Erin Osborne

Erin Alyse Osborne (born 27 June 1989) is an Australian former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator, who appeared in 2 Test matches, 60 One Day Internationals and 59 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia between 2009 and 2016.

An all-rounder, she played as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter.

She coaches the ACT's female Meteors Development Squad, and is Cricket ACT’s Male Pathway Manager, the first woman to hold the role.

After scoring an unbeaten century for New South Wales at Under-19 level in 2007, Osborne made her WNCL during the 2008–09 season.

After taking two wickets for 13 runs (2/13) from ten overs on debut, she took three wickets in each of the next two matches.

She later took 4/18 against Victoria and ended with 15 wickets at 14.20 as New South Wales took out the WNCL.

Osborne was rewarded with selection for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand, and took 3/32 in her third match, ending the series with five wickets.

In January 2007, aged 17 and a half, she played for New South Wales in the Under-19 interstate competition.

In the match against Western Australia, she hammered an unbeaten 106 as New South Wales amassed 3/305 before dismissing their opponents for 35.

She ended the tournament with 145 runs at 72.50 and took three wickets at 7.33.

In October 2008, Osborne played her first match for the senior New South Wales team in a match against India.

She took 1/24 from eight overs, took two wickets and scored 21 in a 48-run loss.

A month later, she made her debut in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) in a double-header against Queensland.

She took 2/13 from ten overs in the first match, helping to restrict Queensland to 9/108 before New South Wales completed an eight-wicket win.

The next day, Osborne batted for the first time and was unbeaten on 11 when New South Wales were out for 185.

The runs she added at the end turned out to be crucial as New South Wales won by nine runs.

Osborne took 3/28 from her ten overs.

The following week, she took 3/20 in the first match against Western Australia.

She was wicketless in the second match of the weekend, but New South Wales won both matches regardless, by seven and eight wickets respectively.

The WNCL was then adjourned and she then played six matches for the Second XI in the space of a week.

New South Wales won all the fixtures except for one that was abandoned due to inclement weather.

She scored 34 runs at 11.33 with a best of 30 against Tasmania, and took seven wickets at 3.28 and an economy rate of 2.00.

This included a return of 3/11 from four overs against Western Australia and 3/8 from 5.3 overs against Victoria.

When the senior competition resumed, Osborne took one wicket in each of the two matches against South Australia before New South Wales faced Victoria in the last pair of round-robin matches.

In the first, she took her career best figures of 4/18 with four maidens in her ten overs as Victoria were bowled out for 142.

The hosts then proceeded to a nine-wicket victory.

The next day, Osborne took 0/27 from her ten overs in Victoria's 7/227.

She made her international debut in early 2009 after topping the wicket-taking aggregates in her debut season for New South Wales in the WNCL.

However, she found it difficult to maintain a regular position in the Australian team because of the presence of Shelley Nitschke and Lisa Sthalekar, two spin bowling all-rounders who were ranked in the top ten in the world for both bowling and all-round performance.

She was retained for the 2009 World Cup held in Australia, playing in six of the hosts' seven matches.

She took nine wickets at 19.77.

Osborne was selected for the 2009 World Twenty20 in England but did not play in any of the matches.

Australia stayed for a bilateral series against the hosts, and Osborne was dropped after going wicketless in the first two ODIs and being required to bowl less than half of her overs; she was also overlooked for the one-off Test.

During the 2009–10 WNCL, Osborne took 15 wickets at 14.17, including a haul of 3/33 in the final against Victoria, helping to secure a 59-run win and a fifth consecutive WNCL title for New South Wales.

She was named the player of the match for her contributions.

In the T20 competition, she took eight wickets in seven matches.

In a series for the Australian Under-21s against New Zealand Emerging Players, Osborne was dismissed once in scoring 129 runs and took six wickets at 15.50.

Osborne was selected for the Rose Bowl series at the end of the season but had limited opportunities because of the presence of Sthalekar and Nitschke.

She played in six of the eight ODIs and bowled less than half of the possible number of overs, taking five wickets at 32.20.

She played in only one of the five T20 internationals, taking 1/13 from two overs.