Ashley Gardner is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national women’s team as an all-rounder. Gardner also represents New South Wales in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL), Sydney Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) and Gujarat Giants in the Women’s Premier League (WPL).
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Wiki/Biography
Ashley Katherine Gardner was born on Tuesday, 15 April 1997 (age 26 years; as of 2023) in Kogarah, a suburb of southern Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. His zodiac sign is Aries. Growing up, Gardner played many sports, but soon gravitated towards cricket. He spent his childhood playing backyard cricket with his father, Jim, and elder brother, Aaron. He attended Picnic Point High School in New South Wales.
Ashley Gardner’s childhood photo
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 8″
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye color: Moss green
Family
He is an Aboriginal Australian. Gardner’s Indigenous roots come from his mother, who is from the Muruwarri community, a tribe in rural New South Wales. His father’s name is Jim Gardner and mother’s name is Kate Goodwin. She has an elder brother, Aaron.
Ashley Gardner with her father
Ashley Gardner with her mother, Kate Goodwin, and brother, Aaron James,
relationships/affairs
He is in a relationship with Monica Wright. The couple started dating in 2021.
Ashley Gardner and Monica Wright
Earlier she was dating Australian cricketer Bridget Patterson.
Ashley Gardner and Bridget Patterson
livelihood
domestic
He performed exceptionally well representing New South Wales in the 2014–15 Imparja Cup. She made her WNCL debut for New South Wales in the 2015–16 season. He was signed by the Sydney Sixers for the inaugural WBBL season, i.e. the 2015–16 season. That same summer, he played one T20 and one 50-over game for Northern Districts (formerly known as the Northern Spirit) in New Zealand. She had a breakout 2016–17 season, in which the Sydney Sixers won the WBBL|02 title and New South Wales won the Women’s National Cricket League. She was also named Young Gun of WBBL|02.
Ashley Gardner playing for New South Wales
She represented South Australia in the 2017–18 Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) season, where she played just six games before returning to her native New South Wales. During WBBL|03, he scored the league’s fastest half-century and highest individual score, scoring 114 runs in 52 balls against Melbourne Stars at North Sydney Oval. He won the title of Player of the Match. In the final, with the help of Gardner’s unbeaten 22 runs, Sydney Sixers defeated Perth Scorchers by 9 wickets.
Ashley Gardner acknowledging the North Sydney Oval crowd after reaching her century (2017)
She was cleared to play in the final of the 2018–19 WNCL season after withdrawing late from the previous match due to a minor injury during warm-ups. Gardner scored 30 not out with the bat and 2/36 with the ball in a 33-run victory over Queensland in the final as New South Wales won that season’s title. Gardner experienced the seventh injury incident of his professional career while fielding during a WBBL|06 match at Drummoyne Oval. After that, she was eliminated from the competition. He won the Player of the Tournament title in WBBL|08. This was the first time a former Young Gun winner had claimed the award.
international
On 17 February 2017, she made her T20I debut against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, but was run out for a golden duck in a 40-run victory. She took her first international wicket in the next game of the series, dismissing Amy Satterthwaite through a Kristen Beams catch. He made his ODI debut against New Zealand on 2 March 2017 during the 2016–17 Rose Bowl series at the Bay Oval. Australia won by four wickets with Gardner scoring 12 not out with the bat and scoring the match-winning runs. Gardner was named in Australia’s squad for the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup, becoming the first Indigenous Australian woman to play in a Cricket World Cup against the West Indies. He took eight wickets in as many matches before Australia were eliminated in the World Cup semi-finals. Gardner made her first major contribution with the bat for Australia at the start of the 2017–18 Women’s Ashes. She was one of the leading wicket-takers at the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20, taking ten wickets in six matches in the tournament. He won player of the match in the final against England, taking 3 for 22 and scoring 32 not out as Australia won by eight wickets at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. On 18 July 2019, she made her Test debut against England during the 2019 Women’s Ashes at the County Ground, Taunton. During the drawn match, she became the only woman to hit a six in an international innings across all three formats. He received the baggy green during the Ashes in 2019.
