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{{short description|Irish-Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Kim Garth
| female = true
| image = 2019–20 WBBL PS v SS 19-11-23 Garth (01).jpg
| alt = Garth bowling for Perth Scorchers in November 2019
| caption = Garth bowling for [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]] in November 2019
| full_name = Kimberley Jennifer Garth
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|4|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium-fast]]
| family = {{ubl|[[Jonathan Garth (cricketer, born 1965)|Jonathan Garth]] (father)|[[Anne-Marie McDonald]] (mother)|[[Jonathan Garth (cricketer, born 2000)|Jonathan Garth]] (brother)}}
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| country = Ireland
| country2 = Australia
| international = true
| internationalspan = 2010–2019
| internationalspan2 = 2022-present

| testdebutdate = 22 June
| testdebutyear = 2023
| testdebutfor = Australia
| testdebutagainst = England
| testcap2 = 182
| lasttestdate = 30 January
| lasttestyear = 2025
| lasttestfor = Australia
| lasttestagainst = England

| odidebutdate = 4 July
| odidebutyear = 2010
| odidebutfor = Ireland
| odidebutagainst = New Zealand
| odicap = 62
| odicap2 = 149
| lastodidate = 29 March
| lastodiyear = 2026
| lastodifor = Australia
| lastodiagainst = West Indies

| T20Idebutdate = 16 October
| T20Idebutyear = 2010
| T20Idebutfor = Ireland
| T20Idebutagainst = Pakistan
| T20Icap = 21
| T20Icap2 = 58
| lastT20Idate = 5 July
| lastT20Iyear = 2026
| lastT20Ifor = Australia
| lastT20Iagainst = England
| T20Ishirt = 34

| club1 = [[Scorchers (women's cricket)|Scorchers]]
| year1 = 2015–2018
| club2 = [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]]
| year2 = {{nowrap|2016/17–2017/18}}
| club3 = [[Dragons (women's cricket)|Dragons]]
| year3 = 2019
| club4 = [[Perth Scorchers (WBBL)|Perth Scorchers]]
| year4 = 2019/20
| club5 = [[Victoria women's cricket team|Victoria]]
| year5 = {{nowrap|2020/21–present}}
| club6 = [[Melbourne Stars (WBBL)|Melbourne Stars]]
| year6 = 2021/22–present
| club7 = [[Gujarat Giants (WPL)|Gujarat Giants]]
| year7 = 2023
| club8 = [[Manchester Originals]]
| year8 = 2024
| club9 = [[Royal Challengers Bengaluru (WPL)|Royal Challengers Bengaluru]]
| year9 = 2025
| club10 = [[Trent Rockets]]
| year10 = 2026

| columns = 4

| column1 = [[Women's Test cricket|WTest]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 103
| bat avg1 = 34.33
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 49[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 552
| wickets1 = 8
| bowl avg1 = 33.12
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/13
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–

| column2 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
| matches2 = 66
| runs2 = 624
| bat avg2 = 18.35
| 100s/50s2 = 0/2
| top score2 = 72[[not out|*]]
| deliveries2 = 2,385
| wickets2 = 68
| bowl avg2 = 25.13
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = 4/11
| catches/stumpings2 = 24/1

| column3 = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]]
| matches3 = 73
| runs3 = 778
| bat avg3 = 22.88
| 100s/50s3 = 0/1
| top score3 = 51[[not out|*]]
| deliveries3 = 1,300
| wickets3 = 59
| bowl avg3 = 23.13
| fivefor3 = 0
| tenfor3 = –
| best bowling3 = 3/6
| catches/stumpings3 = 19/–

| column4 = [[List A cricket|WLA]]
| matches4 = 129
| runs4 = 1,739
| bat avg4 = 24.84
| 100s/50s4 = 0/8
| top score4 = 98
| deliveries4 = 5,070
| wickets4 = 147
| bowl avg4 = 22.29
| fivefor4 = 1
| tenfor4 = –
| best bowling4 = 5/11
| catches/stumpings4 = 41/1

