Gabrielle Basketter
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| Full name | Gabrielle Amber Basketter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 April 1993 Portsmouth, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2022 | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 12 September 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gabrielle Amber Basketter (born 12 April 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Hampshire, Wales and Central Sparks.[1][2]
Early life[edit]
Basketter was born on 12 April 1993 in Portsmouth.[2] She also works as Women & Girls' Officer for Warwickshire Cricket Board.[3]
Domestic career[edit]
Basketter made her county debut in 2009, for Hampshire against Devon.[4] She was Hampshire's leading run-scorer in the 2011 Women's County Championship, with 215 runs including two half-centuries.[5]
Basketter moved to Wales ahead of the 2013 season, scoring her first half-century for her new side in her third match, against Cheshire.[6] In 2014, she took her career-best Twenty20 bowling figures, with 4/11 in her side's 6 run victory over Devon.[7] She took her List A best bowling figures in 2015, with 4/13 against Durham.[8] In 2017, she scored her maiden List A century, scoring 107* against Somerset, and ended the County Championship as her side's leading run-scorer, with 221 runs.[9][10] In the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the second-highest run-scorer across the whole competition, with 253 runs at an average of 50.60.[11] The following season, she was the third-highest run-scorer in the same competition, with 274 runs at an average of 45.66, including her maiden Twenty20 century, 100* from 67 balls against Northamptonshire.[12][13] In 2022, she top-scored with 46 as Wales beat eventual group winners Warwickshire in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[14] She also top-scored in the final of that year's West Midlands Regional Cup, scoring 35 as Wales won the competition.[15]
In September 2022, Basketter was added to the Central Sparks squad. She made her debut for the side on 11 September, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[16]
References[edit]
- ^ "Player Profile: Gabrielle Basketter". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Gabby Basketter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Gabby Basketter - New Women & Girls' Officer at Warwickshire Cricket Board". Warwickshire Cricket Board. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Devon Women v Hampshire Women, 10 May 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Hampshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Cheshire Women v Wales Women, 19 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Devon Women v Wales Women, 22 July 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Wales Women v Durham Women, 29 August 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Somerset Women v Wales Women, 28 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Wales Women, 1 July 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Warwickshire Women v Wales Women, 18 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "West Midlands Regional Cup Final - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Beckenham, September 11 2022, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: South East Stars v Central Sparks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
External links[edit]
- Gabrielle Basketter at ESPNcricinfo
- Gabrielle Basketter at CricketArchive (subscription required)