Georgia Hennessy

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Georgia Hennessy
Personal information
Full nameGeorgia May Hennessy
Born (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 24)
Worcester, Worcestershire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2010–2012Worcestershire
2013–2017Warwickshire
2016–2017Western Storm
2018–2019Devon
2020–presentSomerset
2020–presentWestern Storm
2021–presentWelsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 68 56
Runs scored 1,523 1,259
Batting average 27.69 34.02
100s/50s 1/7 0/6
Top score 105 97*
Balls bowled 1,823 616
Wickets 55 26
Bowling average 22.23 22.76
5 wickets in innings 2 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/38 3/14
Catches/stumpings 29/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 March 2021

Georgia May Hennessy (born 4 November 1996) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset, Western Storm and Welsh Fire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Devon.[1][2]

Early life[]

Hennessy was born on 4 November 1996 in Worcester, Worcestershire.[2] She attends the University of Worcester and plays club cricket for Barnards Green, and was the first woman to hit a century in the Birmingham and District Premier League.[3]

Domestic career[]

Hennessy made her county debut in 2010 for Worcestershire against Surrey. She scored a duck and did not bowl.[4] She remained with Worcestershire until 2012, and in her final season with the club scored her maiden half-century, scoring 66* against Cheshire.[5]

Hennessy joined Warwickshire ahead of the 2013 season. She started strongly for her new side in the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 137 runs, the most for the team that season, including two half-centuries.[6] The following season, she hit what was at the time her highest List A score, hitting 84 against Surrey, as well as taking her maiden five-wicket haul in the same match.[7] In the 2015 Women's County Championship, Hennessey was her side's leading run-scorer, with 200 runs at an average of 50.00, and took her second five-wicket haul, taking 5/44 against Middlesex.[8][9] Hennessy was also Warwickshire's leading run-scorer in two consecutive T20 Cups, in 2015 and 2016.[10][11]

Hennessy joined Devon ahead of the 2018 season and made an immediate impression, ending the 2018 Championship season as the side's leading run-scorer, with 174 runs at an average of 34.80.[12] She only played two Twenty20 matches that season, but still managed to hit 97* in a match against Buckinghamshire.[13] In 2019, Hennessy had a strong Twenty20 Cup, topping both the run-scoring and wicket-taking charts for Devon, with 119 runs and 6 wickets.[14][15]

In 2020, Hennessy moved to Somerset, but did not play for them that year due to the 2020 season's cancellation during the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] She made her debut for her new side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 61 and 78 and taking 5 wickets on the opening weekend double-header against Staffordshire.[17][18]

Hennessy also played for Western Storm in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2016 and 2017. She was ever-present in both seasons, scoring 45 runs and taking 3 wickets in 2016 and scoring 110 runs in 2017.[19][20][21] In 2017, Storm won the Super League, and Hennessy put on a vital partnership of 44 with Stafanie Taylor in the semi-final to help her side on the way to the title.[22]

In 2020, Hennessy returned to Western Storm for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She played all 6 matches, scoring 209 runs at an average of 34.83, as well as taking 11 wickets, the joint-leading wicket-taker for the side.[23][24] She hit her maiden List A century, scoring 105, against Sunrisers, as well as taking 4/31 against South East Stars.[25][26] In December 2020, it was announced that Hennessy was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[27] She has also signed to play for Welsh Fire in The Hundred.[28]

Hennessy played for Sapphires in the 2012 Super Fours, and has been part of various England Development programmes since 2012.[29]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Georgia Hennessy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Georgia Hennessy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Cricket: Malvern's Georgia Hennessy to play in The Hundred". Malvern Gazette. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Worcestershire Women v Surrey Women, 30 May 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Worcestershire Women v Cheshire Women, 30 2010". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Warwickshire Women v Surrey Women, 4 May 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Warwickshire Women v Middlesex Women, 13 September 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Natwest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Natwest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Devon Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Buckinghamshire Women v Devon Women, 10 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Devon Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Bowling for Devon Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Georgia Hennessy". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Staffordshire Women v Somerset Women, 25 April 2021 @ 11:00". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Staffordshire Women v Somerset Women, 25 April 2021 @ 15:00". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Taylor helps Storm weather Kapp burst". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  23. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  24. ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  25. ^ "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  26. ^ "Western Storm v South East Stars, 29 August 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  27. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  28. ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  29. ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Georgia Hennessy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

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