Elyse Villani

Elyse Jayne Villani (born 6 October 1989) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australia national women's team. She also plays domestically for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).

Elyse Villani

Villani batting for Perth Scorchers (WBBL) during WBBL|04.
Personal information
Full name	Elyse Jayne Villani
Born	6 October 1989 Melbourne, Victoria
Nickname	Junior
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Top-order Batsman
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 167)	10 January 2014 v England
Last Test	11 August 2015 v England
ODI debut (cap 126)	19 January 2014 v England
Last ODI	3 March 2019 v New Zealand
ODI shirt no.	4
T20I debut (cap 27)	3 June 2009 v New Zealand
Last T20I	24 November 2018 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007–2015; 2018–present	Victoria
2012	Staffordshire
2014–2015	Northern Districts
2015–2018	Western Australia
2015–2019	Perth Scorchers
2019–present	Melbourne Stars
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODI WT20I Matches 3 31 52 Runs scored 72 585 1294 Batting average 14.40 22.50 29.40 100s/50s 0/0 0/3 0/12 Top score 33 75 90* Balls bowled 0 252 0 Wickets – 7 – Bowling average – 35.71 – 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling – 3/41 – Catches/stumpings 2/– 16/– 13/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 March 2019

She made one appearance in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[1] She previously played for Victorian Spirit in the WNCL.[2] In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.[3]

In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[4] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[5][6]

In November 2018, she was named in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[7][8] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[9][10] In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.[11][12]

Personal life

Villani was a student at Eltham College in Melbourne.[13]

She came out as lesbian in 2015, the second member of the Australian team to do so after Alex Blackwell.[14]

Villani's nickname is "Junior".[15] She is an ambassador for Gray-Nicolls.[16]

References

1. "Player Profile: Elyse Villani". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
2. "Player Profile: Elyse Villani". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
3. "Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debutants". BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
4. "Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
5. "Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
6. "Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
7. "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
8. "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
9. "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
10. "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
11. "Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
12. "Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
13. "Sport". Eltham College. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
14. Helmers, Caden (20 November 2017). "Women's Ashes: Australian cricketer Elyse Villani lauds marriage equality result". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
15. Staff writer (9 August 2013). "Introducing the players out to defend the Ashes as the Southern Stars get ready for England test". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
16. "Ambassadors". GRAY-NICOLLS. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

External links

Media related to Elyse Villani at Wikimedia Commons

• Elyse Villani at ESPNcricinfo
• Elyse Villani at CricketArchive (subscription required)
• Elyse Villani at Cricket Australia