Elyse Villani


Elyse Jayne Villani is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australia national women's team. She also plays domestically for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Perth Scorchers in the Women's Big Bash League.
She made one appearance in the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20. She previously played for Victorian Spirit in the WNCL. In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.
In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia. In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.
In November 2018, she was named in the Perth Scorchers' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season. In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season. In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.

Personal life

Elyse was a student at Eltham College in Melbourne.
Villani came out as lesbian in 2015, the second member of the Australian team to do so after Alex Blackwell. She currently lives in Perth, Western Australia and has a dog named Nessa.
Villani is an ambassador for Gray-Nicolls.