Rebecca Grundy
Rebecca Louise Grundy (born 12 July 1990) is an English cricketer and coach, who played for her national cricket team and is now head coach of the Western Australia team. Grundy is a left-arm spin bowler.
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| Full name | Rebecca Louise Grundy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1990 Solihull, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 126) | 11 February 2015 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 February 2016 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 39) | 24 March 2014 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 24 March 2016 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2018 | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009/10–2010/11 | South Western Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Loughborough Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17 | Perth Scorchers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 23 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career edit
Grundy has played for Warwickshire.[1] In 2014, Grundy was part of the England Academy squad.[2] Grundy was brought into the England squad for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in Bangladesh.[3] On pitches that generally help spin bowlers, Grundy made her England debut in the opening fixture of the tournament and retained her place through all the group matches.[4] She was the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.[5] Grundy was called up for the summer series against India and South Africa, which included her first Women's Test match and Women's One Day International callups.[1][6] She later had to withdraw from the series with a groin injury.[7] She played for England in the 2015 Women's Ashes series.[8] Grundy was in the squad for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.[9]
In total, Grundy made 21 appearances for England,[10] and her last appearance for England was in 2016. At the end of 2016, she lost her central contract.[11] Grundy played for Perth Scorchers in the 2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season,[8][10] as a replacement for the injured Anya Shrubsole.[12]
Grundy's nicknames are "Grunners" and "Carol". In 2015, she explained to sports journalist Clare Balding that the latter nickname was "as in Vorderman – we played Countdown on tour and I was in Carol’s position at the board."[13]
Coaching career edit
Grundy worked as a development coach for the Western Australia women's cricket team.[11] Whilst Grundy was a coach there, Western Australia won the 2019–20 Women's National Cricket League.[10] In May 2020, she was named as the head coach of Western Australia.[11] She was signed on a two-year contract.[8]
References edit
- ^ a b "Katherine Brunt back as England name Heather Knight vice-captain". BBC Sport. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "England Women call for Rebecca Grundy as Holly Colvin takes break from cricket". Sky Sports. 15 November 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Grundy, Dibble called into England squad, Cricinfo, 18 Feb 2014
- ^ "Rebecca Grundy | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo". espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "England women earn 18 new central contracts". BBC. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ "Women in sport: England's cricketers are fired up for the Ashes, meet the team". The Independent. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Rebecca Grundy out of England squad, Stephanie Butler in". BBC Sport. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Women's Sport: Former England spinner Becky Grundy appointed head coach of Western Australia". Give Me Sport. 4 May 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Alex Hartley: England call up uncapped spinner for Pakistan ODI series". BBC Sport. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Former England spinner takes WA coaching job". Cricket Australia. 1 May 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Becky Grundy: Ex-England spinner named head coach of Western Australia women's team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Scorchers sign England spinner for WBBL". Nine.com.au. 5 December 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Balding, Clare (19 February 2015). "Balding bowled over by England's women cricketers". BT Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
External links edit
- Rebecca Grundy at ESPNcricinfo
- Rebecca Grundy at CricketArchive (subscription required)