Bethany Louise Mooney (born 14 January 1994) is a highly qualified Australian cricket player who bats for the national squad in all three formats. She is a wicket-keeper-batter for Western Australia and Perth Scorchers in domestic cricket. She had become the ranked top one batter in Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket in March 2020, at the ending of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020.
Mooney was born in the Victorian town of Shepparton. She has a brother named Tom and a sister named Gabrielle. As a child, she participated in a variety of sports, including soccer, tennis, and Australian rules football. Briefly before her eighth birthday, she was asked to fill in for her brother’s cricket team; that open letter led to her becoming a regular for Kialla Lakes Cricket Club.
Mooney didn’t begin to play cricket in Queensland until one year after moving there. She was selected as the best fielder in her team at that year’s Hervey Bay Zone trials, and the team’s coach recommended her to try wicket-keeping. She was then chosen as a wicket-keeper for the Queensland Primary School girls team, and she later advanced through the junior Queensland girls teams. Meanwhile, because there were no girls cricket teams in remote regions, she started playing for Hervey Bay’s boys’ Cavaliers team until she turned 18 years old.
Mooney was a representative of the Southern Stars squad that captured the ICC World Twenty20 title in Bangladesh in 2014. Mooney debuted for Australia’s women’s national cricket team in a Twenty20 match against India on January 26, 2016 at the Adelaide Oval. She managed to score her first Women’s One Day International (WODI) century against New Zealand on February 26, 2017.
The batting and fielding statistics of Bethany Mooney in the TEST format are as follows, Mat (4), Inn (7), NO (0), Runs (184), HS (63) and Ave (26.28). The batting and fielding statistics of Bethany Mooney in the ODI format are as follows, Mat (57), Inn (52), NO (15), Runs (1941), HS (133) and Ave (52.45).
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Bethany Mooney Biography:
- Real Name: Beth Louise Mooney
- Nickname: Beth
- Profession: Professional Cricket Player
- Nature on Field: Calm and occasionally aggressive
- Bethany Mooney Monthly Income: INR 20-30 Lakh
- Income Source: Cricket, Endorsements, Advertisements
- Batting Style: Left-handed
- Bowling Style: Right-arm
- Bethany Mooney Net Worth: $2 Million
- Bethany Mooney Income Source: Cricket, Advertisements and Endorsements.
- Jersey Number: 6 – One Day International (ODI), T20 International (T20I), Brisbane Heat (WBBL) 10 – Perth Scorchers (WBBL)
Bethany Mooney Physical Status:
- Height: 5 Ft 6 in.
- Weight: 56 Kgs
- Eye colour: Blue
- Hair colour: Blonde
Bethany Mooney Personal Life:
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- Date of Birth/Bethany Mooney Age: January 14, 1994
- Place of Birth: Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
- School: Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School, Cleveland, Queensland.
- College: Xavier Catholic College
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Hobbies: Playing Music, Cycling, Reading and Watching Movies
- Nationality: Australian
- Religion: Christian
Bethany Mooney Family Statistics:
- Marital Status: Married
- Bethany Mooney Husband Name: Ethan Marrinan
- Mother’s Name: Pauline Mooney
- Father’s Name: Chris Mooney
- Siblings Name: Tom Mooney (Brother) and Gabrielle Mooney (Sister)
Bethany Mooney Achievements:
- In December 2017, she was named the inaugural ICC T20I Player of the Year as well as the Emerging Player of the Year.
- Cricket Australia named her one of fourteen players to a national contract for the 2018-19 season in April 2018.
- She was labelled to Australia’s national team for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 championship in the West Indies in October 2018.
- In June 2019, Cricket Australia labelled her to the Australian team for the Women’s Ashes tour to England.
- She was named to Australia’s national team for the 2020 Women’s ICC T20 World Cup in January 2020.
Here are some of the lesser-known facts about Bethany Mooney:
- Mooney has been characterised by interviewers as “flying under the radar,” which she prefers.
- She participated in a variety of sports as a child, including soccer, tennis, and Australian rules football.
- She was decided to invite to fill-in for her brother’s cricket team briefly before her eighth birthday; that proposal led to her making frequent cameos for Kialla Lakes Cricket Club.
- Mooney and her family relocated to Hervey Bay, Queensland, at the age of 10 years old, where she started attending Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School and Xavier Catholic College. She and her father would ride their bikes along the Esplanade and go sea kayaking with their dog in the morning hours before school in Hervey Bay.
- Mooney didn’t begin playing cricket in Queensland until one year after her relocation. She was selected as the best catcher in her team at that year’s Hervey Bay Zone trials and was recommended by the team’s coach to try wicket-keeping.
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