Alex_Griffiths_(cricketer)

Alex Griffiths (cricketer)

Alex Griffiths (cricketer)

Welsh cricketer


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]

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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] She scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, against Gloucestershire.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10][11] 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.[12][13] In December 2020, it was announced that Griffiths was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[14]

In 2021, Griffiths played three matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Western Storm, and hit 55 off 60 balls in the final match against Sunrisers.[15][16] She also took 3 wickets at an average of 17.33 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[17] Griffiths also played 7 matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, the only female Welsh player in the squad.[18][19] She was ever-present for Western Storm in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 166 runs with a top score of 48 and taking three wickets.[20][21] She was also again in the Welsh Fire squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[22]

In 2023, she played 19 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring one half-century and taking 11 wickets at an average of 31.45 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[23][24] She also played eight matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking five wickets.[25]


References

  1. "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. "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. "Wales Women v Gloucestershire Women, 24 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  9. "Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. "Western Storm 2020 Season Awards". Western Storm. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

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