Rachael Haynes Biography : Rachael Haynes is an Australian all-rounder who plays for the Australian national women’s cricket team. She is a left-handed batter and bowls left-arm medium. Her cricketing ability has always been an asset for the Australian cricket team but her ability to lead the side and be the leader in the dressing room is what has made her one of the greats of the Australian team.
She along with Belinda Clark are the only two players to captain both New South Wales and Victoria in a women’s national cricket league match.
Early Life & Journey
Rachael was born on 26 December 1986 in Carlton Melbourne Victoria. Born on the boxing day, Rachael’s childhood was all about bowling at the door of the dog’s kennel in the family’s backyard. In her initial days, she played cricket with and against the boys. She later moved to the Box Hilly Cricket Club to take part in women’s competition.
She is originally from Melbourne and started her career with North Balwyn Cricket Club playing under 12 cricket against boys teams. At the age of 14, she was selected for Victoria under 17 team for an interstate tournament in March 2001. Haynes made her women’s National Cricket League debut as a 19-year-old in the 2005-6 season. She went on to become a key figure in the lineup and skippered her state to back to back women’s T20 titles.
Her leadership skills were soon recognized and in 2008 she was chosen to lead the Australian youth team. She guided the team to upset the senior English and Australian teams.
In 2009 she was selected in Australia squad for the England tour. She made 98 runs on her test debut against arch-rivals England. In 2011-12 she moved north and joined Lendlease Breakers. She had a huge impact on the team and was the one who ignited the final of WNCL. She scored a staggering 156 in the final which was the first-ever century in the WNCL finals.
She was later promoted as the vice-captain of the team and helped them in winning WNCL and WT20 in 2014-15.
She has established herself in the Australian team and was a part of the Australian team that won the World T20 and ODI World Cup.
She was Australia’s leading run-scorer at the 2013 world cup that was held in India. She was also named in the team of the tournament following her performances throughout.
She was out of the Australian team for over 3 and a half years. She was recalled in February 2017 and was also named in the Australian women’s 2017 World Cup squad. She was also named as the acting captain for the 2017 Ashes replacing the injured Meg Lanning. In 2018 she was the vice-captain of the Australian national side which went all the way to win their fourth ICC World T20 tournament.
Cricket & Stats
She made her Test debut for the Australia Women against England Women at Worcester in July 2009.
She made her ODI: debut against England Women at Lord’s in July 2009.
Her T20I debut came on 21 February 2010 against the New Zealand Women team at Hobart.
She has played 5 test matches for the Australian National team in which she has scored 293 runs with a high score of 98. She has an average of 32.55 and has two half-centuries to her name.
She has played 57 one day internationals for the Australian team in which she has scored 1614 runs with a high score of 118. She average of 34.34 in ODI’s. She has one century and 12 half-centuries to her name.
She has played 60 T20 internationals for Australia in which she has accumulated 571 runs. She has a high score of 69 and she averages 27.19. She has scored two half-centuries in T20I’s.
She has played 69 matches in the Women’s Big Bash League and has scored 1582 runs with a high score of 78.
BioData
Name: Rachael Louise Haynes
Nickname: Rachael
Sports: Cricket
Role: Batsman
Batting style: Left-hand bat
Bowling style: Left-arm medium
Height: 163cm
Hair Colour: Brown
Date of Birth: December 26, 1986
Age: 33
Birth Place: Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Nationality: Australian
Religion: Christian
Address: Victoria, Australia
Jersey Number: 7
Major Teams: Australia Under-23s Women, Australia Women, Victoria Women
