Australia is without any doubt the greatest Nation to play women’s cricket. They have won 7 ODI World Cups and multiple T20I World Cups. To beat them is one of the greatest achievements in women’s cricket. They have produced some of the all time greats in women’s cricket. Australia lost the 2025 World Cup Semi final and that will make them a more dangerous team.
Let’s look at the Greatest Women’s Cricketers to play for Australia
Ellyse Perry
Ellyse Perry is without any doubt the greatest cricketer to have played for Australia in women’s cricket. She has been playing for 17 years and has achieved cult status. She was the first player to have the combination of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in T20IS for the women. She also has the highest score in Test Cricket by an Australian woman at 213*. Ellyse Perry has played 337 Matches so far in international cricket. She has scored 7607 runs and taken 341 Wickets so far in her glorious career. She was also voted the ICC Player of the decade of the 2010s.
Meg Lanning
The most successful captain in the history of international cricket. She has won the most number of ICC trophies for any captain irrespective of gender. She has won 7 ICC trophies as captain. Meg Lanning has hit 15 hundreds in ODI Cricket which is the most in history. Meg Lanning played 241 international matches for Australia. She made 8352 runs in her international career. Meg Lanning has a highest score of 152* in ODIs. She has retired from international cricket and plays for Delhi Capitals in the WPL.
Belinda Clark
Belinda Clark is one of the most legendary cricketers to ever play cricket for the women. She holds the incredible record for being the first ever batter to smash a double hundred in ODI Cricket when she hit 229* in 1997 which was 13 years before a man did it. She has led Australia to 2 ICC ODI World Cup titles. Belinda Clarke played 134 international Matches out of which 118 were in ODI Cricket. She made 5767 runs in international cricket and out of these 4844 were in ODI Cricket. Belinda Clark did not play much T20I Cricket or else she would have had 2000 more runs.
Alyssa Healy
The current captain for the Australian women’s team is one of the greatest of all time for Australia. She has won 8 ICC titles playing for Australia which includes 6 ICC T20I World Cup titles. Alyssa Healy played the Innings of her life in the 2022 World Cup Final when she hit a brilliant 170. Alyssa Healy has played 295 Matches for Australia. She has scored 7106 runs so far for Australia in her career. She has a few more years left and can win a couple of T20I World Cups.
Karen Bolton
Next on the list is a player that has been one of the best leaders in Australian cricket. Karen Bolton won the ICC Women’s Player of the year award in 2006. Karen Bolton has played 170 Matches for Australia in her career. She has made 6221 runs for Australia in her career. She was also a Wicket taker as she took 102 Wickets in her career. Karen Bolton has a highest score in Test Cricket of 209*. Karen Bolton was the captain that led Australia to the 2009 T20I World Cup win.
Cathryn Fitzpatrick
Cathryn Fitzpatrick was a player that was also one of the all time greats. Australia knew how to produce one great after the other. She was a bowling all rounder. She made 803 runs and took 240 Wickets in international cricket. Cathryn Fitzpatrick has taken the most ODI Wickets for Australia with 180 Wickets. She also has a bowling average of 16.79. Cathryn Fitzpatrick won the 1997 and 2005 ODI World Cups with Australia. She was an inspiration for the likes of Megan Schutt, Ellyse Perry.
Betty Wilson
She is the oldest player in this list. She played for Australia in the 1940s and 1950s. She was the first player in the history of Test Cricket male or female that had scored a century and took 10 wickets in the same match. She was hailed as the Female Don Bradman. Betty Wilson played 11 Test Matches for Australia. She made 862 runs at an average of 57.46 and she also took 68 Wickets at an average of 11.80. This is simply extraordinary. Betty Wilson was the foundation on which the greatness of Australian women’s cricket was set.
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