Celeste Raack
{{short description|Australian-Irish cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Celeste Raack
| female = true
| image =
| caption =
| country = Ireland
| international = true
| fullname = Celeste Raack
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Sydney, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm leg break
| role = All-rounder
| club1 = Tasmania
| year1 = 2014/15–2017/18
| club2 = Hobart Hurricanes
| year2 = {{nowrap|2015/16–2017/18}}
| club3 = Typhoons
| year3 = 2018–present
| odidebutdate = 5 October
| odidebutyear = 2021
| odidebutagainst = Zimbabwe
| odicap = 91
| lastodidate = 23 November
| lastodiyear = 2021
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| T20Idebutdate = 13 November
| T20Idebutyear = 2018
| T20Idebutagainst = Pakistan
| T20Icap = 38
| lastT20Idate = 8 June
| lastT20Iyear = 2022
| lastT20Iagainst = South Africa
| columns = 1
| hidedeliveries =
| column1 = WT20I
| matches1 = 18
| runs1 = 32
| bat avg1 = 16.00
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 10
| deliveries1 = 264
| wickets1 = 12
| bowl avg1 = 21.33
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 3/15
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 8 June 2022
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/792135.html Cricinfo
}}
Celeste Raack (born 18 May 1994) is an Australian-Irish cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for Typhoons and Ireland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/792135.html |title=Celeste Raack|access-date=28 May 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} She holds an Irish passport{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1161558.html |title=Ireland call up Australian-born legspinner Celeste Raack for World T20 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=3 October 2018|date=3 October 2018 }} and was selected to represent Ireland in October 2018,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/45731325 |title=Women's World Twenty20: Celeste Raack joins experienced Ireland squad |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=3 October 2018|date=3 October 2018 }} making her full international debut the following month.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/meet-irelands-leg-spinning-wizard-celeste-raack-who-has-set-her-sights-for |title=Meet Ireland's leg-spinning wizard Celeste Raack who has set her sights for a big season |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=24 May 2019}} She previously played in Australia for Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes.{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/955/955540/955540.html |title=Celeste Raack|access-date=27 May 2021 |work=CricketArchive}}
Career
=Australia=
Originally from Sydney, New South Wales,{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/48393948 |title=Ireland v West Indies: Celeste Raack enjoying life in the green jersey |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=24 May 2019|date=24 May 2019 }} Raack was the second leading wicket taker in the 2011–12 Sydney First Grade competition. That season, she also toured with the NSW Second XI for a tri-series against the Victorian Second XI, and with her leg spinners bagged a match-winning 4–11 in one of the matches. Additionally, she represented NSW at the U18 National Championship, claiming eight wickets at 8.88 with a best of 4–14.{{cite book|title=Basil Sellers Scholar's Profiles 2012 - 13|publisher=Cricket NSW|url=http://www.internationalcrickethall.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Basil-Sellers-Scholarship-Player-profiles-2012-2013-PDF.pdf|access-date=28 May 2017}}
For the 2012–13 season, Raack was awarded a Basil Sellers scholarship,{{cite web|author1=Digital Team|title=Basil Sellers awards scholarships to rising stars|url=http://internationalcrickethall.com/basil-sellers-awards-scholarships-to-rising-stars/|website=International Cricket Hall of Fame|access-date=28 May 2017|date=6 September 2012}} and for 2013–14, she was selected in the Cricket NSW Academy Development squad.{{cite web|title=2013/14 Lend Lease Breakers Squad Announced|url=http://womensportnsw.com.au/201314-lend-lease-breakers-contracts-announced/|website=Womensport NSW website|access-date=28 May 2017|date=24 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224183425/http://womensportnsw.com.au/201314-lend-lease-breakers-contracts-announced/|archive-date=24 February 2017|url-status=dead}}