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/470/470213/470213.html CricketArchive
| date = 8 July 2026
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Women's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCountry |{{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Women's T20 World Cup|T20 World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2026 Women's T20 World Cup|2026 England & Wales]]|}}
}}
'''Kimberley Jennifer Garth''' (born 25 April 1996) is an Irish-Australian [[cricket]]er who currently plays for [[Victoria women's cricket team|Victoria]], [[Melbourne Stars (WBBL)|Melbourne Stars]] and [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]]. An [[all-rounder]], she plays as a right-arm [[Fast bowling|medium]] [[Bowling (cricket)|bowler]] and right-handed [[Batting (cricket)|batter]]. Between 2010 and 2019, she played international cricket for [[Ireland women's cricket team|Ireland]], the country of her birth, playing more than 100 matches for the side, before deciding to move to Australia.<ref name="Ire100">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/46172775 |title=Women's World Twenty20: Australia thrash Ireland to top Group B |work=BBC Sport |access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref> She made her international debut for Australia in December 2022.<ref name="ausdebut">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-women-in-india-2022-23-1345422/india-women-vs-australia-women-1st-t20i-1345424/match-report |title=Mooney's 89* reduces tough-looking chase to a canter |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born in [[Dublin]], Garth is the daughter of [[Jonathan Garth (cricketer, born 1965)|Jonathan Garth]] and [[Anne-Marie McDonald]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/interview-jj-spins-his-way-to-england |title=INTERVIEW: JJ spins his way to England |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=22 July 2020 |archive-date=22 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722101704/https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/interview-jj-spins-his-way-to-england |url-status=dead }}</ref> both of whom also played for Ireland.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/418423.html Ireland / Players / Kim Garth] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> Her father was born in South Africa.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24372.html Ireland / Players / Jonathan Garth] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> Garth herself made her international debut in July 2010, in a one-off ODI against [[New Zealand women's national cricket team|New Zealand]]. On debut, she was 14 years and 70 days old, making her the youngest Irishwoman to debut and the third-youngest overall (behind Pakistan's [[Sajjida Shah]] and Scotland's [[Fiona Urquhart]]). Several others have since debuted at younger ages.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283463.html Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref>

Garth went on to play six more ODIs in 2010, including at the [[2010 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge|2010 ICC Women's Challenge]] in South Africa.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/470/470213/Womens_ODI_Matches.html Women's ODI matches played by Kim Garth] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> That competition featured both 50-over and 20-over components, with Garth making her Twenty20 International debut in the latter, against [[Pakistan women's national cricket team|Pakistan]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/470/470213/Womens_Int_Twenty20_Matches.html Women's Int Twenty20 matches played by Kim Garth] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> Aged 14 years and 174 days, she became the youngest player of any country to appear in that format, beating the record set by the Netherlands' [[Miranda Veringmeier]]. Three of her Irish teammates – [[Elena Tice]], [[Lucy O'Reilly]], and [[Gaby Lewis]] – have since debuted at younger ages.<ref>[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283462.html Records / Women's Twenty20 Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players] – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref>

Since making her debut, Garth has been a regular for Ireland at both ODI and T20I level. In ODIs, her most outstanding performance to date came in August 2012, when she took 4/11 from five overs against [[Bangladesh women's national cricket team|Bangladesh]] (including the first four wickets to fall).<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/438/438555.html Ireland Women v Bangladesh Women], Ireland Women's ODI Tri-Series 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> Her highest score at that level was made during the same month, an innings of 39 runs against Pakistan.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/438/438553.html Ireland Women v Pakistan Women], Ireland Women's ODI Tri-Series 2012 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> In Twenty20 Internationals, Garth has taken two three-wicket hauls – 3/6 against the [[Netherlands women's national cricket team|Netherlands]] in August 2011,<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/348/348253.html Netherlands Women v Ireland Women], Ireland Women in Netherlands 2011 (1st Twenty20) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> and 3/17 against [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]] in August 2015.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/731/731565.html Ireland Women v Australia Women], Australia Women in England and Ireland 2015 (2nd Twenty20) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2015.</ref> Garth also acted as a [[wicket-keeper]] for 4 international matches in a quadrangular series in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=IRE-W vs NL-W, Women's Quadrangular Series (in Sri Lanka) 2011, 1st Match at Colombo, April 26, 2011 - Full Scorecard |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-quadrangular-series-in-sri-lanka-2011-499419/ireland-women-vs-netherlands-women-1st-match-499426/full-scorecard |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=18 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

In November 2015, Garth was named International Women's Player of the Year at the [[Cricket Ireland]] Awards.<ref>(9 November 2015). [http://www.rte.ie/sport/cricket/2015/1109/740645-ed-joyce-and-kim-garth-named-players-of-year/ "Ed Joyce and Kim Garth named Players of Year"] – RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2015.</ref>

In June 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier]] tournament.<ref name="WT20Squads">{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/761671 |title=ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=27 June 2018}}</ref> In October 2018, she was named in Ireland's squad for the [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20]] tournament in the West Indies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/final-squad-named-for-world-t20-raack-set-for-ireland-debut |title=Final squad named for World T20, Raack set for Ireland debut |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=3 October 2018 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003141521/http://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/final-squad-named-for-world-t20-raack-set-for-ireland-debut |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/869619 |title=Laura Delany to lead 'strong and experienced' Irish side at World T20 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 October 2018}}</ref> In Ireland's opening match of the tournament, against [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]], she made her 100th international appearance for the team.<ref name="Ire100"/> Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/915615 |title=#WT20 report card: Ireland |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=19 November 2018}}</ref>

