Ashleigh Gardner is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national women’s team as an all-rounder. Gardner has also represented New South Wales in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL), Sydney Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) and Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League (WPL).
Wiki/Biography
Ashleigh Katherine Gardner was born on Tuesday, April 15, 1997 (age 26; as of 2023) in Kogarah, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her zodiac sign is Aries. Growing up, Gardner played a variety of sports, but she soon gravitated towards cricket. Her childhood was spent playing cricket in the backyard with her father Jim and brother Aaron. She attended Picnic Point High School in New South Wales.
Ashleigh Gardner Childhood Photos
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′8″
Hair color: blonde
Eye color: moss green
family
She is an Aboriginal Australian. Gardner’s Aboriginal ancestry comes from her mother, who belongs to the Muruwari tribe in rural New South Wales. Her father’s name is Jim Gardner and her mother’s name is Kate Goodwin. She has an older brother, Aaron.
Ashley Gardner and her father
Ashleigh Gardner with her mother Kate Goodwin and brother Aaron James
Relationships/Affairs
She is in a relationship with Monica Wright. The couple started dating in 2021.
Ashley Gardner and Monica Wright
She was previously dating Australian cricketer Bridget Patterson.
Ashley Gardner and Bridget Patterson
Profession
domestic
She performed well for New South Wales in the 2014-15 Impaja Cup. She made her WNCL debut for New South Wales in the 2015-16 season. She was signed by the Sydney Sixers in her first season in the WBBL (2015-16). In the summer of the same year, she played one T20 and one 50-plus match in New Zealand for the Northern Districts (formerly known as Northern Spirits). She had a breakthrough season in 2016-17, helping the Sydney Sixers win the WBBL|02 title and NSW win the Women’s National Cricket League title. She was also named Young Gun of WBBL|02.
Ashleigh Gardner plays for New South Wales
She represented South Australia in the 2017-18 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL), playing just six games before returning to her home state of New South Wales. During WBBL|03, she scored 114 runs off 52 balls against the Melbourne Stars at North Sydney Oval, recording the fastest individual score in the league’s half-century. She earned the title of player of the match. The Sydney Sixers defeated the Perth Scorchers by 9 wickets, with Gardner taking 22 wickets in the final.
Ashleigh Gardner thanks North Sydney Oval crowd after turning 100 (2017)
She was cleared to play in the finals of the 2018-19 WNCL season after exiting her last game after suffering a minor concussion during warmups. New South Wales won the title that season, with Gardner scoring 30 runs with the bat and 2/36 with the ball in the final, beating Queensland by 33 runs. Gardner suffered the seventh concussion of her career while playing in a WBBL|06 match at Drummoyne Oval. She was subsequently substituted. She later won the title of Player of the Tournament in WBBL|08. This is the first time a past Young Gun winner has received the award.
International
She made her debut in a T20I against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 17 February 2017, but she lost the Golden Duck award in the 40-run victory. She took her first international wicket in the next game of the series, dismissing Amy Satterthwaite through a catch by Kristen Beams. She made her ODI debut on 2 March 2017 against New Zealand in the 2016–17 Rose Bowl series at Bay Oval. Australia made it four wins with Gardner scoring 12 not out and hitting the winning run. Gardiner was selected for Australia’s squad for the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup, and she later became the first Aboriginal Australian woman to compete in a Cricket World Cup against the West Indies. She took eight wickets in as many matches before Australia were eliminated in the World Cup semi-finals. Gardner made her first major contribution with the bat for Australia in the 2017-18 Women’s Ashes opener. She was one of the highest wicket-taker players in the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament, taking 10 wickets in six matches of the tournament. In the final against England, she earned the man-of-the-match award and scored 32 points to lead Australia to victory at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. An eight-wicket victory. She made her Test match debut against England in the 2019 Women’s Ashes match at Taunton County Ground on 18 July 2019. In a drawn match, she became the only woman to hit six runs in an international innings across all three formats. She was given the baggy green jersey during the 2019 Ashes.
