Ashleigh Gardner: Biography, Records, Age, Height, Achievements, Family, and Career Statistics

Ashleigh Katherine Gardner, born on April 15, 1997, is a professional Australian women’s squad cricketer. Ashleigh Gardner has had an excellent start to her career as an aggressive middle-order batter who can also bowl an effective off-break. The year 2015 was a watershed moment for Gardner. Gardner called a “child genius,” gained widespread acclaim as she led New South Wales to victory and led the team to the highest run total in the Cricket Australia under-18 Championships. Over time, she became the first Indigenous woman to win Australia’s Lord Taverners Indigenous Player of the Year award.

While playing for the NSW Breakers in the 2016–17 domestic season, she maintained her form, scoring 98 runs and claiming nine wickets in five games. The Southern Stars quickly called her up for national duty, and she made her T20I and ODI debuts against New Zealand in early 2017. She then went on to be instrumental in Australia’s successful World Cup campaign and subsequent Ashes victory that same year. When the WBBL returned for a second season, she again led the league in batting average with 414 for Sydney Sixers.

Gardner has been a rising figure to watch as Australia attempts to reclaim the World T20 crown due to her experience and plenty of talent with the bat and the ball. The Gujarat Giants paid 3.2 crores (about $500,000) to acquire her in the first-ever WPL auction, held in February 2023.

Ashleigh Gardner Biography:

1. Real Name: Ashleigh Katherine Gardner
2. Other/Nickname:  Aka, Ash, Gardner
3. Profession: Australian Cricketer
4. Famous for: All-rounder
5. Ashleigh Gardner Net Worth: $1 Million
6. Ashleigh Gardner Salary: $300,000
7. Monthly Income: N/A
8. Website Url: N/A
9. Instagram Handle: @ashleigh_gardner97

Ashleigh Gardner Physical Status: 

1. Height: 5 Feet 11 Inches
2. Weight: 60 kg
3. Body Measurements: N/A
4. Eye Colour: Brown
5. Hair Colour: Blonde

Ashleigh Gardner Personal Life:

1. Date Of Birth/Ashleigh Gardner Age: April 15, 1997
2. Place Of Birth: Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
3. Nationality: Australian
4. Hometown: Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
5. School: Kinross Wolaroi School

Ashleigh Gardner Family Statistics:

• Marital Status: Married
• Ashleigh Gardner Husband/Spouse: Bridget Patterson
• Children: N/A
• Parents: Father – Jim Gardner and Mother – Katherine
• Siblings: Brother – Aaron
• Religion: Christianity

Ashleigh Gardner Career Statistics:

Test Debut: July 18, 2019, v England

ODI Debut: March 2, 2017, v New Zealand

T20 Debut: February 17, 2017, v New Zealand

Ashleigh Gardner Achievements:

• Ash won the 2015 Imparja Cup for best player.
• winner of the 2016–17 WBBL Young Gun Award
• Winner of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final MVP Award in 2018
• Winner of the 2022 Belinda Clark Award
• Player of the Year for the 2022-23 Women’s Big Bash League
• At the ICC Women’s World Twenty20, Gardner took ten wickets in just six games.
• She was named Player of the Final after taking 3/22 and scoring 32 not out in Australia’s eight-wicket victory over England at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in the championship game.

Here are some of the lesser-known facts about Ashleigh Gardner:

• Gardner attended Picnic Point High School. Indigenous Australian by her mother’s Muruwari ancestry, she established the Ashleigh Gardner Foundation to “improve the proportion of Aboriginal children who complete high school.”
• The first woman to ever hit a six in her first international cricket at-bat, she made history. This demonstrated her ferocious approach to the game and her formidable hitting abilities.
• Ashleigh Gardner’s partner is named Bridget Patterson. Bridget is also a cricket player. She has a right-handed medium pace and hits with her right hand.
• On February 8, 2020, Gardner hit 93 runs off 57 balls in a Tri-Nation Series game against India at the Junction Oval. This is the best T20I score she has ever had.
• Gardner played superb innings of 48 not out from 18 balls and 3/15 with the ball during a 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup group stage match against New Zealand at the Basin Reserve.
• In the gold medal match, again against India at Edgbaston, she scored 25 runs off 15 deliveries and took 3/16 off three overs with the ball in a nine-run victory.

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