Ashleigh Gardner

An off-spinner and an aggressive option with the bat, the 22-year-old is among the biggest hitters in the sport

The Cricketer | 24/01/2020 at 10:06

Born: April 15, 1997

Role: Right-hand bat, right-arm offbreak

Part of the new guard and a product of Australia’s unparalleled investment in the women’s game, Gardner is a distinctly modern cricketer.

An off-spinner and an aggressive option with the bat, the 22-year-old is among the biggest hitters in the sport.

The first indigenous Australian woman to feature in a cricket World Cup when she faced Pakistan in 2017, she had made her maiden international appearance five months earlier.

Since then, she has proven a fixture in the national side; there are few female players who offer more in all three parts of the game.

An all-round star for Sydney Sixers ever since the Women’s Big Bash was introduced, Gardner may well have become as significant to Australia’s T20 cricket as Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy.

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