Darcie Brown is one of the fastest and most exciting young fast bowlers in world cricket, renowned for her raw pace and ability to trouble even the best batters. Hailing from South Australia, she has quickly become a key figure in Australia’s dominant pace attack, bringing youthful energy and genuine speed to the side.
She made her domestic List A debut for South Australia in the 2020–21 Women’s National Cricket League season and her T20 debut for Adelaide Strikers in the 2020–21 Women’s Big Bash League. She picked up three wickets on debut and announced herself to the world. Brown’s standout performances in the WBBL, where she consistently clocked high speeds and claimed big wickets, established her as one of the brightest talents in Australian cricket.
Brown earned her first international cap in March 2021, debuting in ODIs against New Zealand at just 18 years old. She made an immediate impact with her pace, later breaking into Australia’s T20I and Test squads the same year. Ever since making her debut, she has become a part of multiple major tournament wins with Australia, further cementing her place in one of the most formidable bowling units in cricket history. Not only that, she was named as the Betty Wilson Young Cricketer of the Year in the 2022 Australian Cricket Awards. In the same year, she was also part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
In 2024, Brown picked up her first five-wicket haul in Tests, against South Africa, and was later named in the T20 World Cup squad and also for the 2025 Women’s Ashes. Despite her rise, she surprisingly went unsold at the auction for the 2025 Women’s T20 League. In the WBBL, though, Brown has been a star performer for the Adelaide Strikers, helping them win the title in 2022. Her ability to swing the ball at high speeds makes her one of the most feared bowlers in women’s cricket and a cornerstone of Australia’s future.
