Shelley Nitschke

Australia

Full name Shelley Nitschke

Born December 3, 1976, Adelaide, South Australia

Current age 44 years 49 days

Major teams Adelaide Strikers Women, Australia Women, South Australia Women

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	6	11	2	295	88*	32.77	810	36.41	0	2	42	2	0
ODIs	80	69	9	2047	113*	34.11	2895	70.70	1	14	242	20	31
T20Is	36	35	2	776	56	23.51	734	105.72	0	3	92	3	6

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Tests	6	11	1180	335	12	3/59	3/38	27.91	1.70	98.3	0	0
ODIs	80	78	3632	2170	98	7/24	7/24	22.14	3.58	37.0	2	1
T20Is	36	35	768	705	43	4/21	4/21	16.39	5.50	17.8	1	0

Career statistics

Test debut	England Women v Australia Women at Hove, Aug 9-12, 2005 scorecard
Last Test	Australia Women v England Women at Sydney, Jan 22-25, 2011 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India Women v Australia Women at Mysore, Dec 11, 2004 scorecard
Last ODI	England Women v Australia Women at Wormsley, Jul 7, 2011 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	England Women v Australia Women at Taunton, Sep 2, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	England Women v Australia Women at Southampton, Jun 27, 2011 scorecard
T20I statistics

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
-	StrikersWmn	v Scorchers Wm	Perth	14 Jan 2017	Other T20
0/26, 1	StrikersWmn	v Stars Wmn	Perth (Lilac Hill)	13 Jan 2017	Other T20
9, 0/19	StrikersWmn	v Stars Wmn	Melbourne	10 Jan 2017	Other T20
15, 0/19	StrikersWmn	v Sixers Wmn	Adelaide	3 Jan 2017	Other T20
0/28, 14	StrikersWmn	v Sixers Wmn	Adelaide	2 Jan 2017	Other T20
16, 0/10	StrikersWmn	v Scorchers Wm	Adelaide	31 Dec 2016	Other T20
0/14, 1	StrikersWmn	v Hurricanes W	Adelaide	26 Dec 2016	Other T20
1/19, 8*	StrikersWmn	v Thunder Wmn	Sydney	17 Dec 2016	Other T20
2/10	StrikersWmn	v Renegades Wm	Sydney	11 Dec 2016	Other T20
4, 1/26	StrikersWmn	v Renegades Wm	Sydney	10 Dec 2016	Other T20

Profile

Shelley Nitschke was 28 when she broke into Australia's team in 2005. A short, dark blonde spinner who oozes energy, she was the perfect candidate to inspire Australia's victorious World Cup campaign; becoming the leading wicket-taker in that series. No slouch batting-wise, she hammered 175 runs in her first two Tests, the Ashes series in England. The home side may have won the Urn, but this didn't do much to dampen Nitschke's spirits - she went on to help Australia take the one-day series and win the Twenty20 against their old foe. They went on to defeat India 3-0 at home. A remarkable debut year earned her the Best New Talent title at the Commonwealth Bank Awards, which was nothing less than she deserved. Nowadays she opens the batting and that part of her game is helping her to flourish into a doughty allrounder. Club-wise she plays for Sturt in the SACA Grade competition alongside fellow international Kris Britt.
Jenny Roesler April 2008

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