Jodie Fields

Jodie Maree Fields née Purves (born 19 June 1984 in Toowoomba, Queensland) is a sports administrator, coach, women's sport and physical activity advocate, and former Australian cricket player.Fields grew up in Queensland playing boy's and men's cricket before playing women's cricket while at University. She made her debut for the Queensland Fire in 2000 and captained the team from the 2008-09 season for six years. During her career, she played 165 domestic limited overs matches and 98 Women's National Cricket League matches.Fields made her international debut for Australia in a Test against India in Adelaide in February 2006. She was appointed Captain of the Australian Women's Cricket Team in 2009, replacing the renowned Karen Rolton. In doing so, she became the first Queensland woman to captain the Australian team. Fields first game as captain of the Australian national women's side was a T201 against England in Derby on 25 July 2009.In Fields first Test match as captain against England in July 2009, she made her maiden Test century with a captain's knock of 139, rescuing her team from the perlious position of -28. The match was eventually drawn after rain on the last day.Fields captained the Australian Women's Cricket Team to the ICC Women's World Twenty20 title in 2012 in Sri Lanka and defied the odds to defeat the favourites, England in the final. Fields led the side to another victory in the ICC Women's World Cup in India less than six months later in February 2013. Fields retired from International cricket on 12 June 2014.Fields retired as one of the most successful Australian cricket captains, having led her side to the 2012 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 and the 2013 ICC Women’s World Cup and bowed out with the team holding the number one world rankings in One Day International (ODI) and T20 cricket. During her international career, she played in four Tests, 67 ODIs and 37 Women’s T20 International matches. Fields made a name for herself with both the bat and gl