Renee Kathleen Chappell (born 7 July 1983) is an Australian former cricketer who played international cricket for Australia women's national cricket team. Chappell played domestic cricket for her home state of Western Australia from the 2000/01 season to the 2012/13 season. In January and February 2013, she played four matches for the Australian national cricket team, including two matches in the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Renee Chappell
Personal information
Full name
Renee Kathleen Chappell
Born (1983-07-07) 7 July 1983 (age 41)
Subiaco, Western Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm offbreak
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 124)1 February 2013 v Pakistan
Last ODI13 February 2013 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 35)22 January 2013 v New Zealand
Last T20I24 January 2013 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2000/01–2012/13Western Australia
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WNCL[1] WT20[1]
Matches 2 2 79 40
Runs scored 8 589 172
Batting average 4.00 10.51 8.19
100s/50s 0/0 –/– 0/0 0/0
Top score 5 37 35*
Balls bowled 24 42 2,647 816
Wickets 0 2 80 40
Bowling average 29.00 22.83 19.07
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 1/23 5/31 3/14
Catches/stumpings 0/– 0/– 27/– 18/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 December 2022

Cricket career

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Chappell played for Western Australia's Under 19 team in the 1999/2000 season, and she was given the Fielder of the Tournament Award 2000. She was promoted to Western Australia's state team in the 2000/01 season and represented the state in the Indoor Cricket Championships in 2001.[2] She continued to play for Western Australia for the rest of her cricket career.

Chappell was first called up to the Australian national cricket team in February 2008, when she was included in Australia's 14-player squad for the Rose Bowl in New Zealand.[3] She did not play a game and did not return to the national team until 2013, after a successful season in the Women's National Cricket League.[4] In January 2013, she replaced Jess Jonassen in Australia's squad ahead of the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup when Jonassen suffered a knee injury and couldn't recover in time for the tournament.[4][5]

Chappell played four matches for Australia in January and February 2013. She played in two T20I matches against New Zealand in January, taking one wicket in each match.[6][7] She then played in two WODI matches as part of the World Cup, against Pakistan and the West Indies. Despite being a specialist bowler, she only bowled four overs across the two matches and didn't take a single wicket.[8][9] These were the final four matches of her professional career, as she never played for Australia or Western Australia again.[1]

In the years following her state and national career, Chappell continued to play cricket for Melville Cricket Club in Western Australia Premier Cricket. In the 2016/17 season, she won the Karen Read Medal for the best player in the A-grade and Twenty20 competitions for the season.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Renee Farrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  2. ^ Jackson, Louise (2001). "Renee Chappell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Australia axe Britt and Bulow". ESPNcricinfo. 26 February 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Chappell replaces Jonassen in Australia Women World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Renee Chappell into Australia's women's cricket Cup team". news.com.au. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  6. ^ "1st T20I, Melbourne, January 22, 2013, New Zealand Women tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  7. ^ "3rd T20I, Melbourne, January 24, 2013, New Zealand Women tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  8. ^ "2nd Match, Group B, Cuttack, February 01, 2013, ICC Women's World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  9. ^ "19th Match, Super Six, Mumbai, February 13, 2013, ICC Women's World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  10. ^ Zimmerman, Josh (6 April 2017). "Cricket: Melville veteran Renee Chappell claims Karen Read Medal". PerthNow. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
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