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Louise Broadfoot
Australian former cricket player
Louise Broadfoot (born 26 February 1978 in Melbourne) is an Australian former cricket player.[1]
Broadfoot played domestic cricket for the Victorian Spirit between 1996 and 2004 and the Queensland Fire between 2005 and 2010.[2] She played 113 Women's National Cricket League matches and five Women's Twenty20 matches.[3]
Broadfoot played two Tests and ten One Day Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team.[1] Broadfoot was the 137th woman to play Test Cricket for Australia,[4] and the 92nd woman to play One Day International Cricket for Australia.[1] Broadfoot also served in the Australian Army in Afghanistan.
Originally from Melbourne, her sister is Marianne Edwards (nee Broadfoot), associate principal second violin in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra [5] and her brother is barrister Andrew Broadfoot KC, [6] former Australian rowing representative [7] and part owner of 2015 Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance. [8] [9]