Alex Griffiths (cricketer)

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Alex Griffiths
Personal information
Full nameAlexandra Clare Griffiths
Born (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 19)
Swansea, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentWales
2019–presentWestern Storm
2021–presentWelsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 27 24
Runs scored 463 92
Batting average 19.29 5.75
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 80 24
Balls bowled 471 132
Wickets 7 10
Bowling average 49.14 15.10
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/2 3/12
Catches/stumpings 10/– 6/–
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[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Essex Women v Wales Women, 1 May 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Wales Women v Hampshire Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Wales Women v Berkshire Women, 27 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Hampshire Women v Wales Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Western Storm 2020 Season Awards". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

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