Annabel Sutherland

Annabel Jane Sutherland was born 12 October 2001 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is the daughter of former head of Cricket Australia, James, and sister of Victorian all–rounder, Will.^[3] She also played Australian Rules football. She attended Methodist Ladies’ College.^[4] Growing up, played for the East Malvern Tooronga Cricket Club in grade cricket.^[5]

Big Bash League

She made her debut for the Melbourne Renegades during the 2016–17 season. At 15 years old, she was the youngest player to feature in the Big Bash at the time.^[3] She moved to the Melbourne Stars the year after.^[6] She became the captain of the team in the 2024 season.^[7]

The Hundred

In April 2022, she was bought by the Welsh Fire for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.^[8]

Women's Premier League

In the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League in 2023, Sutherland was bought by Gujarat Giants.^[9] She moved to the Delhi Capitals in 2024.^[10]

Sutherland had played for the Australia in both the U-15 and U-19 cricket teams.^[11] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract with the National Performance Squad ahead of the 2019–20 season.^[12][13]

In January 2020, Sutherland was named in Australia's squads for the 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series and the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[14] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Australia, against England in the tri-series, on 1 February 2020.^[15] In April 2020, Cricket Australia awarded Sutherland with a central contract ahead of the 2020–21 season.^[16][17] She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for Australia, against New Zealand, on 3 October 2020.^[18]

In August 2021, Sutherland was named in Australia's squad for their series against India, which included a one-off day/night Test match as part of the tour.^[19] Sutherland made her Test debut on 30 September 2021, for Australia against India.^[20]

In January 2022, Sutherland was named in Australia's squad for their series against England to contest the Women's Ashes.^[21] Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[22] In May 2022, Sutherland was named in Australia's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.^[23]

In June 2023, in the one-off Test against England in the Women's Ashes, Sutherland scored her maiden Test century, scoring 137 not out from 184 balls in the first innings. The century came off 148 balls, the fastest Test century for an Australian woman, and fourth-fastest overall.^[24]

In July 2023, Sutherland scored her maiden white-ball century, scoring 109 not out in the 3rd ODI against Ireland.^[25] In February 2024, Sutherland became the ninth women's player to record a test double century, ultimately scoring 210 and taking match figures of 5/30 against South Africa.^[26]

She was named in the Australia squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup^[27] and the 2025 Women's Ashes series.^[28][29] In January 2025, she became the first woman to score a century in a Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Sutherland has recorded six international centuries. She scored the first women's Test century at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 2025, scoring 163 runs.^[30]