English cricketer
Natasha Agnes Jessica Wraith (born 3 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Trent Rockets . She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter . She has previously played for Gloucestershire , Somerset , Western Storm , Welsh Fire and London Spirit .[ 1] [ 2]
Early life
Wraith was born on 3 October 2001 in Bristol .[ 2] She has also worked as a tennis coach.[ 3]
Domestic career
Wraith made her county debut in 2016, for Gloucestershire against Dorset . She did not bat, but kept wicket and took one catch.[ 4] The following season, she helped her side gain promotion from Division 3A in the Twenty20 Cup .[ 5]
Wraith joined Somerset ahead of the 2019 season and hit her maiden county half-century in the 2019 Women's County Championship , scoring 53 against Durham .[ 6] She also made 10 stumpings in the Twenty20 Cup , the most across the whole competition.[ 7] She scored 56 runs in 4 matches for Somerset in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup as her side won the West Midlands Group of the competition.[ 8] She was Somerset's second-highest run-scorer in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup , with 143 runs including her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 74* from 49 deliveries against Wales .[ 9] [ 10] She played two matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup , scoring 84 runs.[ 11]
Wraith also joined the Western Storm squad for the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League as an injury-replacement for Amara Carr , but did not play a match.[ 12] [ 13]
In 2020, Wraith was retained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy . She appeared in all six matches, scoring 111 runs at an average of 22.20 and taking 4 stumpings and 1 catch.[ 14] She achieved her List A high score of 68 in a match against Southern Vipers .[ 15] In December 2020, it was announced that Wraith was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[ 16] She was ever-present for the side again in the 2021 season, scoring 63 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and 58 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup .[ 17] [ 18] She had the joint-most dismissals in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 10 dismissals, and the most in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 6 dismissals.[ 19] [ 20] In The Hundred , Wraith played for Welsh Fire , appearing in one match and scoring 3* .[ 21] She again played every match for Western Storm in 2022, scoring 137 runs and making 10 dismissals.[ 22] [ 23] She also moved to London Spirit in The Hundred , playing two matches for her new side.[ 24]
In 2023, she played 17 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup , making one half-century and ten dismissals.[ 25] [ 26] She was also signed by Trent Rockets for The Hundred , but did not play a match.[ 27] In 2024, she played 23 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup , and scored 428 runs at an average of 35.66 including two half-centuries in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[ 28] [ 29]
Wraith began playing for the England Academy in 2019.[ 30]
References
^ "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith" . ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ a b "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Nat Wraith" . Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Gloucestershire Women v Dorset Women, 3 July 2016" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup/Tables" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Somerset Women v Durham Women, 6 May 2019" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019 (Ordered by Stumpings)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2021 .
^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022 .
^ "Somerset Women v Wales Women, 8 May 2022" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022 .
^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2023 .
^ "Double blow for Western Storm" . Western Storm. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Natasha Wraith" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Southern Vipers v Western Storm, 13 September 2020" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts" . England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 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/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021/Most Dismissals" . ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021 .
^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021/Most Dismissals" . ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021 .
^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages" . ESPNCricinfo. 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 .
^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages" . ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022 .
^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages" . ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023 .
^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages" . ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023 .
^ "The Hundred 2023: Squads in full" . BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2023 .
^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 19 October 2024 .
^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 19 October 2024 .
^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Natasha Wraith" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021 .
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