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Full name | Celeste Raack | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 18 May 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 91) | 5 October 2021 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 23 November 2021 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 38) | 13 November 2018 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 8 June 2022 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014/15–2017/18 | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–2017/18 | Hobart Hurricanes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Typhoons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 8 June 2022 |
Celeste Raack (born 18 May 1994) is an Australian-Irish cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for Typhoons and Ireland. [1] She holds an Irish passport [2] and was selected to represent Ireland in October 2018, [3] making her full international debut the following month. [4] She previously played in Australia for Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes. [5]
Originally from Sydney, New South Wales, [6] Raack was the second leading wicket taker in the 2011–12 Sydney First Grade competition. That season, she also toured with the NSW Second XI for a tri-series against the Victorian Second XI, and with her leg spinners bagged a match-winning 4–11 in one of the matches. Additionally, she represented NSW at the U18 National Championship, claiming eight wickets at 8.88 with a best of 4–14. [7]
For the 2012–13 season, Raack was awarded a Basil Sellers scholarship, [8] and for 2013–14, she was selected in the Cricket NSW Academy Development squad. [9]
Raack was then recruited by Tasmania for the 2014–15 season. [10] She quickly achieved prominence by taking 4–41 in a Twenty20 match against the ACT Meteors. [11] During the following off-season, she moved permanently to Tasmania after finding a full-time job. [12]
Raack debuted for Hobart Hurricanes against the Melbourne Stars during its inaugural WBBL|01 season (2015–16). [13] [14] She remained in the Hurricanes squad for the WBBL|02 season (2016–17). [15]
Off the field, Raack completed a Bachelor of Health Science/Master of Physiotherapy at the University of Western Sydney, and has worked in Hobart as a physiotherapist. [16]
In October 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. [17] [18] She made her Women's Twenty20 International cricket (WT20I) debut for Ireland against Pakistan Women on 13 November 2018. [19]
In August 2019, she was named in Ireland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. [20] In July 2020, she was awarded a part-time professional contract by Cricket Ireland for the following year. [21]
In September 2021, Raack was named in Ireland's Women's One Day International (WODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe, [22] the first WODI matches to be played by the Zimbabwe team. [23] She made her WODI debut on 5 October 2021, for Ireland against Zimbabwe. [24]
In November 2021, she was named in Ireland's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. [25]