Tahlia McGrath

A promising all-rounder on the rise across all formats of the game, Tahlia Mcgrath is now considered as one of the senior members of the Scorpions and Strikers squads. 

She made her Women’s One Day International debut against South Africa on November 27th, 2017 in an extraordinary match which resulted in a tie. Although she didn’t contribute with either bat or ball everyone got a glimpse of her bowling variations in the five overs she bowled.

After being dropped out of the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup squad, she was called up for her maiden Test series in the Women’s Ashes. Tahlia showed immense potential with 3 wickets and 47 runs in her Test debut against England and has quickly become one of the key contributors for the Aussies with both bat and bowl.

After an impressive all-round show in the Ashes, she was signed up by the Adelaide Strikers before the 2018-19 season of Women’s Big Bash League and featured in every game for her home team. She amassed 276 runs and came into the limelight for her back-to-back half-centuries against the Hurricanes in the final stages of the tournament. Tahlia also scalped five wickets and four catches for the strikers and proved her worth as a genuine all-rounder. In the last two seasons of the WBBL, she scored 327, 227 runs in 16 and 14 matches respectively, and also chimed in with 24 wickets.

Tahlia McGrath has proved her class with both bat and ball, matching her consistency with the ball her grit determination at the crease, the young gun will be looking to reach even bigger heights in the upcoming years.

(As of March 2021)