Ashleigh Gardner (T20 cricket) is renowned as a powerful and aggressive all-rounder and possesses one of the best batting strike-rates in the women’s game and is an integral part of the Australian line-up. The only indigenous member (Gundagai clan) of the squad in Birmingham, Ashleigh plays for the Sydney Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash League. She made her T20 debut against New Zealand in February 2017. The following June, she became the first indigenous woman to play for Australia at a cricket World Cup. Ashleigh played in Australia’s 2022 Women’s World Cup-winning team in New Zealand after missing the start of the tournament due to COVID-19. Ashleigh was born in the Sydney suburb of Bankstown and still plays for the local cricket club. She also has a passion for Aboriginal art and has recently taken up painting.