Ashleigh Gardner (Australia Women Cricketer): Profile, Records, Affairs, Boyfriend, Controversies, Age, Weight, Height and More

Ashleigh Gardner was born on 15 April 1997, is an Australian cricketer who plays for New South Wales Breakers in the Women’s National Cricket League and Sydney Sixers in the Australian Women’s Big Bash League. In November 2018, she was named in the Sydney Sixers’ squad for the 2018–19 Women’s Big Bash League season.

Name: Ashleigh Gardner

Role: Bowler

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak

Cricket Career

International

Only Test Debut: vs England Women at Taunton, Jul 18-21, 2019

ODI Debut: vs New Zealand Women at Mount Maunganui, Mar 2, 2017

T20I Debut: vs England Women at North Sound, Nov 24, 2018

Major Teams: Australia A Women, Australia Women, Northern Districts Women, Sydney Sixers Women

Cricket Career

Ashleigh Gardner made her Women’s Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut against New Zealand on 17 February 2017. On 2 March 2017, she made her Women’s One Day International (WODI) debut against New Zealand.

In June 2017, she turned into the principal Indigenous Australian lady to play in a cricket World Cup, when she spoke to Australia against Pakistan in the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup.

Gardner played for Australia in the Women’s Ashes. In the first ODI, she took three wickets in the main innings, at that point joined with Alex Blackwell in the second innings for a 39 run association from only 29 balls. She hit two sixes in her innings and, however she was rejected after just 18 balls, she had set Australia in a place where they just required two keeps running from the last over.

In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be granted a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia. In October 2018, she was named in Australia’s squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 competition in the West Indies. Ahead of the competition, she was named as the player to watch in the team.