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| Born | 11 November 2006 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Medium fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 11) | 31 May 2019 v Guernsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 August 2023 v Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grace Wetherall (born 11 November 2006) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team. She is the first player to score a WT20I half-century batting at number eight. As of July 2024 she remains the only person to achieve this feat.
Cricket career
Aged 12, Wetherall played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup on 31 May 2019, although she neither batted nor bowled in the match at College Field, Saint Peter Port. [2] [3]
Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished second at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series. [4]
Wetherall was among the Jersey contingent which went one better and lifted the trophy at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series. [5] [6] [7]
She was part of the squad which represented the island in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. During the tournament Wetherall made her first WT20I half-century, scoring 57 not out against Germany in an unbroken partnership of 101 with Analise Merritt, which was a new world record for a seventh wicket stand in the format. Wetherall's innings came off 40 balls and featured nine 4s and a 6 and made her the first player batting at number eight to score a WT20I 50. [8] [9] [10] [11] She also took WT20I career-best bowling figures of 3/15 against France as Jersey finished third in the six-team event, narrowly missing out on progressing to the next stage of qualification. [8] [12] [13]
At the three-match 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup with Guernsey, Wetherall played a key role as Jersey swept to a 3–0 victory. She made 21 in first game, took 2/8 from three overs in the second and then blasted 48 off just 30 balls in third contest. [14] [15]
During Jersey's tour of Northern Ireland in June 2024, Wetherall registered bowling figures of 6/18 in the second of two T20 matches against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy. [16]
Hockey
Away from the cricket field, Wetherall has also represented Jersey in hockey [17] including playing in the islanders' win over Guernsey in the 2024 inter-insular women's Big Stick match. [18]
References
- ^ "Profile of Grace Weatherall". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey play their first official T20 Internationals". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Guernsey Women vs Jersey Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Young cricketers take second in "unbelievable" tournament". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "France to host T20I quadrangular series starting May 5". womenscriczone.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "France to host Austria, Jersey and Spain for a T20I Quadrangular Series". femalecricket.com. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Jersey Women on the up". Jerseys Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b "Jersey aim to build on record-breaking week of cricket". The Gantry. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey suffer defeat at hands of Germany in ICC Women's T20 World Cup qualifier". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey lose to Germany but beat Turkey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey Women vs Germany Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey qualification unlikely after France defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey Women vs France Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey hit T20 hat-trick". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey hit T20 hat-trick". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Squad save their best for last". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ "Island hockey stars ready for 'biggest game in the calendar'". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Hockey Inter-Insulars: Two contrasting first team losses and the "Big Stick" stays in Jersey". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-19.