Megan Schutt

Megan Schutt

Personal information
Full name	Megan Schutt
Born	15 January 1993 Adelaide, South Australia
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium-fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut	11 August 2013 v England women
Last Test	11 August 2015 v England women
ODI debut	17 December 2012 v New Zealand women
Last ODI	27 July 2015 v England women
ODI shirt no.	3
T20I debut	22 January 2013 v New Zealand women
Last T20I	31 August 2015 v England women
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009–	South Australian Scorpions
Career statistics
Competition WTests WODI WT20I LO Matches 2 20 13 31 Runs scored 11 32 2 106 Batting average 11.00 6.40 2.00 6.23 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 11 14 2 27 Balls bowled 268 856 220 1,377 Wickets 7 30 9 32 Bowling average 13.57 20.90 26.55 32.15 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a n/a Best bowling 4/26 4/18 2/18 4/22 Catches/stumpings 1/– 9/– 1/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 2 September 2015

Megan Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the Australia national women's cricket team since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions,^[1] for whom she debuted in 2009.^[2] A right-arm fast-medium bowler, her debut came against New Zealand,^[1] a match in which she bowled expensively, conceding 33 runs from five overs.^[3] She collected two wickets in her next match, against the same opposition,^[4] and was rated by ESPNcricinfo's review of women's cricket in 2012 as a player to watch in the following year.^[5] She was selected as part of Australia's squad for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup,^[6] something that ESPNcricinfo's Jenny Roesler suggested was due to Australia's lack of bowlers.^[5]

During the World Cup, Schutt appeared in all of Australia's seven matches, claiming 15 wickets at an economy of 4.13.^[7] She took at least one wicket in each of the matches,^[4] and her 15 were the most by any bowler in the tournament.^[8] The Daily Telegraph described her rapid rise from playing club cricket to being the leading bowler in the World Cup as "meteoric", but Schutt explained that the humidity in India favoured her swing bowling.^[9] Schutt opened the bowling for Australia in the World Cup final against the West Indies, which her side won by 114 runs; she claimed two wickets for the concession of 38 runs in the match.^[10] Her best bowling performance for Australia was the three wickets for 40 runs she claimed in the World Cup group match against New Zealand.^[1]

In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.^[11]

References

1. "Player Profile: Megan Schutt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
2. "Women's limited overs Matches played by Megan Schutt (31)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
3. "3rd match: Australia Women v New Zealand Women at Sydney, Dec 17, 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
4. "Statistics / Statsguru / ML Schutt / Women's One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
5. Roesler, Jenny (5 December 2012). "For love, not money". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
6. "ICC Women's World Cup / Australia Women Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
7. "ICC Women's World Cup, 2012/13 – Australia Women / Records / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
8. "ICC Women's World Cup, 2012/13 / Records / Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
9. Homfray, Reece (19 February 2013). "Megan Schutt hits heights with Australia taking most World Cup wickets". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
10. "Final: Australia Women v West Indies Women at Mumbai (BS), Feb 17, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
11. "Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debututants". BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.