Louise Broadfoot

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Fullname
Louise Catherine Broadfoot
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
National side
Louise Broadfoot
Personal information
Full name
Louise Catherine Broadfoot
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-spin
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 137)24 June 2001 v England
Last Test6 July 2001 v England
ODI debut (cap 92)3 December 2000 v Ireland
Last ODI1 April 2005 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1996/97–2004/05Victoria
2005/06–2009/10Queensland
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 2 10 4 135
Runs scored 95 50 156 2,114
Batting average 47.50 10.00 39.00 19.75
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 0/1 0/8
Top score 71 19 71 91
Balls bowled 168 553 4,158
Wickets 4 5 98
Bowling average 19.25 28.66 27.12
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/4 2/38 4/14
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 4/– 38/–
Source: CricInfo, 4 May 2025

Louise Catherine Broadfoot (born 26 February 1978) is an Australian former cricket player.[1] She was born at Melbourne.

Broadfoot played domestic cricket for the Victorian Spirit between 1996 and 2004 and the Queensland Fire between 2005 and 2010.[2] She played 113 Women's National Cricket League matches and five Women's Twenty20 matches.[3]

Broadfoot played two Tests and ten One Day Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team.[1] Broadfoot was the 137th woman to play Test Cricket for Australia,[4] and the 92nd woman to play One Day International Cricket for Australia.[1] Broadfoot also served in the Australian Army in Afghanistan.

Originally from Melbourne, her sister is Marianne Edwards (nee Broadfoot), associate principal second violin in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra[5] and her brother is barrister Andrew Broadfoot KC,[6] former Australian rowing representative[7] and part owner of 2015 Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance.[8][9]



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