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2022 FairBreak Invitational T20
The 2022 FairBreak Invitational T20 was a women's Twenty20 cricket competition, which took place from 4 to 15 May 2022 in Dubai. The tournament, sanctioned by the ICC, was privately-run by FairBreak Global, a company that aims to promote gender equality. Players from 35 countries were spread across six teams. The tournament was won by Tornadoes, who beat Falcons in the final by 8 wickets. Background The tournament was privately-run by FairBreak Global, with the aim of improving differences in pay, quality of play, and opportunity between men and women in cricket. The tournament was run in conjunction with Cricket Hong Kong, and was originally scheduled to be held in Hong Kong, but was moved to Dubai due to COVID-19 restrictions in Hong Kong. The tournament was seen as the first of its kind, and followed FairBreak teams being fielded in exhibition matches since 2013. Competition format Teams played each other team once, with two matches taking place per day. The top four teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FairBreak Global
FairBreak Global is an Australian company that aims to improve gender equality, especially in relation to the game of cricket. In particular, it seeks to improve the financial gap between men's and women's cricket, along with differences in quality of play and available opportunities for women. The company's main activity is the organisation and management of a women's cricket competition, the FairBreak Invitational T20 tournament. Objectives FairBreak's vision is " world where people have fair and equal access to opportunities that enable them to succeed in their chosen endeavor, independent of gender or geographical location." Its mission statement is "to create opportunities that progress gender equality on a truly global scale, using cricket as our primary vehicle". History Foundation FairBreak was founded in 2013 by Lisa Sthalekar, a former captain of the Australian women's cricket team, and her then manager, Shaun Martyn. Known initially as the Women's International Cric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joanne Broadbent
Joanne Broadbent (born 29 November 1965) is an Australian former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling left-arm medium. She appeared in 10 Test matches and 60 One Day Internationals for Australia between 1990 and 2000. In August 1998, she scored 200 in a Test match against England, and took one ODI five-wicket haul, 5/10 against New Zealand in 1993. She played domestic cricket for South Australia and Queensland. Broadbent received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours The 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as p ... for service to cricket. References External links * * 1965 births Living people Cricketers from Adelaide Australia women Test cricketers Australia women One Day Inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatima Sana
Fatima Sana (born 8 November 2001) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays primarily as a right-arm medium-fast bowler for Pakistan. She has played domestic cricket for Karachi, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and Barbados Royals. In April 2019, she was named in Pakistan's squad for their series against South Africa. She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for Pakistan against South Africa on 6 May 2019. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Pakistan against South Africa on 15 May 2019. In January 2020, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In December 2020, she was shortlisted as one of the Women's Emerging Cricketer of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards. In June 2021, Sana was part of Pakistan's squad that toured the West Indies. In the final match of the tour, Fatima Sana took her first five-wicket haul in WODIs, with 5/39. In October 2021, she was named in Pakistan's team for the 2021 Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Norris
Tara Gabriella Norris (born 4 June 1998) is an American cricketer who currently plays for Sussex, North West Thunder, London Spirit and Delhi Capitals. She plays as a left-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Loughborough Lightning, Southern Vipers and Southern Brave. Norris was born in the United States and played for the United States women's national cricket team at the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier. Early life Norris was born on 4 June 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is half-Italian. She spent her early years in Spain, before moving to England at the age of eight. She attended Portslade Aldridge Community Academy and began playing for Horsham Cricket Club at a young age. Domestic career Norris made her county debut in 2014, for Sussex against Warwickshire. She did not bat or bowl. A year later, she was part of the Sussex squad that won the 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the 2018 Women's County Championship, Norris had a stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberta Moretti Avery
Roberta de Melo Moretti Avery (born 9 July 1985) is a Brazilian cricketer and the captain of the national women's cricket team. Career Early life and career Moretti was born in Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais as part of a sporting family: her parents played golf. She initially played golf in her hometown, until the age of 16, being part of Brazilian team for the Youth South American team, in Uruguay 2000 competition. She then spent some time in the UK, before returning to Brazil in 2010. During her brief stay in UK, she approached Liam Cook and asked him to conduct few coaching sessions for her. Her alternative sport was handball, as a goalkeeper for Poços de Caldas team until the age of 17. Moretti did not play cricket until the age of 27, when she was invited by her spouse to join the soft ball league, playing alongside the first participants from Confederação Brasileira de Cricket development program. She was inspired to pursue her interest in the sport of cricket due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henriette Ishimwe
Henriette Therese Ishimwe (born 14 October 2003) is a Rwandan cricketing all-rounder who plays for the women's national cricket team as a right-arm medium pace bowler and right handed batter. Domestic career At the domestic level, Ishimwe plays for the Indatwa Hampshire Cricket Club. International career 2019 On 26 June 2019, Ishimwe made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debuts for Rwanda against Nigeria at the National Stadium, Abuja, Nigeria, in the first match of a bilateral tour of Nigeria. The match was also both teams' first ever WT20I. Ishemwe played in all five matches of the series, including the fourth match, in which Rwanda racked up its first WT20I victory, by five wickets. Rwanda's and Ishimwe's next WT20Is were during the ICC Women's Qualifier Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, in May 2019. In Rwanda's first match of that tournament, against Nigeria, Ishimwe top scored with 27 in 21 balls; she was awarded player of the match, which her team won by 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kavisha Egodage
