Alana King

Alana Maria King (born 22 November 1995) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Western Australia in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Perth Scorchers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).[1][2] An all-rounder, she bowls right-arm leg spin and bats right-handed.[3] She previously played for Victoria and Melbourne Stars.[4][5] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season.[6][7] King is of Anglo-Indian descent, her parents both having emigrated from Chennai to Melbourne.[8]

Alana King
King bowling for Victoria, 2018
Personal information
Full nameAlana Maria King
Born (1995-11-22) 22 November 1995
Clarinda, Victoria, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 181)27 January 2022 v England
ODI debut (cap 147)3 February 2022 v England
Last ODI3 April 2022 v England
T20I debut (cap 57)20 January 2022 v England
Last T20I22 January 2022 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015/16–2020/21Melbourne Stars
2016/17–2019/20Victoria
2020/21–presentWestern Australia
2021/22–presentPerth Scorchers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 29 68
Runs scored 250 280
Batting average 17.85 12.17
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 32 27
Balls bowled 1,107 1,153
Wickets 35 54
Bowling average 23.48 25.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/20 4/11
Catches/stumpings 15/– 22/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 April 2022

In January 2022, King was named in Australia's squad for their series against England to contest the Women's Ashes.[9] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 20 January 2022, for Australia against England.[10] Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[11] She made her Women's Test match debut on 27 January 2022, for Australia against England in the one-off Women's Ashes Test.[12] She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut on 3 February 2022, also for Australia against England in the Women's Ashes.[13] Therefore, she earned her first cap in all three formats of international cricket in the space of fourteen days.[14]

In April 2022, she was bought by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.[15]

References
  1. "Western Australia". WACA. Cricket Network. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  2. "Players". Perth Scorchers. Cricket Network. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. "Alana King". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. Amy, Paul (4 May 2016). "Come in spinner: Prahran's Alana King snares Victorian contract". Stonnington Leader. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. "Meet our ambassador, Alana King". Maddie Riewolt's Vision website. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  7. "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  8. Burnett, Adam (5 June 2019). "King of the world: Ace leggie dreams big". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  9. "Alana King beats Amanda-Jade Wellington to place in Australia's Ashes squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  10. "1st T20I (N), Adelaide, Jan 20 2022, Women's Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
  11. "Wellington, Harris return in Australia's World Cup squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  12. "Only Test, Canberra, Jan 27 - 30 2022, Women's Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  13. "1st ODI, Canberra, Feb 3 2022, Women's Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  14. "Has anyone won their first caps in all three formats quicker than Alana King?". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  15. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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