Lindsay Reeler

Lindsay Anne Reeler (born 18 March 1961, Northern Rhodesia) is a former New South Wales Breakers and Australia cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler, she played 10 Test matches for Australia between 1984 and 1987, scoring a century against England in her penultimate Test match in August 1987. She has also played 23 One Day Internationals for Australia, scoring 1,034 runs with two centuries and eight half-centuries at an average in the high-fifties.

Urged by her father, Ian, to take up cricket, Reeler didn't start playing until she was 15, and then lacked the self-discipline to truly progress. A move to opening batsman changed that, and gave her the self-confidence to improve. As a teenager, she played for Ravenswood High School, but craving greater competition, she trained and played with the boys at nearby Barker College. She appeared for New South Wales Breakers at the age of 19, taking one wicket and scoring five runs in a drawn two-day match with South Australia. She made just three appearances in her maiden season, all coming in January 1981.

The following season saw her play in all but one of New South Wales' ten Australian Women's Cricket Championships matches, and she was rewarded with her first half-century for the club, as she top-scored with 53 against Western Australia. The 1982/83 season saw her average drop to 9.00, as she scored 36 runs in her four matches, but 1983/84 saw her hit far better form. In her opening match of the season, she scored 70 to help New South Wales set a first-innings declaration total of 166, although opponents Queensland rallied with 277 in their second innings and the match finished a draw. Two matches later, she hit 164 runs in 236 minutes, including 22 fours against Australian Capital Territory.