Cathryn Fitzpatrick

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Cathryn Fitzpatrick

| fullname = Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|03|04|df=y}}

| birth_place = Melbourne, Australia

| female = yes

| country = Australia

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1991–2007

| testdebutdate = 2 February

| testdebutyear = 1991

| testdebutagainst = India

| testcap = 121

| lasttestdate = 18 February

| lasttestyear = 2006

| lasttestagainst = India

| odidebutdate = 24 July

| odidebutyear = 1993

| odidebutagainst = West Indies

| odicap = 71

| lastodidate = 4 February

| lastodiyear = 2006

| lastodiagainst = New Zealand

|T20Idebutdate = 2 September

|T20Idebutyear = 2005

|T20Idebutagainst = England

|T20Icap = 5

|lastT20Idate = 18 October

|lastT20Iyear = 2006

|lastT20Iagainst = New Zealand

| club1 = Victoria

| year1 = {{nowrap|1989/90–2006/07}}

| columns = 4

| column1 = WTest

| matches1 = 13

| runs1 = 152

| bat avg1 = 16.88

| 100s/50s1 = 0/1

| top score1 = 53

| deliveries1 = 3,603

| wickets1 = 60

| bowl avg1 = 19.11

| fivefor1 = 2

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/29

| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| column2 = WODI

| matches2 = 109

| runs2 = 651

| bat avg2 = 16.69

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 43

| deliveries2 = 6,017

| wickets2 = 180

| bowl avg2 = 16.79

| fivefor2 = 4

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = 5/14

| catches/stumpings2 = 25/–

| column3 = WT20I

| matches3 = 2

| runs3 = –

| bat avg3 = –

| 100s/50s3 = –

| top score3 = –

| deliveries3 = 48

| wickets3 = 0

| bowl avg3 = –

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = –

| catches/stumpings3 = 1/–

| column4 = WLA

| matches4 = 244

| runs4 = 1,970

| bat avg4 = 17.58

| 100s/50s4 = 0/1

| top score4 = 56

| deliveries4 = 13,136

| wickets4 = 358

| bowl avg4 = 17.53

| fivefor4 = 5

| tenfor4 = 0

| best bowling4 = 6/22

| catches/stumpings4 = 50/–

| date = 25 November

| year = 2022

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4753/4753.html CricketArchive

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's Cricket}}

{{MedalCountry |{{AUS}} }}

}}

Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick (born 4 March 1968) is an Australian former cricketer. She was recognised as the world's fastest female bowler throughout her career and became the first woman to take 100 One Day International wickets.{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/leading-ladies-first-to-100-odi-wickets-from-each-team/ |title=Leading Ladies: First to 100 ODI wickets from each team |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=6 June 2020}} She appeared in 13 Test matches, 109 One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals for Australia between 1991 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for Victoria.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/cathryn-fitzpatrick-53422 |title=Player Profile: Cathryn Fitzpatrick |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 November 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/4/4753/4753.html |title=Player Profile: Cathryn Fitzpatrick |work=CricketArchive |access-date=25 November 2022}} In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into both the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.{{cite news |last1=Pierik |first1=Jon |title=Jones, Fitzpatrick and Murdoch inducted into cricket's Hall of Fame |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/jones-fitzpatrick-and-murdoch-inducted-into-cricket-s-hall-of-fame-20190211-p50wwu.html |access-date=11 February 2019 |work=The Age |date=11 February 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1281266|title = ICC Hall of Fame: Cathryn Fitzpatrick}}

Career summary

While juggling her full-time job as a waste collector and later a postwoman, Fitzpatrick represented Australia in cricket on 124 occasions.{{Cite web|title=Elite now, elite then: Before the golden age of women's cricket|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/cathryn-fitzpatrick-before-golden-age-womens-cricket-t20-world-cup-trailblazers-australia/2020-01-20|website=cricket.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}} She made her international debut in 1991 and went on to play 13 Test matches, taking 60 wickets (the second-most by an Australian woman, only behind Betty Wilson) at an average of 19.11.{{Cite web|title=Records {{!}} Women's Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Most wickets in career|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283977.html|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2020-05-28}}

Fitzpatrick also played 109 One Day Internationals, taking 180 wickets (the most by any woman until surpassed by Jhulan Goswami in May 2017) at an average of 16.79.{{Cite web|title=Cathryn Fitzpatrick|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/53422.html|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{Cite web|title=Jhulan Goswami: Goswami breaks record as Indian women beat SA women by 7 wkts {{!}} Cricket News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/goswami-breaks-record-as-indian-women-beat-sa-women-by-7-wkts/articleshow/58597945.cms|date=May 9, 207|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}} She was a member of the Australian team that won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 1997 and 2005.{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of New Zealand Women vs Australia Women Final 1997 - Score Report|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8584/scorecard/66905/australia-women-vs-new-zealand-women-final-hero-honda-womens-world-cup-1997-98|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{Cite web|title=Sublime Rolton guides Australia to fifth World Cup|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23062067/sublime-rolton-guides-australia-fifth-world-cup|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}

