Ria Fackrell
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| Full name | Ria Ashleigh Fackrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1999 Coventry, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Shropshire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 26 September 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ria Ashleigh Fackrell (born 16 September 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire, Central Sparks and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Shropshire, Lancashire Thunder and Lightning.[1][2]
Early life
Fackrell was born on 16 September 1999 in Coventry.[2]
Domestic career
Fackrell joined the Warwickshire academy set-up when she was 10 years old, but made her county debut for Shropshire, in 2017 against Hertfordshire, in which she scored 14 and took 1/14 from 6 overs.[3][4] Fackrell played the first half of the 2017 season for Shropshire, before returning to Warwickshire.[5][6] The following season, she hit 163 runs at an average of 20.37 in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[7] In 2019, Fackrell hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 65* in a County Championship match against Lancashire, as well as helping her side to the title in the Twenty20 Cup.[8][6]
Fackrell also played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019. She played three matches, scoring 10 runs and taking 1 catch.[2]
In 2020, Fackrell played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, against Northern Diamonds, and scored 8 runs.[9][10]
In 2021, it was announced that Fackrell had moved from Lightning to Central Sparks for the upcoming season.[11] She was used primarily as a bowler by her new side, and achieved her best bowling figures in both List A and Twenty20 cricket that season, taking 4/34 in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Western Storm and 2/27 in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Lightning.[12][13] Overall in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Fackrell took 11 wickets at an average of 24.09, whilst also top-scoring with 42* in the play-off against Northern Diamonds.[14][15] She was also in the Birmingham Phoenix squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[16] In April 2022, she was bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[17]
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Hertfordshire Women v Shropshire Women, 28 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Women's List A Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Warwickshire Women v Lancashire Women, 2 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Northern Diamonds v Lightning, 31 August 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Meet the Squad". Central Sparks. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
- ^ "Edgbaston, May 31 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Central Sparks v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Group A, Worcester, Aug 28 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Central Sparks v Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Scarborough, Sep 22 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Northern Diamonds v Central Sparks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
External links
- Ria Fackrell at ESPNcricinfo
- Ria Fackrell at CricketArchive (subscription required)