Ilenia Sims

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Ilenia Sims
Personal information
Full nameIlenia Sims
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentStaffordshire
2020Lightning
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 20 20
Runs scored 74 32
Batting average 10.57 16.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 22* 32
Balls bowled 864 327
Wickets 23 23
Bowling average 23.08 12.34
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/15 5/8
Catches/stumpings 8/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 31 May 2021

Ilenia "Lenny" Sims is an English cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Lightning in the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[1][2]

Early life[]

Sims studies at Loughborough University. Her great-great-uncle is former England cricketer Harold Larwood.[3]

Domestic career[]

Sims made her county debut in 2015, for Staffordshire against Derbyshire.[4] 2018 was her most successful season for the side, as she took 8 wickets at an average of 13.37 in the County Championship, and was the joint-fourth leading wicket-taker across the whole Twenty20 Cup, with 14 wickets at an average of 9.64.[5][6] This included her maiden county five-wicket haul, taking 5/8 in a Twenty20 against Cumbria.[7] In 2019, Sims took 9 wickets in the County Championship at an average of 12.66, including her List A best bowling figures of 3/15.[8] In 2021, Sims made her Twenty20 high score, hitting 32 opening the batting against Somerset.[9]

In 2020, Sims played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, scoring 1* in a defeat to North West Thunder.[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Ilenia Sims". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Ilenia Sims". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Bryce sisters and head coach Rob Taylor bring Scottish feel to Lightning". the Cricketer. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Derbyshire Women v Staffordshire Women, 2 August 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling for Staffordshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Bowling in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Staffordshire Women v Cumbria Women, 17 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowling for Staffordshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Staffordshire Women v Somerset Women, 25 April @ 15:00". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  11. ^ "North West Thunder v Lightning, 13 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

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