Tess Margaret Cooper (born 27 September 1996) is an Australian cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and occasional right-arm medium bowler for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).[1][2][3]
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| Full name | Tess Margaret Cooper | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 September 1996 Townsville, Queensland, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–2018/19 | Queensland (squad no. 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17–2017/18 | Brisbane Heat (squad no. 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21 | Queensland (squad no. 36) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22 | Adelaide Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 March 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Originally from Emerald, Queensland, Cooper spent much time as a child watching on television with her father. Her favourite players were Michael Hussey and Adam Gilchrist. At the age of 10, she started playing club cricket in Emerald, and she later played for Capricornia, followed by Queensland under-age teams.[4]
At 15, Cooper moved to Brisbane, where she was selected in the Sandgate-Redcliffe first grade women's team. While in Year 12 at school, she was invited to several training sessions with Queensland Fire. For several years, she was named as a rookie with the squad, and in 2014–15 was a member of the Queensland Country women's team that finished third in the inaugural national championships.[5] The following season, 2015–16, she was a Queensland Academy of Sport player.[6]
In June 2016, Cooper was contracted by the Fire for the 2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season.[4][6] In November 2016, she recorded her maiden century, a score of 118 for Sandgate-Redcliffe against Valleys in the Katherine Raymont Shield. Soon afterwards, she backed that up with 82 in the same competition.[4][7] On 18 November 2016, she made her debut for the Fire,[4] scoring 35 against the ACT Meteors.[5] To cap off a whirlwind month, she was once again selected to play for the Queensland Country women's team in the national championships.[5]
In December 2016, Cooper was signed up by Brisbane Heat for its WBBL|02 campaign.[8] She made her Heat debut on 17 December 2016 against the Perth Scorchers.[9]
She was released by Queensland Fire on 24 May 2021.[10]
She was signed as a temporary replacement player by Adelaide Strikers during the 2021–22 WBBL.[11]
Cooper is a granddaughter of rugby league and racing identity Les Geeves.[3] As of 2016[update], she was studying physiotherapy at Australian Catholic University.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Haidee Birkett". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Queensland Fire". Queensland Fire. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Tess Cooper". Brisbane Heat website. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d McKay, Pam (18 November 2016). "Tess ready to Fire for Queensland in WNCL debut". The Morning Bulletin. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ a b c McKay, Pam (1 December 2016). "Former CQ junior reps to team up for Qld Country". The Queensland Times. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Qld Fire squad announced". Queensland Cricket website. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Fire turn to teen talent". Queensland Cricket website. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Yelland, Rebekah (15 December 2016). "From TV to dream come true". Central Queensland News. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Tess Cooper". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Fire Secure Champions". Queensland Cricket. Cricket Network. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
- ^ "Adelaide Strikers travelling squad for Weber WBBL07 opening fixtures". Cricket World. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
External links
edit- Tess Cooper at ESPNcricinfo
- Tess Cooper at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Tess Cooper at Cricket Australia