Georgia Prestwidge
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| Full name | Georgia Kate Prestwidge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1997 Brisbane,Queensland,Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armmedium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014/15–2022/23 | Queensland(squad no. 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–2021/22 | Brisbane Heat(squad no. 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23–present | Melbourne Renegades(squad no. 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023/24–present | Victoria(squad no. 16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,28 March 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Kate Prestwidge(born 17 December 1997) is an Australiancricketerwho plays as a right-armmediumbowlerand right-handedbatterforVictoriain theWomen's National Cricket League(WNCL) andMelbourne Renegadesin theWomen's Big Bash League(WBBL).[1]She has previously played forQueenslandandBrisbane Heat[2][3]
Prestwidge is the daughter of formerQueensland Bullsall rounderScott Prestwidgeand the sister of currentMelbourne RenegadesbowlerJack Prestwidge.[4]She made her debut for the Fire in October 2014, but did not bat or bowl in that match.[5]At the end of the 2015–16 season, she was named the Queensland Fire Youth Player of the Year.[6]
On 13 October 2016, Prestwidge was reported for having a suspectedillegal bowling actionduring a WNCL match againstTasmaniaatAllan Border Field.On 12 November 2016,Cricket Australiaannounced that an analysis undertaken on 28 October 2016 by the Biomechanics Department at the Bupa National Cricket Centre had found Prestwidge's bowling action to be illegal, and that she had therefore been suspended from bowling in Cricket Australia sanctioned matches with immediate effect.[7]
Despite that setback, Prestwidge was added to the Brisbane Heat squad in December 2016 for its2016–17 campaign.[8]She made her Heat debut on 11 December 2016 against theSydney Sixers.[1][9]In November 2018, she was named inBrisbane Heat's squad for the2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[10][11]
References
[edit]- ^ab"Georgia Prestwidge".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved18 March2017.
- ^"Queensland Fire".Queensland Fire.Archived fromthe originalon 7 March 2021.Retrieved18 March2021.
- ^"Players".Brisbane Heat.Retrieved18 March2021.
- ^"Brisbane Heat's Georgia Prestwidge eyes WBBL semi-finals while preserving family ties".ABC News.25 November 2020.Retrieved18 March2021.
- ^"Georgia Prestwidge".Queensland Fire website.Archived fromthe originalon 13 June 2017.Retrieved18 March2017.
- ^Dorries, Ben (1 April 2016)."Chris Hartley wins third Ian Healy Trophy; Bulls legend James Hopes farewelled".The Courier-Mail.Retrieved18 March2017.
- ^"Georgia Prestwidge found to have illegal bowling action".Cricket Australiawebsite.12 November 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 19 March 2017.Retrieved18 March2017.
- ^Brisbane Heat Media (6 December 2016)."WBBL squad finalised".Brisbane Heatwebsite.Archived fromthe originalon 1 December 2018.Retrieved18 March2017.
- ^Dorries, Ben (13 December 2016)."Brisbane Heat could field up to six debutants for the opening round of the WBBL season".The Courier-Mail.Retrieved18 March2017.
- ^"WBBL04: All you need to know guide".Cricket Australia.Retrieved30 November2018.
- ^"The full squads for the WBBL".ESPN Cricinfo.Retrieved30 November2018.
External links
[edit]- Georgia PrestwidgeatESPNcricinfo
- Georgia PrestwidgeatCricketArchive(subscription required)
- Georgia PrestwidgeatCricket Australia