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Ashley Gardner is the only woman to hit a six in an international innings in all three formats. pic.twitter.com/iNuH903co4
– Hypocaust (@_Hypocaust) 3 January 2021
On 8 February 2020, he recorded his highest T20I score of 93 off 57 balls in a Tri-Nation Series match against India at the Junction Oval, Melbourne. In the match against Bangladesh during the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, she scored a quickfire 22 not out in just nine balls to help Australia win by 86 runs. He also claimed the winning catch in the final of the tournament, helping Australia win the World Championship for the second consecutive time.
Gardner in action during the 2020 T20 World Cup
In the drawn match against India, Gardner recorded her first Test half-century during the India Women Australia tour 2021/22. Gardner smashed an unbeaten 48 off 18 balls during the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup group stage match against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve. In the match, he also took 3 for 15, contributing to Australia’s 141-run victory. Australia won the gold medal by defeating India by 9 runs in the final of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with Gardner scoring 25 off 15 balls in the first innings and taking 3/16 from three overs with the ball. She was part of the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup squad for Australia, which won the title for the seventh time by defeating England in the final.
Australia women’s national cricket team won the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup for the seventh time
On 11 February 2023, Ashley Gardner won the Player of the Match award in the match against New Zealand during the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
In February 2023, he was bought by Gujarat Giants for ₹3.2 crore in the inaugural auction of the WPL.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
Team
- Women’s Cricket World Cup Champion (2022)
- ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Champion (2018, 2020)
- Commonwealth Games Champion (2022)
- Women’s National Cricket League champion (2016–17, 2018–19)
- Women’s Big Bash League champions (2016–17, 2017–18)
Person
- ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Player of the Final (2018)
- Belinda Clark Award Winner (2022)
Ashley Gardner posing with her Belinda Clark Award
- WBBL Player of the Tournament (2022–23)
- WBBL Young Gun Award Winner (2016–17)
- ICC Women’s Player of the Month for December 2022
tattoo
- The Roman numerals “LXIV • LXX • XCIV” (64 • 70 • 94) are inscribed on the side of his left bicep.
Ashley Gardner’s Roman Numeral Tattoo
- a tattoo on the inside of his right bicep
Ashley Gardner’s tattoo
- A bouquet of flowers is tattooed with “Muruwari” on her left arm
Ashley Gardner’s tattoo
- She has a tattoo on the back of her left arm
Ashley Gardner’s tattoo
Favorite
- Tribal Custom: Smoking Ceremony
- Players: Andrew Symonds (cricketer), Cathy Freeman (runner), Eddie Bates (football player), Ash Barty (tennis player)
Facts/General Knowledge
- She got her first state contract at the age of 17, while she was completing her HSC.
- His batting style is right-arm off-spin, and his bowling style is right-arm off-spin.
- His jersey number for the Australia national team is #63.
- She likes to consume alcoholic beverages occasionally.
A snippet of Ashley Gardner’s Instagram post in which she is enjoying a beer
- Gardner is only the third Aboriginal Australian to play Test cricket. The first was Faith Thomas, who played his only Test in 1958 and the second was Jason Gillespie, who debuted after 38 years and took 259 Test wickets. Apart from Faith Thomas Gardner, she is the only other Aboriginal woman to play Test cricket for Australia.
- She founded the Ashley Gardner Foundation which provides sports, education and lifestyle support to tribal children.
- She developed an isolation hobby, dot painting, during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. Notable cricketers like Moises Henriques, Mel Jones, Nicole Bolton and Alyssa Healy commissioned his work. He also painted a pair of boots for GWS Giants footballer Erin Todd, which she wore during the Indigenous round of the AFL Women’s competition.
Ashley Gardner posing with one of her dot paintings
- In an interview, she had said that if she had not become a player, she would have become a firefighter.
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