1. Jessica Evelyn Duffin is an Australian sportswoman.
40 Facts About Jess Duffin
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Jess Duffin won the 2013 Belinda Clark Award for being adjudged Australia's best international women's cricketer over the previous year.
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Jess Duffin led the league for marks across the first three seasons and earned selection in the 2019 All-Australian team as a half-back flanker.
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Jess Duffin participated in Auskick and then played football with Werribee until the age of twelve, after which girls were not permitted to compete.
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The lack of female pathways in football at the time led Jess Duffin to undertake the more accessible sport of cricket.
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On 1 February 2009, Jess Duffin made her international cricket debut, playing an ODI against New Zealand at Cobham Oval.
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Jess Duffin was not required to bat or bowl in a rain-shortened match that Australia won by nine wickets.
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Jess Duffin was selected in Australia's squad for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup on home soil.
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Jess Duffin played six of a possible seven matches and scored 81 runs at an average of 16.20, with the hosts finishing in fourth place.
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Jess Duffin was then selected for the 2009 World Twenty20 in England.
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Jess Duffin only played one game and Australia were eliminated in the semi-finals.
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Jess Duffin compiled 128 runs at 42.66 in five matches, with a best score of 66 in the fourth fixture.
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Jess Duffin was not required to bat in the last two matches and finished the series with four dismissals behind the stumps.
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Jess Duffin was selected for the 2010 World Twenty20 in the West Indies, playing every game of Australia's unbeaten run.
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On 22 January 2011, Jess Duffin made her Test cricket debut at Bankstown Oval against England.
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Jess Duffin scored 30 runs from 71 balls in the second innings of the match and Australia went on to win by seven wickets.
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At the 2012 World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, Jess Duffin was the tournament's second-highest run-scorer.
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Jess Duffin was named Player of the Final in a four-run victory as Australia claimed their second-consecutive title.
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At the 2013 Cricket World Cup in India, Jess Duffin put on a 182-run stand with Meg Lanning during a group stage match against New Zealand.
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Jess Duffin was named Player of the Match while Australia won by 114 runs to earn their sixth 50-over World Cup.
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Jess Duffin was dismissed without scoring another run in the first innings before making 24 in the third innings.
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In June 2015, Jess Duffin was selected in Australia's touring party for the successful 2015 Women's Ashes campaign in England.
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In October 2015, Jess Duffin announced she would be taking an indefinite break from pursuing her international career.
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Jess Duffin scored her maiden half-century on 19 January 2009, making 58 off 63 in a three-wicket loss to New South Wales.
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On 24 November 2012, Jess Duffin recorded her first WNCL century, scoring 128 off just 68 deliveries against South Australia.
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In May 2016, Jess Duffin confirmed her return to WNCL cricket, re-joining Victoria.
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In May 2019, Jess Duffin reportedly opted against signing with a WNCL team to focus on her AFL Women's career.
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At the official Women's Big Bash League launch on 10 July 2015, Jess Duffin was unveiled as the first-ever player signing for the Perth Scorchers.
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However, beginning in November 2015, Jess Duffin stepped away from her domestic cricket commitments which would lead to missing the whole inaugural WBBL season.
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On 20 January 2017, in a match against the Hobart Hurricanes at Bellerive Oval, Jess Duffin pulled off arguably the most unlikely victory of her career.
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In 2018, Jess Duffin signed with VFL Women's team Williamstown for the upcoming season.
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On 22 May 2016, Jess Duffin kicked five goals for Melbourne during an exhibition match against Brisbane at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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In October 2016, Jess Duffin was selected by Collingwood with the 75th overall pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.
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Primarily spending the year as a forward, Jess Duffin kicked her first goal in round two against Melbourne.
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In May 2018, Jess Duffin signed with expansion club North Melbourne as a free agent.
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Jess Duffin played across half-back throughout the 2019 AFLW season, managing three games of 20-plus disposals and leading the league in marks for the second time.
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Jess Duffin was nevertheless recognised for her dominant season, earning selection in the 2019 All-Australian team.
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However, on 31 December, Jess Duffin announced that she was pregnant with her first child being due in June, and would therefore sit out the 2020 AFLW season.
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Jess Duffin studied at Kangan Institute to become a qualified spare parts interpreter.
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Jess Duffin combined her cricket commitments with a job at Werribee Automotive Group until embarking on a dual-sporting career in June 2016.