Lisa Keightley

Lisa Maree Keightley (born 26 August 1971) is an Australian former cricketer and current cricket coach. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in nine Test matches, 82 One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International for Australia between 1995 and 2005. She played domestic cricket for New South Wales, as well as Warwickshire and Wiltshire.^[1][2]

Lisa Keightley

Personal information
Full name	Lisa Maree Keightley
Born	(1971-08-26) 26 August 1971 (age 53) Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batter; occasional wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Australia (1995–2005)
Test debut (cap 126)	28 February 1995 v New Zealand
Last Test	24 August 2005 v England
ODI debut (cap 75)	14 February 1995 v New Zealand
Last ODI	1 September 2005 v England
Only T20I (cap 7)	2 September 2005 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992/93–2004/05	New South Wales
2009	Warwickshire
2010	Wiltshire
2012	Wiltshire
Head coaching information
Years	Team
2005/06–2006/07	New South Wales
2007–2008	Australia
2015/16–2019/20	Western Australia
2015/16–2019/20	Perth Scorchers
2020–2022	England
2023/24–present	Sydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 9 82 1 215 Runs scored 378 2,630 1 7,244 Batting average 27.00 39.84 1.00 39.36 100s/50s 0/3 4/21 0/0 9/50 Top score 90 156* 1 156* Balls bowled 30 150 – 1,569 Wickets 0 8 – 40 Bowling average – 10.87 – 17.65 5 wickets in innings – 0 – 1 10 wickets in match – 0 – 0 Best bowling – 4/19 – 5/18 Catches/stumpings 5/– 27/2 0/1 68/2
Source: CricketArchive, 6 January 2023

Following her playing career, she became a coach, leading Australia, Perth Scorchers and England, among others.^[3]

Career

Keightley played nine Tests and 85 One Day Internationals for the Australia women's national cricket team between 1995 and 2005^[1] and represented New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League from 1996/97 to 2004/05.^[4]

She holds the record for the highest ever maiden ton in Women's ODI history (156*)^[5]

She played 91 matches in the domestic national cricket league, scoring 3081 runs at 37.12 with 3 centuries, 21 fifties and a highest score of 144*. She also took 10 wickets at 27.6.

On 30 October 2019, Keightley was appointed head coach of the English women's team, the first woman to hold the post full-time. She had previously coached New South Wales, Australia women, Western Australia and Perth Scorchers, as well as leading the England Women's Academy.^[3] Keightley left the position at the end of England's 2022 home summer.^[6]

In December 2024, she was named as the new coach of the Northern Superchargers women's team.^[7][8]

One Day International centuries

Keightley scored four centuries in One Day International matches.

Lisa Keightley's One-Day International centuries^[9]

No.	Runs	Opponents	Venue	Year
1	156*	Pakistan	Wesley Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia	1997[10]
2	113*	England	Lord's, London, England	1998[11]
3	127*	England	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia	2000[12]
4	103	South Africa	LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria, South Africa	2005[13]