Georgia Kate Prestwidge (born 17 December 1997) is an Australian

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er who plays as a right-arm

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bowler and right-handed

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for

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

in the

Women's National Cricket League The Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national domestic 50-over competition for women's cricket in Australia. Featuring seven teams—one from every state, plus the Australian Capital Territory—each season's winner is awarded th ...

(WNCL) and

Melbourne Renegades Melbourne Renegades are an Australian professional men's Twenty20 franchise cricket club based in Melbourne, the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria (Australia), Victoria. They compete in the Australian Twenty20 cricket competit ...

in the

Women's Big Bash League The Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) also known as Weber WBBL for sponsorship reasons, is the Australian professional Women's Twenty20 Cricket league. The WBBL replaced the Australian Women's Twenty20 Cup, which ran from the 2007–08 season ...

(WBBL). She has previously played for

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and Brisbane Heat. Prestwidge is the daughter of former

Queensland Bulls The Queensland men's cricket team or the Queensland Bulls is the representative cricket side in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments for the Australian state of Queensland: *Sheffield Shield: four-day matches with first-class status, sinc ...

all rounder Scott Prestwidge and the sister of current

bowler

Jack Prestwidge Jack Prestwidge (born 28 February 1996) is an Australian cricketer. He made his List A debut for Queensland in the 2018–19 JLT One-Day Cup on 22 September 2018. He made his Twenty20 debut for the Brisbane Heat in the 2018–19 Big Bash League ...

. She made her debut for the Fire in October 2014, but did not bat or bowl in that match. At the end of the 2015–16 season, she was named the Queensland Fire Youth Player of the Year. On 13 October 2016, Prestwidge was reported for having a suspected

illegal bowling action Throwing, commonly referred to as chucking, is an illegal bowling action in the sport of cricket. This occurs when a bowler straightens the bowling arm when delivering the ball. Throws are not allowed when a bowler bowls to a batsman. If the um ...

during a WNCL match against

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Allan Border Field Allan Border Field is a cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004, using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia. It ...

. On 12 November 2016,

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announced that an analysis undertaken on 28 October 2016 by the Biomechanics Department at the Bupa National Cricket Centre had found Prestwidge's bowling action to be illegal, and that she had therefore been suspended from bowling in Cricket Australia sanctioned matches with immediate effect. Despite that setback, Prestwidge was added to the Brisbane Heat squad in December 2016 for its 2016–17 campaign. She made her Heat debut on 11 December 2016 against the

Sydney Sixers The Sydney Sixers is an Australian professional franchise men's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). Along with the Sydney Thunder, the Sixers are the successors of the Spee ...

. In November 2018, she was named in

Brisbane Heat The Brisbane Heat are an Australian professional franchise men's and women's cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League (BBL). The Heat are the successors of the Queensland Bulls who playe ...

's squad for the

2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season The 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 04 was the fourth season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament ran from 1 December 2018 to ...

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