Liz Ellis

Liz Ellis is a retired Australian netballer and broadcaster, born in Windsor, New South Wales, on 17 January 1973. She trained on a netball scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport and made her debut for the Australian national team in July 1993. She went on to play at the World Championships of 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007 and at the Commonwealth Games of 1998, 2002 and 2006, serving as captain for the last four years of her international career and breaking the record for the most Test appearances for Australia in 2005. She played her whole domestic career for the Sydney Swifts, whom she captained from 2000, and holds the record for games played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy with 173. After a career threatening knee injury in 2005 she returned to lead Australia to the 2007 World Championship victory over New Zealand, then retired that November. She later worked as a netball commentator and television panellist, was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2018 and became Chair of the Netball Australia Board in 2024. The highest individual award in Australian netball, the Liz Ellis Diamond, is named for her.