Kavisha Kumari Egodage (born 23 April 2003) is a women's cricketer who plays for the United Arab Emirates national team. Career A right-handed batswoman and a right-arm off spin bowler, Kavisha has experienced success from a young age. At 11 years old she was selected for the UAE Women's Team in the 2014 Gulf Cup Championship in Oman. This year she was named part of the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament, and made her WT20I debut against Netherlands on 7 July 2018. She took part in the inaugural Fairbreak 2022 Tournament which took place in the United Arab Emirates representing the BARM ARMY. This was an incredibly important event as it brought together some of the best International players from all over the world. She was able to show her skills and demonstrate her talent for the sport. Kavisha Kumari created a milestone at fifteen years old and 267 days, with an International fifty in the Thailand T20 Smash against Malaysia making her the youngest player to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deandra Dottin
Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin (born 21 June 1991) is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete. A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler, Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in June 2008. She plays as a hard-hitting lower-order batter, and scored the first century in a Women's Twenty20 International in 2010. She played in her 100th Women's One Day International (WODI) match, when the West Indies played India in the group stage of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, on 29 June 2017. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados, Trinbago Knight Riders and Adelaide Strikers, and has previously played for Trinidad and Tobago, Lancashire Thunder, London Spirit, North West Thunder, Perth Scorchers, Brisbane Heat, Trailblazers and Supernovas. In June 2018, she was named the Women's T20 International Cricketer of the Year at the annual Cricket West Indies' Awards. In September 2018, she became the third woman to play in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubina Chhetry
Rubina Chhetry ( ne, रुबिना क्षेत्री; born 26 November 1993) is a Nepali cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team as a right-arm medium pace bowler. She has been the captain of the team since 2012, when she replaced Neri Thapa. In 2009, she became the first cricketer to take a hat-trick for Nepal in an international match, and in 2019 she took Nepal's first hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I). Early life and education Chhetry hails from Kakkarvitta, a neighbourhood of Mechinagar municipality in the district of Jhapa, eastern Nepal. She was raised by a single mother, and attended North Point School in Jhapa. From early childhood, she was attracted to sports. Initially, she played table tennis and volleyball. When Chhetry was 12 years old, she first played cricket. Near her home, there was a ground where her brother, Pawan Chhetri, her cousin and other boys from their village would play the game. She would si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Cardoso (cricketer)
Laura Cardoso (born 28 March 2005) is a Brazilian cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team as a right-arm medium fast bowler and right handed batter. In 2021, aged 16, she became the first cricketer, male or female, to take a hat-trick for Brazil in a Twenty20 International (T20I). Early life Cardoso has been involved in sport since she was very young. Initially, she played volleyball. At about the age of 11, she switched to cricket, and joined a community cricket project called (). By the time she was 12, she was displaying exceptional talent for the game. International career In January 2020, Cardoso was one of the first 14 cricketers, all of them female, to be centrally contracted by Cricket Brasil. Determined not to let the opportunity slip, she became even more disciplined in her approach to the balancing of cricket's demanding schedule with her school commitments. Even before making her international debut, she was being described as the national t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shemaine Campbelle
Shemaine Altia Campbelle (born 14 October 1992) is a Guyanese cricketer who plays as an all-rounder and occasional wicket-keeper. She plays internationally for the West Indies and domestic cricket for Guyana and Guyana Amazon Warriors. Campbelle is the first and only woman cricketer to score a century in an ODI when batting at number 7 or lower and also has the highest score for any batswoman in a Women's ODI innings when batting at number 7 position or lower, with 105 not out. She is the youngest captain to play in WT20I match, aged 19 years and 338 days. She was also the part of the victorious ICC Women's World T20 campaign of West Indies in 2016. In October 2018, Cricket West Indies (CWI) awarded her a women's contract for the 2018–19 season. Later the same month, she was named in the West Indies' squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020, she was named in West Indies' squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumana Ahmed
Rumana Ahmed ( bn, রুমানা আহমেদ) (born 29 May 1991) is a Bangladeshi cricketer who plays for the Bangladesh cricket team. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler. Early life and background Ahmed was born on 29 May 1991 in Khulna, Bangladesh. Career Ahmed made her ODI debut against Ireland on 26 November 2011. She took her ODI best bowling figures on 12 April 2013, taking 4/20 against India. In 2016, Ahmed became the first Bangladeshi women to take an international hat-trick, doing so in an ODI against Ireland. Ahmed made her T20I debut against Ireland on 28 August 2012. In June 2018, she was part of Bangladesh's squad that won their first ever Women's Asia Cup title, winning the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup tournament. Later the same month, she was named in Bangladesh's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament. She was the leading wicket-taker for Bangladesh in the tournament, with ten dismissal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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