Australia allrounder Ashleigh Gardner's maiden one-day international century (102 runs in 102 balls with 8 fours and 1 six) helped the hosts post a mammoth 308 for 8 wickets against England in the third ODI in Hobart on Friday.

Coming into bat when her team was tottering at 59 for 4, she first combined with Beth Mooney, adding 95 for the fifth wicket. She and Tahliah McGrath then added 103 from 83 deliveries to help Australia post the highest ODI total at the ground. 

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Gardner, whose name is among the top keywords on Google Trends, is one of just four Indigenous Australians to play Test cricket alongside Faith Thomas, Jason Gillespie and Scott Boland. She is an integral part of the current world-beating team led by Alyssa Healy. 

Gardner made her international debut in early 2017 against New Zealand. She is a two-time Belinda Clark Award winner, taking the accolade in 2022 and 2024 and the four-time Lord's Taverners Indigenous Cricketer of the Year award winner.

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