Personal Details
- Full Name Hannah Joy Darlington
- Age 22
- Date of Birth 25 January 2002
- Birthplace Erskine Park, New South Wales
- Batting Style Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style Right-Arm Medium
Australia
All-rounder
Hailing from Western Sydney, Kamilaroi woman Hannah Darlington had an unusual introduction to the game. In primary school, she accidentally hit a teacher in the head with a ball and was given a choice of attending detention or joining the cricket team.
Choosing cricket proved the right choice and Darlington signed her first Sydney Thunder contract aged 15 ahead of WBBL|03.
Darlington made her Thunder debut in WBBL|05 in 2019, on the same day as her Year 12 English exam and went on to claim that season’s Young Gun award, and a year later, was named in the official Team of the Tournament as her club claimed their second title.
She made her NSW Breakers debut during the 2019-20 WNCL season and in February 2021, at 19 years and 31 days, became the youngest-ever captain in New South Wales' 165-year history of senior cricket teams when she filled in for an absent Alyssa Healy.
Darlington was selected for an Indigenous team which toured the United Kingdom in 2018 as a celebration of the 150th anniversary of the 1868 Aboriginal tour of England, and was included in an Australia Under-19 side that toured New Zealand in 2019.
That was followed by her senior Australia call-up for a tour of NZ in March 2021, and while Darlington did not debut on that trip, she got her maiden ODI and T20I caps later the same year during a home series against India.
Darlington was named as a reserve for Australia’s 2022 ODI World Cup squad, but later withdrew from the tournament, opting to instead take a break from the game after a second summer spent on the road in quarantine and Covid-safe bubbles took a toll.
She played just seven matches in WBBL|08 after missing the first half of the tournament with a knee injury but was back to full fitness and top form in WBBL|09, taking 22 wickets.
Matches
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Overs Bowled
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Wickets
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Best Bowling
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5 Wicket Hauls
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Bowling Average
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Economy
Econ
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Maidens Bowled
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Runs Conceded
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ODI | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2/29 | 0 | 32.5 | 5.42 | 1 | 65 |
T20I | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
M: Matches
O: Overs Bowled
W: Wickets
BB: Best Bowling
5w: 5 Wicket Hauls
Avg: Bowling Average
Econ: Economy
Mdn: Maidens Bowled
Runs: Runs Conceded
Matches
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Innings Batted
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Runs Scored
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Highest Score
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Batting Average
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50s Scored
50s
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100s Scored
100s
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Strike Rate
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Not Outs
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4s Hit
4s
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6s Hit
6s
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Catches
Ct
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Stumpings
St
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WBBL | 61 | 37 | 206 | 23 | 8.24 | 0 | 0 | 100.98 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
M: Matches
Inn: Innings Batted
Runs: Runs Scored
HS: Highest Score
Avg: Batting Average
50s: 50s Scored
100s: 100s Scored
SR: Strike Rate
NO: Not Outs
4s: 4s Hit
6s: 6s Hit
Ct: Catches
St: Stumpings
Matches
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Overs Bowled
O
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Wickets
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Best Bowling
BB
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5 Wicket Hauls
5w
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Bowling Average
Avg
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Economy
Econ
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Maidens Bowled
Mdn
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Runs Conceded
Runs
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WBBL | 61 | 211 | 80 | 5/10 | 1 | 18.65 | 7.07 | 0 | 1,492 |
M: Matches
O: Overs Bowled
W: Wickets
BB: Best Bowling
5w: 5 Wicket Hauls
Avg: Bowling Average
Econ: Economy
Mdn: Maidens Bowled
Runs: Runs Conceded