On 25 February 2006, Fitzpatrick became the oldest woman to take a five-wicket haul in ODI history, at the age of 37 years and 358 days.{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/one-day-cup-2013-14/content/records/283782.html|title=Records {{!}} Women's One-Day Internationals {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings|work=Cricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03}} In March 2007, she announced her retirement from international cricket and also brought her domestic career with Victoria to an end after taking 148 wickets in 103 WNCL matches.{{Cite web|title=Fitzpatrick retires after 16-year career|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22960833/fitzpatrick-retires-16-year-career|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}

From May 2012 to March 2015, Fitzpatrick served as head coach of the Australian women's team, overseeing three successful world championship campaigns.{{Cite web|title=Fitzpatrick steps down from Southern Stars|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/cathryn-fitzpatrick-steps-down-southern-stars-coach/2015-03-13|website=cricket.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}

In 2019, Fitzpatrick was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|title=Australian Cricket Awards | Cricket Australia|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419042457/https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|url-status=dead}} Later that year, she was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Donald, Cathryn Fitzpatrick inducted in ICC Hall of Fame|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27218846/sachin-tendulkar-allan-donald-cathryn-fitzpatrick-inducted-icc-hall-fame|author=Cricinfo|date=19 July 2019|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 July 2019}}

Bowling speed

Due to limitations of technological resources in her playing tenure, Fitzpatrick's top and average speeds are estimates rather than precise figures. Thorough eye-witness testimony agrees she was the world's fastest female bowler during her prime years,{{Cite web|title=ICC Hall of Fame: Cathryn Fitzpatrick|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1281266|website=www.icc-cricket.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{Cite web|title=Cathryn Fitzpatrick: The ultimate benchmark for fast bowlers in women's cricket|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/cathryn-fitzpatrick-the-ultimate-benchmark-for-fast-bowlers-in-women-s-cricket-23677|last=Vaidya|first=Jaideep|date=2013-03-04|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{Cite web|title=Wisden's Five Greats of the Women's Game – Cathryn Fitzpatrick|url=https://wisdenblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/wisdens-five-greats-of-the-womens-game-cathryn-fitzpatrick/|date=2015-08-24|website=Wisden: The blog|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}} while sporadic measurements indicated her quickest delivery was at least 125 km/h.{{Cite web|title=Fitzpatrick calls it a day, still at top of her game|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/fitzpatrick-calls-it-a-day-still-at-top-of-her-game-20070328-ge4j4k.html|date=2007-03-28|website=The Age|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}{{cite book|author=Gary Cox|title=Cricket Ball|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pZNyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203|date=18 October 2018|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-350-01457-2|pages=203–}}{{cite book|author=Lawrence Booth|title=The Shorter Wisden 2020: The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l97bDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT84|date=9 April 2020|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4729-7638-3|pages=84–}} This evaluation holds up both impressively and credibly compared with modern women's cricket, which is characterised by increased professional standards - as of 2019, the fastest current bowlers were South Africa's Shabnim Ismail and New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu, who were officially recorded at speeds of 128 km/h and 126 km/h respectively.{{Cite web|title=Women's T20 World Cup: The female pace race - who will be the fastest of them all? Shabnim Ismail, Lea Tahuhu, Ellyse Perry jostle, Tayla Vlaeminck is the future|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/the-female-pace-race-who-will-be-the-fastest-of-them-all-20200220-p542p0.html|last=Cherny|first=Daniel|date=2020-02-21|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28}}

Honours

= Team =

2x Women's Cricket World Cup champion: 1997, 2005
2x Women's National Cricket League champion: 2002–03, 2004–05{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women 2nd Final 2003 - Score Report |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8897/scorecard/127938/victoria-women-vs-new-south-wales-women-2nd-final-womens-national-cricket-league-2002-03|access-date=2020-07-17|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Full Scorecard of Victoria Women vs New South Wales Women 3rd Final 2005 - Score Report |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8897/scorecard/410957/new-south-wales-women-vs-victoria-women-3rd-final-womens-national-cricket-league-2004-05|access-date=2020-07-17|website=www.espncricinfo.com|language=en}}

= Individual =

Belinda Clark Award winner: 2004

References

=Notes=

=Further reading=

{{cite web |last1=Collin |first1=Emily |title=Elite now, elite then: Before the golden age of women's cricket |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/cathryn-fitzpatrick-before-golden-age-womens-cricket-t20-world-cup-trailblazers-australia/2020-01-20 |website=Cricket.com.au |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=21 February 2020 |date=20 January 2020}}

External links

{{cricinfo|id=53422}}
{{cricketarchive|id=4753}}
[http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,21455855-23212,00.html World's fastest bowler retires], Fox Sports, 27 March 2007
[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/287390.html Fitzpatrick retires after 16-year career], Cricinfo, 27 March 2007
[https://web.archive.org/web/20140306135027/http://www.southernstars.org.au/fitzpatrick.html Cathryn Fitzpatrick] at southernstars.org.au

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