Rene Farrell

Rene Farrell

Farrell in July 2009
Personal information
Full name	Rene Michelle Farrell
Born	(1987-01-13) 13 January 1987 (age 30) Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut	10 July 2009 v England
Last Test	10 January 2014 v England
ODI debut	28 July 2007 v New Zealand
Last ODI	27 November 2016 v South Africa
ODI shirt no.	13
T20I debut	1 June 2009 v New Zealand
Last T20I	27 September 2016 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.	13
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2006–2008	New South Wales
2008–2010	Western Australia
2009	Nottinghamshire
2012–2014	ACT Meteors
2014–present	New South Wales
2015–present	Sydney Thunder
2016	Surrey Stars
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLO Matches 3 43 54 109 Runs scored 31 182 95 1,160 Batting average 7.75 18.20 11.87 22.74 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 2/3 Top score 11 39* 31* 129 Balls bowled 637 1,809 1,113 4,885 Wickets 17 40 55 127 Bowling average 9.88 30.70 20.90 25.47 5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 1 10 wickets in match 0 n/a n/a n/a Best bowling 5/23 3/17 4/15 5/57 Catches/stumpings 0/– 9/– 9/– 31/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 February 2017

Rene Farrell (born 13 January 1987) is an Australian cricketer. A fast-medium pace bowler, she is a current member of the Australian team.

Although Farrell was successful in age-group interstate cricket, she did not make her senior debut for New South Wales until late in the 2006–07 season a month before turning 20. Her state made the finals series, and in the first match she took 3/27 and was unbeaten on one as they took a one-wicket victory—the closest possible result in a winning run-chase. New South Wales went on to claim the title, and Farrell was then selected for the national team to play New Zealand in the Rose Bowl series after only five matches—half a season of senior domestic cricket. Making her debut in the fourth of five matches, Farrell took 3/36 to help Australia seal the series. However, her rapid rise came to a halt during the 2007–08 season. She took only eight wickets in the WNCL season and was dropped from the national team, missing three bilateral series for Australia before the start of the following summer. Farrell transferred to Western Australia and while taking nine wickets, she also made 172 runs at a batting average of 34.40, a figure comparable to those of specialist batsmen, earning herself a recall to the Australian team. She took 3/26 against New Zealand in her first match back and played in six of Australia's seven matches at the 2009 World Cup, totalling seven wickets. After taking five wickets in three Twenty20 matches against New Zealand before departing for the 2009 Twenty20 in England, Farrell played in all of Australia's four matches despite taking only one wicket at an economy rate of 8.92, and was sometimes used as a pinch-hitter to score quick runs.