With Australia's 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 campaign set to begin on Saturday, The Women's Game is here to introduce you to all 15 players in the squad.
Meg Lanning (c)
Age: 26
Playing role: Top-order batter
WBBL club: Perth Scorchers
WNCL club: Victoria
T20 International debut: 2010
Instagram: @meglanning7
Lanning became the first Australian to score 2,000 runs in Twenty20 International in a match against England in the 2017/18 India women's Tri-Nation Series.
Rachael Haynes (vc)
Age: 31
Playing role: Opening batter
WBBL club: Sydney Thunder
WNCL club: NSW
T20 International debut: 2010
Twitter: @RachaelHaynes
Haynes is one of only two players (Belinda Clark being the other) to have captained both NSW and Victoria in a WNCL match.
Nicole Bolton
Age: 29
Playing role: Opening batter
WBBL club: Perth Scorchers
WNCL club: Western Australia
T20 International debut: 2014
Twitter: @Nicole_Bolton12
Bolton holds the highest score by any Australian women on debut with 124 runs against England on the MCG during a One-Day International.
Nicola Carey
Age: 25
Playing role: Bowler
WBBL club: Sydney Thunder
WNCL club: NSW
T20 International debut: 2018
Instagram: @nicolejanecarey
She made Rachael Haynes come to the Hopman Cup in Perth so she could watch Roger Federer play.
Ashleigh Gardner
Age: 21
Playing role: Bowler
WBBL club: Sydney Sixers
WNCL club: NSW
T20 International debut: 2017
Instagram: @ashleigh_gardner97
Twitter: @akgardner97
Gardner became the first Indigenous Australian women to play in a cricket World Cup when she took to the field at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup against Pakistan.
Alyssa Healy
Age: 28
Playing role: Wicket-keeper
WBBL club: Sydney Sixers
WNCL club: NSW
T20 International debut: 2010
Instagram: @a_healy
Twitter: @ahealy77
Healy holds the record for the most dismissals in a WNCL season with 20 (11 catches, nine stumpings) which came during the 2009/10 season.
Jess Jonassen
Age: 26
Playing role: All-rounder (bowler)
WBBL club: Brisbane Heat
WNCL club: Queensland
T20 International debut: 2012
Instagram: @jjonassen21
Jonassen scored 99 on her Test debut in the Women's Ashes in 2015 and was named Player of the Match.
Delissa Kimmince
Age: 29
Playing role: All rounder
WBBL club: Brisbane Heat
WNCL club: Queensland
International debut: 2018
Twitter: @Delissak
Kimmince played the inaugural AFL Women's season with the Brisbane Lions.
Sophie Molineux
Age: 20
Playing role: All-rounder
WBBL club: Melbourne Renegades
WNCL club: Victoria
T20 International debut: 2018
Instagram: @sophiemolineux
Twitter: @SophieMolineux1
Molineux made her men's A grade debut when she was 16 for the West Bairnsdale Cricket Club.
Beth Mooney
Age: 24
Playing role: Wicket-keeper and batter
WBBL club: Brisbane Heat
WNCL club: Queensland
T20 International debut: 2016
Instagram: @bethmooney6
Mooney won both the inaugural ICC T20I Player of the Year and Emerging Player of the Year awards in 2017.
Ellyse Perry
Age: 28
Playing role: All-rounder
WBBL club: Sydney Sixers
WNCL club: NSW
T20 International debut: 2008
Instagram: @ellyseperry
Twitter: @EllysePerry
Perry made her debut for both the Australian cricket and the Matildas at the age of 16.
Megan Schutt
Age: 25
Playing role: Bowler
WBBL club: Adelaide Strikers
WNCL club: South Australia
T20 International debut: 2013
Instagram: @megan_schutt3
Twitter: @megan_schutt
Schutt is also an avid skateboarder.
Elyse Villani
Age: 29
Playing role: Top-order Batter
WBBL club: Perth Scorchers
WNCL club: Western Australia
T20 International debut: 2009
Twitter: @ElyseVillani
Villani will celebrate a ICC Women's World Twenty20 Championship with a few 'beverages, a lot of songs, lot of dancing and a few late nights'.
Tayla Vlaeminck
Age: 20
Playing role: All-rounder
WBBL club: Melbourne Renegades
WNCL club: Victoria
T20 International debut: 2018
Instagram: @taylaavlaeminck
In 2015, Vlaeminck ruptured her ACL and two matches after completing a full recovery and rehabilitation program, she suffered a partial tear to her ACL. On advice from a surgeon, she kept playing for another two months until the ACL ruptured again.
Georgia Wareham
Age: 19
Playing role: Bowler
WBBL club: Melbourne Renegades
WNCL club: Victoria
T20 International debut: 2018
Instagram: @georgia_w32
Two years after Wareham first appearance in the third tier as a 14-year-old, she made her debut for South West Cricket side where took 3-36 and made 13 runs in round six of the 2015-16 season against Cobden.
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