Beth Mooney

A debutante for Queensland Fire at the age of just 16, Mooney has spent the last decade improving and, latterly, nailing down her position in a dominant Australian side

The Cricketer | 24/01/2020 at 10:18

Born: January 14, 1994

Role: Left-hand bat, wicketkeeper

A high-class left-hander and competent wicketkeeper, Beth Mooney has become a three-time centurion for the national team.

A debutante for Queensland Fire at the age of just 16, Mooney has spent the last decade improving and, latterly, nailing down her position in a dominant Australian side.

Despite not featuring, she was part of the squad that won the World T20 in 2014, before finally making her international bow two years later with the gloves due to an injury to Alyssa Healy.

Given Healy’s transformation as a top order batsman in recent times and the security it has brought to her wicketkeeping position, Mooney has been forced to focus on her run-scoring, rather than finding a spot in Matthew Mott’s team as a keeper.

By consequence, she has joined Healy atop the order, forming a fine partnership – the two have matched up nicely, with Healy’s brutality complemented by Mooney’s more nuggety game.

A former Yorkshire player, having represented the English county in 2015, Mooney followed a second T20I century in September 2019 against Sri Lanka with a fine Women’s Big Bash campaign.

She struck 743 runs at 74.30 as Brisbane Heat won the title.

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