Kim Garth
Garth bowling for Perth Scorchers in November 2019
Garth bowling for Perth Scorchers in November 2019
Personal information
Full name
Kimberley Jennifer Garth
Born (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 27)
Dublin, Ireland
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleAll-rounder
Relations
International information
National sides
Test debut (cap 182)22 June 2023 
Australia v England
Last Test21 December 2023 
Australia v India
ODI debut (cap 62/149)4 July 2010 
Ireland v New Zealand
Last ODI14 October 2023 
Australia v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 21/58)16 October 2010 
Ireland v Pakistan
Last T20I5 October 2023 
Australia v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2018Scorchers
2016/17–2017/18Sydney Sixers
2019Dragons
2019/20Perth Scorchers
2020/21–presentVictoria
2021/22–presentMelbourne Stars
2022–presentTrent Rockets
2023Gujarat Giants
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 41 54 77 125
Runs scored 450 762 1,199 1,437
Batting average 17.30 23.09 26.06 26.12
100s/50s 0/2 0/2 0/6 0/3
Top score 72* 51* 72* 93*
Balls bowled 1,140 927 2,759 2,271
Wickets 23 43 81 116
Bowling average 36.39 21.30 20.79 17.70
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/11 4/11 5/11 5/5
Catches/stumpings 12/1 18/0 27/1 40/0
Source: CricketArchive, 21 January 2023

Kimberley Jennifer Garth (born 25 April 1996) is an Irish-Australian cricketer who currently plays for Victoria, Melbourne Stars and Australia. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. Between 2010 and 2019, she played international cricket for Ireland, the country of her birth, playing more than 100 matches for the side, before deciding to move to Australia.[1] She made her international debut for Australia in December 2022.[2]

Biography

Born in Dublin, Garth is the daughter of Jonathan Garth and Anne-Marie McDonald,[3] both of whom also played for Ireland.[4] Her father was born in South Africa.[5] Garth herself made her international debut in July 2010, in a one-off ODI against New Zealand. On debut, she was 14 years and 70 days old, making her the youngest Irishwoman to debut and the third-youngest overall (behind Pakistan's Sajjida Shah and Scotland's Fiona Urquhart). Several others have since debuted at younger ages.[6]

Garth went on to play six more ODIs in 2010, including at the 2010 ICC Women's Challenge in South Africa.[7] That competition featured both 50-over and 20-over components, with Garth making her Twenty20 International debut in the latter, against Pakistan.[8] Aged 14 years and 174 days, she became the youngest player of any country to appear in that format, beating the record set by the Netherlands' Miranda Veringmeier. Three of her Irish teammates – Elena Tice, Lucy O'Reilly, and Gaby Lewis – have since debuted at younger ages.[9]

Since making her debut, Garth has been a regular for Ireland at both ODI and T20I level. In ODIs, her most outstanding performance to date came in August 2012, when she took 4/11 from five overs against Bangladesh (including the first four wickets to fall).[10] Her highest score at that level was made during the same month, an innings of 39 runs against Pakistan.[11] In Twenty20 Internationals, Garth has taken two three-wicket hauls – 3/6 against the Netherlands in August 2011,[12] and 3/17 against Australia in August 2015.[13]

In November 2015, Garth was named International Women's Player of the Year at the Cricket Ireland Awards.[14]

In June 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[15] In October 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[16][17] In Ireland's opening match of the tournament, against Australia, she made her 100th international appearance for the team.[1] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[18]

In August 2019, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[19] She was the leading run-scorer for Ireland in the tournament, with 100 runs in five matches.[20]

Garth batting for Melbourne Stars in October 2022
Garth batting for Melbourne Stars in October 2022

In June 2020, Garth accepted a two-year contract with the Victoria women's cricket team in Australia.[21][22] She made her debut for Victoria in a Women's National Cricket League match in February 2021, taking 2-25 from 8.2 overs to help her new team to an eight-wicket win over arch-rivals New South Wales.[23] Ahead of the 2020–21 season, she spent the Australian winter working with former Australia paceman Clint McKay on enhancing her game, and was then signed by Melbourne Stars. In the early stages of WBBL|07, she showcased her recently augmented skills by taking a match-winning 3–11 against Sydney Thunder, and then scoring 44* from 29 deliveries against Hobart Hurricanes the following day.[24]

On 9 December 2022, she made her international debut for Australia, in a Twenty20 International against India.[2]

In March 2023, she named in Australia's Test squad for the Ashes series against England.[25] She made her Test debut in that match, on 22 June 2023.[26]

References

  1. ^ a b "Women's World Twenty20: Australia thrash Ireland to top Group B". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Mooney's 89* reduces tough-looking chase to a canter". ESPNcricinfo. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ "INTERVIEW: JJ spins his way to England". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ Ireland / Players / Kim Garth – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  5. ^ Ireland / Players / Jonathan Garth – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  6. ^ Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  7. ^ Women's ODI matches played by Kim Garth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  8. ^ Women's Int Twenty20 matches played by Kim Garth – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  9. ^ Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  10. ^ Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women, Ireland Women's ODI Tri-Series 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  11. ^ Ireland Women v Pakistan Women, Ireland Women's ODI Tri-Series 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  12. ^ Netherlands Women v Ireland Women, Ireland Women in Netherlands 2011 (1st Twenty20) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  13. ^ Ireland Women v Australia Women, Australia Women in England and Ireland 2015 (2nd Twenty20) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  14. ^ (9 November 2015). "Ed Joyce and Kim Garth named Players of Year" – RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  15. ^ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  16. ^ "Final squad named for World T20, Raack set for Ireland debut". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  17. ^ "Laura Delany to lead 'strong and experienced' Irish side at World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  18. ^ "#WT20 report card: Ireland". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  20. ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019 - Ireland Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  21. ^ "Kim Garth leaves Irish cricket for future in Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  22. ^ "Kim Garth accepts two-year contract with Cricket Victoria". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  23. ^ Jolly, Laura (12 February 2021). "Garth's great sacrifice to chase professional dream". Cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  24. ^ Jolly, Laura (2 November 2021). "Garth's world: Irish allrounder at home in green". cricket.com.au. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  25. ^ "Litchfield, Garth included in Australia's Ashes squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  26. ^ "Only Test, Nottingham, June 22 - 26, 2023, Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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