Sophie Ecclestone

Sophie Ecclestone
Ecclestone at Lord's during England's T20I against Australia in July 2023
Personal information
Born (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 (age 25)
Chester, Cheshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 157)9 November 2017 v Australia
Last Test14 December 2023 v India
ODI debut (cap 128)8 October 2016 v West Indies
Last ODI18 July 2023 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 40)3 July 2016 v Pakistan
Last T20I11 July 2024 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.19
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–2014Cheshire
2015–presentLancashire
2016–2019Lancashire Thunder
2019–2020Trailblazers
2020–presentNorth West Thunder
2021–presentManchester Originals
2022Supernovas
2022/23Sydney Sixers
2023–presentUP Warriorz
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 7 58 76 106
Runs scored 140 319 210 950
Batting average 20.00 11.00 16.15 15.07
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/4
Top score 35 33* 33* 74
Balls bowled 2,064 3,176 1,677 5,508
Wickets 32 92 109 180
Bowling average 31.25 21.40 15.00 17.37
5 wickets in innings 2 1 0 3
10 wickets in match 1 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/63 6/36 4/18 6/12
Catches/stumpings 5/– 18/– 22/– 30/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2023

Sophie Ecclestone (born 6 May 1999) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire, North West Thunder, Manchester Originals, UP Warriorz and England.[1][2][3][4] In December 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named her the Emerging Player of the Year.[5] At the end of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in March 2020, she became the world's number one bowler in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.[6] In July 2021, Ecclestone was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for June 2021.[7]

  1. ^ "Sophie Ecclestone". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Sophie Ecclestone: England bowler on crochet, cricket & homesickness". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. ^ "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ "The Hundred 2021 - full squad lists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Ecclestone beats Rodrigues, Yadav to Emerging Player award". International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. ^ Lofthouse, Amy (23 June 2020). "Sophie Ecclestone: England bowler on crochet, cricket & homesickness". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Conway and Ecclestone voted ICC Players of the Month for June". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 12 July 2021.