In August 2019, she was named in Ireland's squad for the [[2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier]] tournament in Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1319297 |title=Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=21 August 2019}}</ref> She was the leading run-scorer for Ireland in the tournament, with 100 runs in five matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13226;team=2285;type=tournament |title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019 - Ireland Women: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 September 2019}}</ref>

[[File:2022–23 WBBL PS v MS 22-10-20 Garth (02).jpg|thumb|left|Garth batting for [[Melbourne Stars (WBBL)|Melbourne Stars]] in October 2022|alt=Garth batting for Melbourne Stars in October 2022]]
In June 2020, Garth accepted a two-year contract with the [[Victoria women's cricket team]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29355648/kim-garth-leaves-irish-cricket-future-australia |title=Kim Garth leaves Irish cricket for future in Australia |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=24 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/kim-garth-accepts-two-year-contract-with-cricket-victoria |title=Kim Garth accepts two-year contract with Cricket Victoria |work=Cricket Ireland |access-date=24 June 2020 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627180940/https://www.cricketireland.ie/news/article/kim-garth-accepts-two-year-contract-with-cricket-victoria |url-status=dead }}</ref> She made her debut for Victoria in a [[Women's National Cricket League]] match in February 2021, taking 2-25 from 8.2 overs to help her new team to an eight-wicket win over arch-rivals [[New South Wales Breakers|New South Wales]].<ref name="c.c.au 2021-02-12">{{cite web |last1=Jolly |first1=Laura |title=Garth's great sacrifice to chase professional dream |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/kim-garth-victoria-australia-ireland-international-cricket-sacrifice-wbbl-wncl-perry-lanning/2021-02-12 |website=Cricket.com.au |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=13 February 2021 |date=12 February 2021}}</ref> Ahead of the 2020–21 season, she spent the Australian winter working with former Australia paceman [[Clint McKay]] on enhancing her game, and was then signed by [[Melbourne Stars (WBBL)|Melbourne Stars]]. In the early stages of [[2021–22 Women's Big Bash League season|WBBL{{!}}07]], she showcased her recently augmented skills by taking a match-winning 3–11 against [[Sydney Thunder (WBBL)|Sydney Thunder]], and then scoring 44[[not out|*]] from 29 deliveries against [[Hobart Hurricanes (WBBL)|Hobart Hurricanes]] the following day.<ref name="c.c.au 2021-11-02">{{cite web |last1=Jolly |first1=Laura |title=Garth's world: Irish allrounder at home in green |url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/kim-garth-melbourne-stars-womens-big-bash-ireland-international-spell-thunder-australia-resident/2021-11-02 |website=cricket.com.au |access-date=8 November 2021 |date=2 November 2021}}</ref>

On 9 December 2022, she made her international debut for [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australia]], in a [[Women's Twenty20 International|Twenty20 International]] [[Australia women's cricket team in India in 2022–23|against India]].<ref name="ausdebut"/>

In March 2023, she named in Australia's Test squad for the [[Australia women's cricket team in England in 2023|Ashes series against England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/phoebe-litchfield-kim-garth-included-in-australia-s-ashes-squad-1365557 |title=Litchfield, Garth included in Australia's Ashes squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref> She made her Test debut in that match, on 22 June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1336073.html |title=Only Test, Nottingham, June 22 - 26, 2023, Women's Ashes |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=22 June 2023}}</ref>

She was named in the Australia squad for the [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4096989/australia-women-t20-world-cup-squad-2024-uae-brown-jonassen-healy-litchfield-mcgrath |title=Brown returns but no room for Jonassen in World Cup squad |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref> and the [[2024–25 Women's Ashes series|2025 Women's Ashes series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4190897/australia-ashes-squad-reveal-england-women-multi-format-series-odi-t20-healy-perry-litchfield-voll-molineux-knee-surgery|title=Molineux faces surgery as Aussies reveal Ashes squad|publisher=Cricket Australia|accessdate=28 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/australian-squad-announced-for-historic-commbank-women-s-ashes/100219.htm|title=Australian squad announced for historic CommBank Women's Ashes|publisher=Cricket World|accessdate=28 December 2024}}</ref>

Her mother, Anne-Marie Garth and she both were first mother-daughter duo to play in [[Women's Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/75100-anne-marie-and-kim-garth-are-the-first-mother-and-daughter-to-play-in-womens-world-cups.html |title=Anne-Marie and Kim Garth are the First Mother and Daughter to Play in Women's World Cups |work=Female Cricket |access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref>

==References==
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*[https://www.cricket.com.au/players/kim-garth/xF6rnMyHgUSv_iyDCGPO1Q Kim Garth] at [[Cricket Australia]]
* [http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-article/shaped-by-the-past-kim-garth-looks-ahead-to-bright-future/240625 Shaped by the past, Kim Garth looks ahead to bright future] – profile in ''Wisden India''

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