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The Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup is right around the corner with teams gearing up to win the most coveted youth title in women’s cricket. For Australia, star all-rounder Lucy Hamilton was announced as the leader of the squad ahead of their trip to Malaysia to bag the coveted title.
A first appearance for several nations
The Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup will be a special one for several reasons. Apart from being the first major ICC tournament which is set to be held in Malaysia in 17 years, the tournament shall have the appearance of several nations who will play the under-19 women’s world cup for the first time. Teams like Malaysia, Nepal, and Nigeria are set to play in the prestigious ICC competition for the first time. For Samoa, on the other hand, this will be their first ever ICC tournament.
Lucy Hamilton to lead Australia in Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup
The talented all-rounder was appointed the skipper of the Australian squad after her impressive run in the domestic circuit both for her state team and for her Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) franchise.
The 18-year-old is one amongst several Australian players who currently holds both a state and a WBBL contract. Hamilton has played a total of 12 WBBL matches so far and has 12 wickets to her name.
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1.Her humble beginnings:
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She was born on May 8 2006 in Bundaberg, a small town near Brisbane. Hamilton attended Shalom College in Bundaberg as a high-school student. Shalom College is an independent Catholic school with deep roots and a history of producing sports enthusiasts in the community. Australia’s 5000m national champion Simon Doyle and famous professional rugby player Felise Kaufusi have also graduated from Shalom College.
Cricket was the part and parcel of Hamilton’s life from a young age. As a kid, she had fond memories from the game and the ambition to play for Australia one day had set in back then.
“It’s crazy to think that when I was 10-years-old playing cricket in the backyard with my brothers that only six years later I would be playing for Australia,” Hamilton once said in a discussion.
2. Debut at a young age:
Hamilton made her debut in the Women’s National Cricket League (WNCL) for Queensland Fire in 2022 at just 15 years old, becoming the second youngest player in the state’s history to do so. She is part of a Queensland squad who is currently at the top of the points table in the WNCL. Shortly after that, she earned her maiden cap for Brisbane Heat in the Weber Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL) at 16. Her early exposure to professional cricket at both state and national levels highlighted her exceptional all-round capabilities.
3. Rise to the big occasion:
Hamilton emerged on the scene when during the previous WBBL season when in a sensational manner, she made history as the youngest player ever in the WBBL to take a five-wicket haul, playing a pivotal role in her side’s crucial six-wicket victory over the Melbourne Stars. In a remarkable turn of events, the 18-year-old achieved this feat despite entering the match without a wicket from her previous eight WBBL games. Having just completed her QCE exams in Bundaberg, Hamilton chose to skip her friends’ celebrations on the Gold Coast to focus on what would become the defining day of her career.
Her bowling figure of 5 for 13 is the second-best in WBBL history, just behind Megan Schutt’s 6 for 19 and equaling Amanda-Jade Wellington’s two 5-wicket hauls.
4. Her past experience in the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup
Hamilton was a part of Australia’s previous run in the competition as a 16-year-old during the 2022-23 Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup. Back then, the Australian team made it to the semi-finals of the competition before being defeated at the hands of England by a narrow margin of 3 runs. While Australia couldn’t make it to the showdown of the competition, Hamilton emerged as a promising young talent taking 5 wickets in 6 matches that she played.
5. Hamilton’s life struggles
The 18-year-old currently lives with her parents in the small town of Bundaberg, where she was born and raised. Hamilton is planning to move to Brisbane permanently but till now, she has to take a several hours commute to the shining Queensland metropolis from her humble home town which is 358 kilometres away from Brisbane.