Cricket Trivia.
Ashleigh Gardner is the only female player to hit six in international innings across all three formats. pic.twitter.com/iNuH903co4
— 火火(@_hypocaust) January 3, 2021
On 8 February 2020, she scored 93 runs off 57 balls in a Tri-Nations series against India at Junction Oval, Melbourne, setting her highest T20I score. In the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup against Bangladesh, she led Australia to a score of 86 runs with 22 runs conceded from just 9 balls. She also scored the winning goal in the tournament final to help Australia win its second consecutive world title.
Gardner’s performance during the 2020 T20 World Cup
In a drawn match against India, Gardner recorded her first Test half-century during India Women’s 2021/22 tour of Australia. In the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup group stage, Gardner played a dominant game of 18 balls in 48 against New Zealand for the Basin Reserves. She also took 3/15 in this match and contributed to Australia’s 141-run win. Gardner scored 25 runs from 15 deliveries in the first innings and took 3/16 with the ball as Australia beat India by 9 runs in the 2022 Commonwealth Games final. . She was part of Australia’s 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup squad, which beat England in the final to win the title for the seventh time.
Australia women’s national cricket team wins ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup for seventh time
Ashleigh Gardner was named the Man of the Match at the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup against New Zealand on February 11, 2023.
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
In February 2023, she was bought by the Gujarat Giants for Rs 32 crore in the first WPL auction.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
team
- Women’s Cricket World Cup Winner (2022)
- ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Champion (2018, 2020)
- Commonwealth Games Champion (2022)
- Women’s National Cricket League Champion (2016-17, 2018-19)
- Women’s Bash League Championship (2016–17, 2017–18)
personal
- ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final Player of the Match (2018)
- Belinda Clark Award Winner (2022)
Ashleigh Gardner poses with Belinda Clark Award
- WBBL Championship Player of the Year (2022-23)
- WBBL Young Guns Award Winner (2016-17)
- ICC Women’s Player of the Month for December 2022
tattoo
- The Roman numerals “LXIV • LXX • XCIV” (64 • 70 • 94) are emblazoned on the side of her left bicep
Ashley Gardner’s Roman Numeral Tattoo
- She has a tattoo on the inside of her right bicep
Ashley Gardner’s Tattoos
- She has a bouquet of flowers and the word ‘Muruwari’ tattooed on her left arm
Ashley Gardner’s Tattoos
- There is a tattoo on the back of her left arm
Ashley Gardner’s Tattoos
Favorites
- Aboriginal Customs: Smoking Ceremony
- Athletes: Andrew Symonds (cricket player), Casey Freeman (sprinter), Eddie Bates (football player), Ash Barty (tennis player)
Facts/Trivia
- She got her first state contract at the age of 17, while completing her HSC.
- Her batting style is right-handed and her bowling style is right-arm off-spin.
- Her jersey number for the Australian national team is #63.
- She enjoys the occasional alcoholic beverage.
Screenshot of Ashleigh Gardner’s Instagram post enjoying a beer
- Gardner is the third Aboriginal Australian to play Test cricket. The first was Faith Thomas, who played a lone Test in 1958; the second was Jason Gillespie, who made his debut 38 years later and Taken 259 wickets in Tests. Faith Thomas is the only Aboriginal woman besides Gardner to represent Australia in Test cricket.
- She founded the Ashley Gardner Foundation to provide sports, education and lifestyle assistance to Aboriginal children.
- During the Covid-19 lockdown of 2020, she took up an isolating hobby – dot painting. Famous cricketers such as Moises Henriques, Mel Jones, Nicole Bolton and Alyssa Healy have commissioned works from her. She also painted a pair of boots for GWS Giants footballer Erin Todd, which he wore during the Aboriginal round of the AFL women’s competition.
Ashleigh Gardner poses with one of her dot paintings
- She said in an interview that if she hadn’t been an athlete, she would have been a firefighter.
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