Amanda-Jade Wellington Stats: Career Records Across All Formats

Amanda-Jade Wellington has taken 242 wickets across Test, ODI and short-format cricket in the Cricsheet ball-by-ball archive, and 223 of them have come in T20 cricket at an average of 18.90. Those numbers make the Australian leg-spinner one of the most prolific wicket-takers in women's franchise cricket — a bowler whose career has been built not on a long run of international caps but on season after season of taking wickets in the Big Bash and in England.

The figures on this page come from CricMind's global cricket database, built on Cricsheet's records. Her T20 numbers combine matches for Australia, the Adelaide Strikers in the Women's Big Bash League, and English sides Southern Brave, Manchester Originals, Oval Invincibles and Southern Vipers. The most recent match in the archive is dated 7 December 2025. Her live file, updated as new matches are added, is at Amanda-Jade Wellington's CricMind profile.

Amanda-Jade Wellington career stats by format

Balls per wicket is the bowling strike rate (deliveries bowled divided by wickets taken). SR in the batting columns is runs per 100 balls faced.

Wellington's standing in the game

Wrist spin is the hardest craft in cricket to master and the easiest to punish when it goes wrong. A leg-spinner who drops short or over-pitches in a T20 match can go for 15 in an over. That is what makes Wellington's short-format record so striking: 191 matches, 223 wickets, an average of 18.90 and a wicket every 16.6 balls. She has bowled in 190 of those 191 games, which tells you she has been a first-choice bowler wherever she has played.

Put in plainer terms, she has taken a wicket roughly every two and three-quarter overs across her T20 career and averaged 1.17 wickets per match. For a spinner bowling her overs in the middle of an innings, when batters are trying to accelerate, that is a remarkable rate of return.

Her economy rate of 6.84 runs per over is the price of that wicket-taking. Leg-spinners attack; they invite the big shot because the big shot is how they get people out. An economy under seven combined with a strike rate under 17 is exactly the trade any T20 captain wants from a wrist-spinner.

T20 cricket: the core of the record

The short-format numbers are the heart of the Wellington file:

• 223 wickets in 191 matches.
• Average of 18.90 — 4,214 runs conceded.
• A wicket every 16.6 balls across 3,698 deliveries.
• Economy rate of 6.84 runs per over.

That volume has come across a remarkable spread of teams. She has played for six sides in the archive — Australia plus five franchises across two countries — and the wickets have followed her. Franchise cricket rewards bowlers who can adapt to new captains, new conditions and new opponents quickly, and Wellington's record across both hemispheres is evidence that her method travels.

It is also worth noting what the numbers say about longevity. T20 bowling records are usually built in short bursts, because form and fitness come and go. A sample of 191 matches is large enough that the averages are not flattered by a single good season; they reflect a sustained level.

International cricket: ODIs and a Test

Wellington's international record is smaller but solid. In 11 ODIs she has taken 17 wickets at 25.12, with an economy of 4.80 and a wicket every 31.4 balls. She has bowled in all 11 of those matches. That works out to more than one and a half wickets per ODI, a sharp rate for any bowler in the one-day game.

She has also played one Test, the archive's record dated 9 November 2017. She bowled 342 deliveries — 57 overs — across two innings, conceding 130 runs for two wickets at an economy rate of just 2.28. In a multi-day match, holding an end for 57 overs at that rate is a significant contribution, even if the wicket column was modest.

Wellington with the bat

Wellington is a bowler first, but her short-format batting adds something useful. She has scored 979 T20 runs at 13.41 with a strike rate of 130.9, a highest score of 55 and one half-century. Her 102 innings include 116 fours and 14 sixes, and she has been not out 29 times.

That strike rate is the number that matters. A lower-order batter who scores at 130 runs per 100 balls can turn the final overs of an innings, and in a format where a handful of runs often decides a match, those cameos carry real value. In international cricket her batting role has been minimal: 6 ODI runs and 2 in her single Test.

What the numbers show

Three things stand out from Amanda-Jade Wellington's file:

• Wicket-taking at scale. 223 short-format wickets at 18.90 with a strike rate of 16.6 places her among the most potent spinners in the women's franchise game.
• A record that travels. Six teams, two countries and the wickets have kept coming — the clearest sign of a bowler whose method is not dependent on familiar conditions.
• More than a bowler. A T20 batting strike rate of 130.9 makes her a genuine contributor in the lower order.

For where her numbers sit among the game's leading wicket-takers, see the all-time cricket records, and for her national side's record, see the Australia team file.

FAQ

How many wickets has Amanda-Jade Wellington taken?

In the Cricsheet archive she has 242 wickets: 223 in T20 cricket, 17 in ODIs and 2 in her single Test.

What is Amanda-Jade Wellington's T20 bowling average?

Across 191 short-format matches she averages 18.90, with an economy rate of 6.84 and a wicket every 16.6 balls.

Which teams has Amanda-Jade Wellington played for?

The archive records her playing for Australia, the Adelaide Strikers, Southern Brave, Manchester Originals, Oval Invincibles and Southern Vipers.

Has Amanda-Jade Wellington played Test cricket?

Yes, one Test, recorded on 9 November 2017. She bowled 57 overs for two wickets and 130 runs, an economy rate of 2.28.