Alex Griffiths (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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| Full name | Alexandra Clare Griffiths | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 2002 Swansea, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 21 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life edit
Domestic career edit
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 edit
- ^ "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Essex Women v Wales Women, 1 May 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Wales Women v Hampshire Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Wales Women v Berkshire Women, 27 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Hampshire Women v Wales Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Wales Women v Gloucestershire Women, 24 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Western Storm 2020 Season Awards". Western Storm. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Bristol, Sep 18 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Western Storm v Sunrisers". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "The Hundred: Alex Griffiths glad to put the Welsh into Fire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
External links edit
- Alex Griffiths at ESPNcricinfo
- Alex Griffiths at CricketArchive (subscription required)