Rene Farrell
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Test debut (cap 156) | 10 July 2009 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 10 January 2014 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 110) | 28 July 2007 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 27 November 2016 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 26) | 1 June 2009 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 27 September 2016 v Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2008 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | ACT Meteors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–present | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Sydney Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Surrey Stars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 28 April 2021 |
Rene Farrell (born 13 January 1987) is an Australian
Although Farrell was successful in age-group interstate cricket, she did not make her senior debut for
During the bilateral series that followed against the hosts, Farrell made her
Early career
In March 2002, Farrell was selected for New South Wales to play in the Under-17 interstate championships. She scored 26 runs at a batting average of 26.00 and took six wickets at a bowling average of 16.66. New South Wales won every match up until the final, where they collapsed for 60 to lose to Queensland.[2] In January 2003, Farrell was selected for the Under-19 team and played in five matches. Her best performance was to score 49 and take 4/14 in a 123-run win over Tasmania. She took only one more wicket to end with five at 19.00 and scored 103 runs at 25.75.[2] Farrell returned the following year and took 4/1 from three overs in the first match as New South Wales defeated Tasmania by ten wickets after dismissing them for 24. She then took 4/19 against Western Australia and ended with 11 wickets at 9.54 and scored 62 runs at 31.00 in two matches.[2]
Domestic debut
Despite the strong performances in her final year in age group state cricket, Farrell was unable to break into senior ranks until late in the 2006–07 season. She made her debut for New South Wales in a closely contested match against
Farrell was rewarded at the end of the season with selection in the Australia Youth team to play against New Zealand A. She took a wicket in each of her two matches and ended with two wickets at 31.00 and 36 runs at 18.00.[2]
International debut
During July in the Australian winter of 2007, a Rose Bowl series was held against New Zealand in the tropical northern city of Darwin. Farrell was selected for the senior national squad after only five senior domestic matches, as cover for the injured pair of Lisa Sthalekar and Clea Smith.[3]
After Australia had taken a 2–1 lead in the five-match series, Farrell was given her debut in the fourth match. She took 3/36 from nine overs, taking three middle-order wickets.[4] She also completed a catch to help restrict the tourists to 9/196. Australia found the target difficult and won by three wickets and seal the series, sparing Farrell the need to bat on her debut. In the final match, Farrell batted for the first time, scoring three not out. She took 1/23 from five overs as New Zealand won by four wickets.[2]
Farrell had her first full WNCL season in 2007–08, playing in all eight of New South Wales' matches. After taking only one wicket in the first four matches, she took six wickets in the last four round-robin matches, with best figures of 2/9 against Queensland. New South Wales won all but their final match to qualify first and host the final against South Australia. Persistent rain forced the abandonment of the match and New South Wales retained their title on account of placing first in the round-robin phase.[2] Farrell took eight wickets at 19.25 at the high economy rate of 4.52 and scored 16 runs at 8.00.[2] In two Twenty20 matches, she took three wickets at 8.66 at and economy rate of 5.20 and was not required to bat as New South Wales won both games.[2]
Farrell was dropped from the Australian team after these performances in the WNCL and missed the home series against England and the Rose Bowl in New Zealand at the end of the season. Instead, she played for Australia's Under-21 team in three matches against England and the senior Australian team ahead of their international series. Farrell took five wickets at 17.00 at an economy rate of 4.20 and scored 33 runs at 33.00. In the first match against England, she took 3/22 in a 52-run win, and in the second match she scored an unbeaten 30 as the Australian Under-21s were dismissed for 174 to cede a 75-run loss.[2]
At the start of the 2008–09 season, Farrell was also left out of the home series against India. For the new WNCL season Farrell moved to Western Australia, and her batting improved markedly after her transfer. In her first match for her new state, Farrell hit an unbeaten 29 to steer them to a four-wicket win over South Australia. In the penultimate match of the season, she hit an unbeaten 59 in a tied match against Queensland. Farrell ended the season with 172 runs at 34.40 from eight matches, an average superior to many specialist batsmen. Her bowling remained steady, never taking more than two wickets in a match. She ended the WNCL with nine wickets at 27.33 at an economy rate of 3.48.[2] Western Australia won only two of their eight matches and did not make the final.[2] In two T20 matches, Farrell scored 21 in her only innings and took one wicket at 40.00 at an economy rate of 8.00.[2]
2009 World Cup and World Twenty20
Farrell was recalled to the Australian team for the Rose Bowl series in New Zealand in February and the 2009 World Cup held in New South Wales and Canberra the following month. Farrell played in the first and third matches against New Zealand, taking 3/26 in the first match as the hosts scraped home by two wickets. She was expensive in the next match, taking 1/35 from five overs in a heavy defeat, ending the series with 20 runs at 20.00 and four wickets at 15.25 and an economy rate of 4.69.[2]
In two warm-up matches ahead of the World Cup, Farrell had mixed results. She made 15 not out but was hit for 37 runs in six wicketless overs against England. In the next match against Sri Lanka, she scored 23 and took 1/12 in a comfortable 230-run win.[2]
Farrell was retained for the opening match against New Zealand, taking 1/20. She did not bat as Australia failed in their run-chase. In the next match against
Farrell was selected for Australia's team for the inaugural Women's World Twenty20 held in England in 2009. The Australians hosted New Zealand for a three-match series in tropical Darwin at the beginning of June before the World Cup, and Farrell showed good form taking five wickets at 9.80 at an economy rate of only 4.45, with a best of 3/13 from four overs in the first match.[2] However, she could not maintain the form. She took 1/29 from four overs in the team's only warm-up on English soil, against the hosts, and was retained for all the matches, despite going wicketless in each of the three group matches and conceding 84 runs at an economy rate of 9.33. However, she was effective with the bat, scoring 13, 31 and 12, all unbeaten, against New Zealand, West Indies and South Africa respectively, the second innings coming when she was promoted up the order in an eight-wicket win. Australia lost to New Zealand but won the last two matches to reach the semi-finals. There she scored one not out before England overhauled Australia's score of 5/163 to reach the final, which they won. Farrell was again ineffective, taking 1/32 from four overs. She ended the tournament with one wicket at 116.00 at an economy rate of 8.92.[2]
Farrell and the Australians stayed in England for a bilateral series against the hosts, who were the reigning world champions in both ODIs and T20s, after the end of the World Twenty20. She took 2/16 from her four overs as Australia upset England in the only T20 by 34 runs. She played in all of the five ODIs, scoring 39 not out as Australia collapsed to be all out for 133. Farrell ended the series with 70 runs at 35.00 and again struggled with the ball taking one wicket at 119.00 at an economy rate of 4.40.[2]
England won all the ODI matches except the last, which was washed out.
