Beth Mooney

Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) is an Australian cricketer living in Brisbane.[1] Mooney plays for the Women's Big Bash League team Brisbane Heat.[2][3]

For the American financial executive, see Beth E. Mooney.

Beth Mooney
Mooney batting for Australia during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameBethany Louise Mooney
Born (1994-01-14) 14 January 1994
Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicket-keeper batter
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 172)9 November 2017 v England
Last Test18 July 2019 v England
ODI debut (cap 130)20 February 2017 v New Zealand
Last ODI9 October 2019 v Sri Lanka
T20I debut (cap 41)26 January 2016 v India
Last T20I8 March 2020 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–Queensland Fire
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Test
Matches 35 52 2
Runs scored 1053 1452 103
Batting average 42.12 38.21 34.33
100s/50s 1/8 2/9 0/1
Top score 100 117* 51
Catches/stumpings 13/- 21/- 0/-
Source: Cricinfo, 11 March 2020

Mooney was a member of the victorious Southern Stars squad that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 title in Bangladesh. Mooney played her first game for the Australia women's national cricket team in a Twenty20 match against India on 26 January 2016 at the Adelaide Oval.[4] On 26 February 2017, she scored her maiden Women's One Day International (WODI) hundred against New Zealand.[5]

She made her Test debut for Australia Women against England Women on 9 November 2017 in the Women's Ashes.[6]

Mooney during the Women's Ashes Test, 2017

In December 2017, she won both the inaugural ICC T20I Player of the Year and Emerging Player of the Year awards.[7] In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[8] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[9][10]

In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[11][12] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[13][14] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.[15][16]

In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[17] In Australia's match against Bangladesh, Mooney and Alyssa Healy combined for an opening partnership of 151 runs, the highest partnership for Australia Women for any wicket in a WT20I match.[18] In the final, Mooney top-scored for Australia, finishing unbeaten on 78 off 54 balls to help Australia win their fifth title.[19] Mooney also finished as the tournament's leading runs scorer with 259 runs and was named player of the tournament.[20]

References
  1. "Beth Mooney". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. "Beth Mooney – Brisbane Heat". Brisbane Heat. 2016. Archived from the original on 29 February 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. "Beth Mooney – cricket.com.au". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. "Kaur helps India chase down Southern Stars". Cricket Australia. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  5. "Sattertwaite ton gives White Ferns win". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  6. "Only Test (D/N), England Women tour of Australia at Sydney, Nov 9-12 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  7. "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  8. "Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  9. "Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  10. "Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  11. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  12. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  13. "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  14. "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  15. "Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  16. "Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  17. "Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland named in Australia's T20 World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  18. "T20 World Cup: Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney post Australia's highest ever partnership in T20 against Bangladesh". Sporting News. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  19. "Full Scorecard of Australian Women v India Women, ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Final - Score Report". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  20. "Australia Women beat India Women, ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Final Match Summary, Report". ESPN Cricinfo. ESPN Cricinfo.

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