Nat Wraith

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Nat Wraith
Personal information
Full nameNatasha Agnes Jessica Wraith
Born (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 19)
Bristol, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–2018Gloucestershire
2019–presentSomerset
2019–presentWestern Storm
2021–presentWelsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 26 26
Runs scored 417 245
Batting average 20.85 15.31
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 68 42*
Catches/stumpings 15/12 5/15
Source: CricketArchive, 19 March 2021

Natasha Agnes Jessica Wraith (born 3 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset, Western Storm and Welsh Fire. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Gloucestershire.[1][2]

Early life[]

Wraith was born on 3 October 2001 in Bristol.[2] She also works as a tennis coach.[3]

Domestic career[]

Wraith made her county debut in 2016, for Gloucestershire against Dorset. She did not bat, but kept wicket and took one catch.[4] The following season, she helped her side gain promotion from Division 3A in the Twenty20 Cup.[5]

Wraith joined Somerset ahead of the 2019 season and hit her maiden county half-century in the 2019 Women's County Championship, scoring 53 against Durham.[6] She also made 10 stumpings in the Twenty20 Cup, the most across the whole competition.[7]

Wraith also joined the Western Storm squad for the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League as an injury-replacement for Amara Carr, but did not play a match.[8][9]

In 2020, Wraith was retained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 111 runs at an average of 22.20 and taking 4 stumpings and 1 catch.[10] She achieved her List A high score of 68 in a match against Southern Vipers.[11] In December 2020, it was announced that Wraith was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[12] She has also signed to play for Welsh Fire in The Hundred.[13]

Wraith began playing for the England Academy in 2019.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Nat Wraith". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Gloucestershire Women v Dorset Women, 3 July 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup/Tables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Somerset Women v Durham Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019 (Ordered by Stumpings)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Double blow for Western Storm". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Southern Vipers v Western Storm, 13 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

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