[13]

From May 2012 to March 2015, Fitzpatrick served as head coach of the Australian women's team, overseeing three successful world championship campaigns.[14]

In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.[15] Later that year, she was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[16]

Bowling speed

Due to limitations of technological resources in her playing tenure, Fitzpatrick's top and average speeds are estimates rather than precise figures. Thorough eye-witness testimony agrees she was the world's fastest female bowler during her prime years,[17][18][19] while sporadic measurements indicated her quickest delivery was at least 125 km/h.[20][21][22] This evaluation holds up both impressively and credibly compared with modern women's cricket, which is characterised by increased professional standards - as of 2019, the fastest current bowlers were South Africa's Shabnim Ismail and New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu, who were officially recorded at speeds of 128 km/h and 126 km/h respectively.[23]

Honours

Team

Individual

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Leading Ladies: First to 100 ODI wickets from each team". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Cathryn Fitzpatrick". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Cathryn Fitzpatrick". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ Pierik, Jon (11 February 2019). "Jones, Fitzpatrick and Murdoch inducted into cricket's Hall of Fame". The Age. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  5. ^ "ICC Hall of Fame: Cathryn Fitzpatrick".
  6. ^ "Elite now, elite then: Before the golden age of women's cricket". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Records | Women's Test matches | Bowling records | Most wickets in career". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Cathryn Fitzpatrick". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Jhulan Goswami: Goswami breaks record as Indian women beat SA women by 7 wkts | Cricket News - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 May 207. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of New Zealand Women vs Australia Women Final 1997 - Score Report". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Sublime Rolton guides Australia to fifth World Cup". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  12. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Bowling records | Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings". Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Fitzpatrick retires after 16-year career". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Fitzpatrick steps down from Southern Stars". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Australian Cricket Awards | Cricket Australia". Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  16. ^ Cricinfo (19 July 2019). "Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Donald, Cathryn Fitzpatrick inducted in ICC Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  17. ^ "ICC Hall of Fame: Cathryn Fitzpatrick". www.icc-cricket.com. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  18. ^ Vaidya, Jaideep (4 March 2013). "Cathryn Fitzpatrick: The ultimate benchmark for fast bowlers in women's cricket". Cricket Country. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Wisden's Five Greats of the Women's Game – Cathryn Fitzpatrick". Wisden: The blog. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  20. ^ "Fitzpatrick calls it a day, still at top of her game". The Age. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  21. ISBN 978-1-350-01457-2
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  22. ISBN 978-1-4729-7638-3
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  23. ^ Cherny, Daniel (21 February 2020). "Women's T20 World Cup: The female pace race - who will be the fastest of them all? Shabnim Ismail, Lea Tahuhu, Ellyse Perry jostle, Tayla Vlaeminck is the future". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  24. ^ "Full Scorecard of Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women 2nd Final 2003 - Score Report". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  25. ^ "Full Scorecard of Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women 3rd Final 2005 - Score Report". www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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