Clare Katherine Boycott (born 31 December 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Central Sparks.^[1][2]

Boycott was born on 31 December 1993 in Redditch, Worcestershire.^[2]

Boycott made her county debut in 2008, for Worcestershire against Essex.^[3] In the 2009 Women's County Championship, she took 7 wickets at an average of 17.85.^[4] In 2011, Boycott scored her first county half-century, hitting 59* against Staffordshire, as well as taking 11 wickets in the County Championship.^[5][6]

In 2015, Boycott was Worcestershire's leading run-scorer in the County Championship, with 236 runs at an average of 39.33, including one half-century.^[7] In 2016, she hit another half-century, 59 against Leicestershire, and was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 8 wickets at an average of 11.75.^[8][9] The following season, Boycott hit her List A high score, 63* against Staffordshire, and was Worcestershire's leading wicket-taker in both formats, with 7 wickets in the Championship and 14 in the Twenty20 Cup, the highest across the whole competition.^[10][11][12]

In 2018, Boycott achieved her List A best bowling figures, taking 6/16 against Shropshire, as well as hitting two half-centuries in the County Championship.^[13][14] The following season, Boycott hit 61* in a County Championship match against Somerset, and took 14 wickets across the two formats.^[15][16][17] In 2021, she made what was at the time her Twenty20 high score, scoring 40 in a match for Worcestershire against Warwickshire.^[18] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 65 against Berkshire, as well as taking nine wickets in eight matches.^[19][20][21] During the 2022 season, Boycott reached the milestone of playing 200 matches for Worcestershire, across age-group and senior cricket.^[22]

In 2020, Boycott played for Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches, scoring 53 runs and taking 8 wickets at an average of 20.00, the joint-most for the side.^[23] Her best performance with the ball came in the Sparks' victory over North West Thunder, taking 4/40 from 10 overs.^[24] She appeared in nine matches for the side in 2021, and took 4 wickets at an average of 20.25 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.^[25][26] She appeared in one match for the side in 2022, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.^[27] Ahead of the 2023 season, it was confirmed that Boycott had left Central Sparks.^[28]