Alex Griffiths (cricketer)
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Full name | Alexandra Clare Griffiths | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Swansea, Wales | 12 June 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–present | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 19 March 2021 |
Alexandra Clare Griffiths (born 12 June 2002) is a Welsh cricketer who currently plays for Wales, Western Storm and Welsh Fire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]
Early life[]
Griffiths was born on 12 June 2002 in Swansea.[2]
Domestic career[]
Griffiths made her county debut in 2016, for Wales against Essex. She scored 4 runs and did not bowl.[3] She began playing regularly from 2017, and hit 42 in a Championship match that season against Hampshire.[4] Griffiths' stand-out season to date was in 2019, when she scored 168 runs in the County Championship, including hitting her maiden county half-century, 69 against Berkshire.[5] She also began to bowl more regularly, and was Wales' leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, taking 9 wickets at an average of 8.11.[6] She also achieved her best Twenty20 bowling, taking 3/12 against Hampshire.[7]
Griffiths also played for Western Storm in their title-winning Women's Cricket Super League season in 2019. She played five matches and took one wicket.[8]
In 2020, Griffiths remained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 141 runs at an average of 35.25 and taking 3 wickets.[9][10] She also achieved her List A high score, hitting 80 off 68 balls in a victory over Sunrisers and was voted Supporters' Player of the Year at the end of the season.[11][12] In December 2020, it was announced that Griffiths was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[13] She has also signed to play for Welsh Fire in The Hundred.[14]
References[]
- ^ "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Essex Women v Wales Women, 1 May 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Wales Women v Hampshire Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Wales Women v Berkshire Women, 27 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Hampshire Women v Wales Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Western Storm 2020 Season Awards". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links[]
- Alex Griffiths at ESPNcricinfo
- Alex Griffiths at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 2002 births
- Living people
- Cricketers from Swansea
- Welsh women cricketers
- Wales women cricketers
- Western Storm cricketers
- Welsh Fire cricketers