{{Short description|Australian cricketer (born 1998)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Courtney Neale | full_name = Courtney Belle Neale | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Officer, Victoria, Australia | heightm = 1.78<ref>{{cite web |title=Courtney Neale |url=https://sanfl.com.au/league/clubs/norwood/1031064/?league=womens&season=2023 |website=SANFL |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = Bowler

| club1 = Victoria | year1 = {{nowrap|2018/19–2020/21}} | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Melbourne Renegades | year2 = 2020/21 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = South Australia | year3 = {{nowrap|2023/24–present}} | clubnumber3 = 86 | club4 = Adelaide Strikers | year4 = {{nowrap|2024/25–present}} | clubnumber4 = 86

| columns = 2

| column1 = WLA | matches1 = 21 | runs1 = 44 | bat avg1 = 6.28 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 16* | deliveries1 = 792 | wickets1 = 16 | bowl avg1 = 41.06 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 3/31 | catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| column2 = WT20 | matches2 = 7 | runs2 = 9 | bat avg2 = 9.00 | 100s/50s2 = 0/0 | top score2 = 5 | deliveries2 = 78 | wickets2 = 7 | bowl avg2 = 16.00 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = 0 | best bowling2 = 2/24 | catches/stumpings2 = 3/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2251/2251967/2251967.html CricketArchive | date = 20 October | year = 2024 }}

'''Courtney Belle Neale''' (born 4 July 1998) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium-fast bowler for South Australia and the Adelaide Strikers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Courtney Neale |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2251/2251967/2251967.html |website=cricketarchive.com |access-date=20 October 2024}}</ref> In addition to cricket, Neale played Australian rules football for the Norwood Football Club women's team during the 2023 SANFLW season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Neale's journey to Scorpions debut {{!}} South Australian Cricket Association |url=https://www.saca.com.au/news/3732780/neales-journey-to-scorpions-debut |website=www.saca.com.au |access-date=20 October 2024 |language=en |date=10 October 2023}}</ref>

==Career== Neale played in three matches for Melbourne Renegades in the 2020–21 WBBL season and three matches for Victoria in the 2020–21 WNCL season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13693;team=5645;type=tournament |title=Women's Big Bash League, 2020/21 - Melbourne Renegades Women: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13852;team=651;type=tournament |title=Women's National Cricket League, 2020/21 - Victoria Women: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=1 April 2021}}</ref> She was in the Western Australia squad for the 2021–22 WNCL season before reluctantly terminating her contract due to covid border closures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://waca.com.au/news/wa-womens-2021-22-squad-locked-in/2021-05-11|title=WA Women's 2021-22 Squad Locked In|publisher=WACA|date=11 May 2021|access-date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

Following a break from the game, Neale joined the South Australia women's squad for the 2023–24 Women's National Cricket League season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Scorpions 2023/24 squad confirmed {{!}} South Australian Cricket Association |url=https://www.saca.com.au/news/3539230/scorpions-202324-squad-confirmed |website=www.saca.com.au |access-date=20 October 2024 |language=en |date=10 May 2023}}</ref> In October 2023, Neale was named in the Adelaide Strikers squad ahead of the 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jolly |first1=Laura |title=Strikers finalise WBBL{{!}}09 squad, lock in new 'keeper {{!}} cricket.com.au |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3734550/adelaide-strikers-finalise-wbbl09-squad-bridget-patterson-wicketkeeper-courtney-neale-joins |website=www.cricket.com.au |access-date=20 October 2024 |language=en |date=11 October 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=1164564}} *{{cricketarchive|id=2251967}} *[https://www.cricket.com.au/players/courtney-neale/eky219prakuyieR_lnJGag Courtney Neale] at Cricket Australia

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neale, Courtney}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Cricketers from Victoria (state) Category:Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Category:Australian women cricketers Category:Melbourne Renegades (WBBL) cricketers Category:Victoria women cricketers Category:South Australia women's cricketers

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