County stint in England
At the end of the tour of England, Farrell stayed on for a period to play for Nottinghamshire. During this stint she was successful mainly as a batsman. Before making her debut for the county, she struck 123 for Ransome & Marles against Warrington.[2] In her debut for Nottinghamshire in the one-day competition, Farrell scored 129, contributing more than 70% of her team's 179 as wickets fell around her regularly. She took 1/20 from her 10 overs but it was not enough to prevent a six-wicket defeat at the hands of Sussex. In her third match, she took 4/20 and scored 26 in a six-wicket win over Somerset. In the next match, she was attacked by the Kent batsmen, taking 1/69 from 10 overs. She responded by scoring 122 herself, but Nottinghamshire fell 15 runs short of Kent's 6/256.[2] In her seventh and final match for the county, she hit 80 in a 23-run win over Surrey.[2] In total, Farrell scored 413 runs at 59.00 and took seven wickets at 25.28 at an economy rate of 3.21.[2]
The WNCL was expanded in 2009–10 with the addition of the ACT, so ten round-robin matches were scheduled, and Farrell played in all, scoring 171 runs at 17.10. Her top-score of 52 came in a 127-run defeat at the hands of New South Wales. She also had her most prolific season with the ball taking 18 wickets at 21.44 and an economy rate of 4.42.[2] After taking four wickets in the first four matches, she took 3/32 and 2/33 against the Australian Capital Territory, but then wen wicketless in two matches against her native state, conceding almost five runs per over in heavy defeats by 127 runs and ten wickets. In the last two matches of the season, Farrell's performance peaked. She took 5/57 from her ten overs and completed three catches to help bowl out Queensland for 213, setting up a three-wicket win, and the next day, she took 4/27 and a catch to help seal a 138-run win.[2] Western Australia won only four of their ten matches and did not make the final.[2]
Farrell had a successful time in the domestic T20s, now part of a full interstate tournament, scoring 99 runs at 19.80 and taking five wickets at 19.00 at an economy rate of 4.75.[2] Her best score of 38 came in a win over the Australian Capital Territory and her best bowling of 3/11 came against Tasmania. Western Australia did not make the final.[2]
In the 2010 Rose Bowl series, Farrell played in each of the five ODIs during the Australian leg of the competition. She took one wicket in each of the matches and made ducks in both of her innings. She ended the ODIs with five wickets at 21.60 and an economy rate of 3.25 as Australia won all five matches.[2] The ODIs were followed by five T20 internationals, three at Bellerive Oval in Hobart and the last two in New Zealand. Farrell played in all but the fourth T20 game, taking five wickets at 17.80 and an economy rate of 6.35 and she batted twice, scoring two runs at 2.00.[2] New Zealand won all five T20s and Farrell was left out of the three ODIs on New Zealand soil.[2]
2010 World Twenty20 triumph
Farrell was selected for the
Australia were grouped with
A Super Over eventuated, and
In the next match against South Africa, Farrell came in at 7/151. She lasted two balls before being run out for one late in the innings. Her dismissal was part of a sudden collapse as Australia lost 6/16 including the last four wickets for four runs to be all out for 155 with three balls unused. She took 0/20 from her four overs and caught Dane van Niekerk from the last ball of the match as Australia completed a 22-run win.[10] In the final group match against the hosts, Farrell was promoted up the order came in at 4/78 in the 12th over with the intention of lifting the run rate, but made only 5 from 6 balls before being dismissed before Australia finished on 7/133. She combined with Ellyse Perry to run out Juliana Nero in the second over, before bowling Cordel Jack for a duck in the next over to reduce the hosts to 2/16. She ended with 1/25 from her four overs as Australia won by nine runs to finish the group stage unbeaten at the top of their quartet.[11]
Australia went on to face
Australia batted first in the final against New Zealand and had their least prolific batting display of the tournament. Farrell came in at 7/99 with seven balls remaining in the innings. She made three runs from four balls. The innings ended with a one-handed catch by New Zealand captain Aimee Watkins, who leapt high at cover to catch and prevent a drive from Farrell going for four.[16] In a low-scoring match, Farrell was the most expensive of the Australian bowlers.[13] Her first over, the second of the innings saw a six from Suzie Bates over long-on, and Farrell was taken out of the attack. New Zealand then began losing wickets and were in trouble at 4/29 in the eighth over.[17] Australia were in the ascendancy for most of the run-chase and New Zealand needed 24 runs from the last 8 balls, but Sophie Devine hit a four and a six from the last two balls of the 19th over bowled by Farrell to leave New Zealand requiring 14 runs from the last over.[17] However, they managed only 10 and Australia won by three runs.[17]
2015 Ashes
In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.[18]
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- ^ "Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debututants". BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.