The South Australia Women cricket team, also known as the Statewide Super South Australian Scorpions, is the women's representative

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team for the Australian State of

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. They play their home games at Karen Rolton Oval,

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. They compete in the

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(WNCL), the premier 50-over women's cricket tournament in Australia. They previously played in the now-defunct

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and Australian Women's Cricket Championships.

History

1935–1996: Australian Women's Cricket Championships

South Australia's first recorded match was against

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in the Australian Women's Cricket Championships on 10 to 11 January 1935, which they lost by an innings and 184 runs. They continued to regularly play in the Championships until its final season in 1995–96. They won the title five times, making them the third most successful team after Victoria and

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1996–present: Women's National Cricket League and Twenty20 Cup

South Australia joined the newly-established

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in 1996–97. They have won one title, in 2015–16. Their best finish in the

was third in

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Grounds

South Australia have used a number of grounds over the years. Their first recorded home match against

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in 1936 was played at Hindmarsh Oval,

. Historically they have played the vast majority of their home matches at various grounds in Adelaide. After the inception of the

in 1996, South Australia began playing regular matches at the

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and its adjacent ground, Adelaide Oval No 2, as well as various other grounds in Adelaide such as

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and University Oval. Outside Adelaide, they played two matches in the 2006–07 WNCL at Centennial Park in Nuriootpa. In the 2019–20 WNCL, South Australia played all of their home games at the Karen Rolton Oval, a newly upgraded ground located at Park 25 in Adelaide. They also played their three 2020–21 WNCL home games and their two 2021–22 WNCL at the Karen Rolton Oval.

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2022/23 season. Players in bold have international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for South Australia and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Dot Laughton (1949) * Ruth Dow (1957) * Barbara Orchard (1957) * Faith Thomas (1958) * Margaret Jude (1963) * Jill Need (1968) *

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(1972) * Betty McDonald (1973) *

Janette Tredrea Janette Tredrea (born 24 July 1956 in Carlton, Victoria) is an Australian former cricket player. Tredrea played five Tests and five One Day Internationals (ODI) for Australia. Janette Tredrea is the sister of Sharon Tredrea Sharon Ann Tr ...

(1976) *

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(1976) * Kerry Mortimer (1976) * Jill Kennare (1979) * Jen Jacobs (1979) * Lyn Fullston (1982) * Lynley Hamilton (1982) * Rhonda Kendall (1982) * Annette Fellows (1984) * Wendy Piltz (1984) * Lee-Anne Hunter (1985) * Andrea McCauley (1990) *

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(1990) * Tunde Juhasz (1991) * Isabelle Tsakiris (1992) *

Caroline Ward Caroline Ward (born 30 September 1969) is an Australian former cricket player. She played domestic cricket for the South Australian Women's cricket team between 1990 and 2002. Ward played one Test cricket, Test and one One Day International for ...

(1994) * Olivia Magno (1995) *

Karen Rolton Karen Louise Rolton (born 21 November 1974) is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the national women's team. A left-handed batter, she has scored the most runs for her country in women's Test cricket. International cricket After m ...

(1995) *

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(1996) * Beth Morgan (1999) * Leanne Davis (2000) *

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(2001) *

Kate Oakenfold Kate Georgina Elizabeth Oakenfold (born 23 July 1984) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm fast-medium bowler. She appeared in three One Day Internationals for England in August 2001, making her deb ...

(2001) *

Kris Britt Kris Lynsey Britt (born 13 April 1984) is an Australian former cricketer. She debuted for the Australian women's cricket team in 2002 in the second test against England in Sydney, becoming the 144th woman to play Test cricket for Australia. ...

(2003) * Jenny Gunn (2004) *

Shelley Nitschke Shelley Nitschke (born 3 December 1976) is a female cricketer who played for South Australia and Australia. A left-handed batter and left arm orthodox spinner, she was one of the leading all-rounders in the world until her retirement in 2011. In ...

(2004) * Suzie Bates (2006) * Sarah Taylor (2006) *

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(2006) * Emma Sampson (2007) * Lucy Doolan (2008) *

Lauren Ebsary Lauren Kaye Ebsary (born 15 March 1983) is an Australian cricketer. Primarily a batter, she is a former member of the Australia national women's cricket team. Ebsary made her senior debut for South Australia in the Women's National Cricket Le ...

(2008) *

Sarah Coyte Sarah Jane Cady ( née Coyte; born 30 March 1991) is an Australian cricketer from Camden, New South Wales. A right-arm medium fast bowler, Coyte has taken a total of 100 wickets for the national women's team across Tests, ODIs and T20Is. S ...

(2010) *

Megan Schutt Megan Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the national team as a medium-fast bowler since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions, for whom she debuted in 2009, and, since 2015, ...

(2012) * Tahlia McGrath (2016) *

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(2016) *

Ashleigh Gardner Ashleigh Katherine Gardner (born 15 April 1997) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for the national women's team as an all-rounder. A right-handed batter and right-arm off spinner, Gardner also plays for New South Wales in the Wome ...

(2017) *

Alicia Dean Alicia Zureen Dean (born 9 December 1987) is a Fijian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and left-handed batter. She has previously played for South Australia in Australian domestic cricket between 2005 and 2014. Dean's family migrated to ...

(2019) *

Darcie Brown Darcie Rose Brown (born 7 March 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a pace bowler for the South Australian Scorpions in the Women's National Cricket League, and for the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL). She made ...

(2021)

Coaching staff

* Head coach: Luke Williams * Assistant coach:

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Honours

* Australian Women's Cricket Championships: **Winners (5): 1951–52, 1979–80, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1994–95 *

: **Winners (1): 2015–16 *

: **Winners (0): **''Best finish:'' 3rd (

)

References

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