Lisa Maree Keightley (born 26 August 1971) is an Australian former cricketer and current cricket coach. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in nine Test matches, 82 One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International for Australia between 1995 and 2005. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales, as well as Warwickshire and Wiltshire.[1][2]

Lisa Keightley
Personal information
Full name
Lisa Maree Keightley
Born (1971-08-26) 26 August 1971 (age 53)
Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatter; occasional wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 126)28 February 1995 v New Zealand
Last Test24 August 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 75)14 February 1995 v New Zealand
Last ODI1 September 2005 v England
Only T20I (cap 7)2 September 2005 v England
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–2004/05New South Wales
2009Warwickshire
2010Wiltshire
2012Wiltshire
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
2005/06–2006/07New South Wales
2007–2008Australia
2015/16–2019/20Western Australia
2015/16–2019/20Perth Scorchers
2020–2022England
2023/24–presentSydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 9 82 1 215
Runs scored 378 2,630 1 7,244
Batting average 27.00 39.84 1.00 39.36
100s/50s 0/3 4/21 0/0 9/50
Top score 90 156* 1 156*
Balls bowled 30 150 1,569
Wickets 0 8 40
Bowling average 10.87 17.65
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/19 5/18
Catches/stumpings 5/– 27/2 0/1 68/2
Source: CricketArchive, 6 January 2023

Following her playing career, she became a coach, leading Australia, Perth Scorchers and England, among others.[3]

Career

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Keightley played nine Tests and 85 One Day Internationals for the Australia women's national cricket team between 1995 and 2005[1] and represented New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League from 1996/97 to 2004/05.[4]

She holds the record for the highest ever maiden ton in Women's ODI history (156*)[5]

She played 91 matches in the domestic national cricket league, scoring 3081 runs at 37.12 with 3 centuries, 21 fifties and a highest score of 144*. She also took 10 wickets at 27.6.

On 30 October 2019, Keightley was appointed head coach of the English women's team, the first woman to hold the post full-time. She had previously coached New South Wales, Australia women, Western Australia and Perth Scorchers, as well as leading the England Women's Academy.[3] Keightley left the position at the end of England's 2022 home summer.[6]

In December 2024, she was named as the new coach of the Northern Superchargers women's team.[7][8]

One Day International centuries

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Keightley scored four centuries in One Day International matches.

Lisa Keightley's One-Day International centuries[9]
No. Runs Opponents Venue Year
1 156*   Pakistan Wesley Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 1997[10]
2 113*   England Lord's, London, England 1998[11]
3 127*   England Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 2000[12]
4 103   South Africa LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria, South Africa 2005[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Player Profile: Lisa Keightley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Lisa Keightley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Lisa Keightley: England women appoint Australian as head coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Lisa Maree Keightley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Highest maiden hundred | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Lisa Keightley steps down as England Women's head coach". Espncricinfo. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Ex-England coach Keightley to lead Superchargers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  8. ^ "LISA KEIGHTLEY APPOINTED NORTHERN SUPERCHARGERS WOMEN'S HEAD COACH". Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
  9. ^ "All-round records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com – LM Keightley". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs PAK Women Only ODI 1996/97 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs ENG Women 5th ODI 1998 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs ENG Women 2nd ODI 1984/85 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  13. ^ "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs SA Women 13th Match 2004/05 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
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