Raack was then recruited by Tasmania for the 2014–15 season.{{cite web|title=Celeste Raack|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/players/celeste-raack/b9ojVL7YAUC96xwA18RrTg|website=Cricket.com.au|access-date=28 May 2017}} She quickly achieved prominence by taking 4–41 in a Twenty20 match against the ACT Meteors.{{cite web|title=Celeste Raack|url=http://www.crickettas.com.au/teams/tasmanian-roar/celeste-raack|website=Cricket Tasmania website|access-date=28 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226082008/http://www.crickettas.com.au/teams/tasmanian-roar/celeste-raack|archive-date=26 December 2017|url-status=dead}} During the following off-season, she moved permanently to Tasmania after finding a full-time job.{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Adam|title=Tasmanian Roar on the rise|url=http://www.themercury.com.au/sport/local-sport/tasmanian-roar-on-the-rise/news-story/d019851893ebc9e2a4322f0e5862e50c|access-date=28 May 2017|work=The Mercury|date=22 July 2015}}
Raack debuted for Hobart Hurricanes against the Melbourne Stars during its inaugural WBBL{{!}}01 season (2015–16).{{cite web|last1=Jolly|first1=Laura|title=Cricket's biggest stars sign on for WBBL01|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/womens-big-bash-league-player-signings-lanning-perry-healy-edwards-taylor-matthews-ferling-knight/2015-11-30|website=Cricket.com.au|access-date=28 May 2017|date=30 November 2015}}{{cite web|title=Celeste Raack|url=http://www.hobarthurricanes.com.au/players/celeste-raack|website=Hobart Hurricanes website|access-date=28 May 2017|archive-date=30 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830074329/https://www.hobarthurricanes.com.au/players/celeste-raack|url-status=dead}} She remained in the Hurricanes squad for the WBBL{{!}}02 season (2016–17).{{cite news|author1=AAP|title=WBBL: How the sides look for the second season of women's Big Bash|url=http://www.theroar.com.au/2016/12/08/wbbl-sides-look-second-season-womens-big-bash/|access-date=28 May 2017|work=theroar.com.au|date=8 December 2016}}
Off the field, Raack completed a Bachelor of Health Science/Master of Physiotherapy at the University of Western Sydney, and has worked in Hobart as a physiotherapist.{{cite web|title=Celeste Raack|url=https://ephysio.ie/celeste-raack/|website=Enniskerry Physiotherapy Clinic|access-date=29 February 2024}}
=Ireland=
In October 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/final-squad-named-for-world-t20-raack-set-for-ireland-debut |title=Final squad named for World T20, Raack set for Ireland debut |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=3 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/869619 |title=Laura Delany to lead 'strong and experienced' Irish side at World T20 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 October 2018}} She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for Ireland against Pakistan Women on 13 November 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1150541.html |title=9th Match, Group B (D/N), ICC Women's World T20 at Providence, Nov 13 2018 |access-date=13 November 2018 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}
In August 2019, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1319297 |title=Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 August 2019}} In July 2020, she was awarded a part-time professional contract by Cricket Ireland for the following year.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29392494/cricket-ireland-award-new-set-women-contracts |title=Cricket Ireland award new set of women's contracts |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=1 July 2020}}
In September 2021, Raack was named in Ireland's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe,{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-womens-squad-for-tour-of-zimbabwe-announced |title=Ireland Women's squad for tour of Zimbabwe announced |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=23 September 2021}} the first WODI matches to be played by the Zimbabwe team.{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/zimbabwe-head-coach-adam-chifo-excited-ahead-of-teams-maiden-odi |title=Zimbabwe head coach Adam Chifo excited ahead of team's maiden ODI |work=Women's CricZone |access-date=4 October 2021}} She made her WODI debut on 5 October 2021, for Ireland against Zimbabwe.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1281417.html |title=1st ODI, Harare, Oct 5 2021, Ireland Women tour of Zimbabwe |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=5 October 2021}}
In November 2021, she was named in Ireland's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/ireland-squad-announced-for-womens-world-cup-qualifier-amendments-made-to-t |title=Ireland squad announced for Women's World Cup Qualifier; amendments made to tournament schedule |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=12 November 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{Cricinfo|id=792135}}
- {{CricketArchive|id=955540}}
{{Ireland Squad 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Raack, Celeste}}
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Category:Typhoons (women's cricket) cricketers
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