Amanda-Jade Wellington (born 29 May 1997) is an Australian

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er. She bowls right-arm

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and plays for the

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in the

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(WNCL) and the

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in the

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(WBBL). Making her WNCL debut in 2012 at the age of 15, she is the youngest person to ever represent the state of South Australia in senior cricket. Since 2016 she has represented

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in all three forms of international cricket,

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and T20Is.

Career

Youth and domestic career

Inspired by Australian Test cricketer

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, Wellington taught herself to bowl

in her backyard. Wellington began her career playing for Port Adelaide Cricket Club. She rose to prominence in December 2011 when she was the player of the tournament in the national under-15 championships, playing for her home state of

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, and the next season she was selected to play for the

, South Australia's representative women's team. She made her debut for the Scorpions in the

(WNCL) at the age of 15 years and 150 days, becoming the youngest person, male or female, to represent South Australia in a senior match, breaking the record set by

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in the 1892–93 season, more than one hundred years earlier. She proved her worth early in her state career, just a fortnight after her debut, helping South Australia to a win over

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. At the end of the 2012–13 season she had played 4 matches in the WNCL and 8 matches in the

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with 10 wickets between the two formats. Wellington continued to play for the Scorpions in the following seasons, and in the 2014–15 season she gained the attention of the

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Women's National Selection Panel. She was included in Australia's second XI team, the Shooting Stars, for their tour of

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, on which they won every match. She was then included in the Shooting Stars' squad for their trip to

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, where they played matches against the ECB Academy. After consistently strong form for the Scorpions and bowling figures of 3/13 in a

(WBBL) match for the

in the inaugural season of the tournament, Wellington was selected to play for the

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's XI in a tour match against

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. Her form continued to improve in the 2016–17 season and she was South Australia's leading run-scorer in grade cricket with 325 runs at an

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of 81.25, prompting selection in international matches for the first time. In November 2018, she was named in the

' squad for the

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. In 2021, she was drafted by

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for the inaugural season of The Hundred. On 24 November 2021, in the Eliminator match of the

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, Wellington took the best figures in the history of the WBBL, with five for eight from her four overs. It was her 100th match in the WBBL, and she also took her 100th WBBL wicket in the game. In April 2022, she was signed by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England. In December 2022, it was announced that Wellington had signed for Northern Districts to play in the 2022–23 Super Smash. In March 2024, it was announced that she had signed for

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for the upcoming season.

International career

Wellington made her

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(ODI) debut against South Africa on 27 November 2016. With her very first ball in international cricket she took the wicket of South African captain

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, going on to finish the innings with figures of 1/35. She started to become a standout performer during New Zealand's tour of Australia. She made her

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(T20I) debut against New Zealand on 17 February 2017, with figures of 3/15 on debut and 4/16 in the final match of the series. Having become a regular member of Australia's national team, Wellington was given her first contract with

in April 2017. Wellington was named in both Australia's ODI and

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squads for the 2017–18 Women's Ashes. She made her

debut for Australia against England Women on 9 November 2017 in the

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. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year. In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by

. In April 2019,

awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season. In January 2022, Wellington was named in Australia's A squad for their series against England A, with the matches being played alongside the

. Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the

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in New Zealand. In May 2022, Wellington was named in Australia's team for the cricket tournament at the

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, England. Wellington has not played international cricket since 2022, which former England spinner Alex Hartley has attributed to her lack of fitness.

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