Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Abigail Johanna Freeborn | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Eastbourne, East Sussex, England | 12 November 1996|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2020 | Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | →Yorkshire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Loughborough Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2021 | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:CricketArchive,4 October 2023 |
Abigail Johanna Freeborn (born 12 November 1996) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire,Central Sparks and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Sussex,Yorkshire and Leicestershire,as well as Loughborough Lightning and Lightning in regional cricket and Trent Rockets in The Hundred. [1] [2]
Freeborn was born on 12 November 1996 in Eastbourne,East Sussex. [2] She attended Loughborough University. [3]
Freeborn made her county debut in 2013,for Sussex in a match against Surrey. She kept wicket and made one stumping,but did not bat. [4] She soon became a regular for Sussex,and she was a part of their 2013 Women's County Championship and 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup title victories. [5] [6]
Freeborn joined Yorkshire on loan for the 2019 season. She achieved her List A high score of 58 that season,off just 40 deliveries against Surrey. [7] In 2021,it was announced that she has joined Leicestershire,but she did not play for them that season. [8] She joined Staffordshire ahead of the 2022 season. [9] She scored 83 runs at an average of 20.75 in six matches for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [10]
Freeborn was also part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League from 2017 to 2019. She was part of the side that reached the semi-final in 2019,and had a high score of 16* in a victory over Lancashire Thunder in 2017. [6] [11]
In 2020,Freeborn played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She scored 167 runs at an average of 33.40 in five matches,with a top score of 40 in a victory over Central Sparks. [12] [13] In December 2020,it was announced that Freeborn was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. [14] In 2021,she scored 105 runs at an average of 15.00 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,as well as being ever-present for the Trent Rockets in The Hundred. [15] [16] Her best performances came in the Charlotte Edwards Cup,where she was Lightning's leading run-scorer,with 161 runs. [17] She made her Twenty20 high score of 61 in a match against South East Stars,as well as becoming the first wicketkeeper in the tournament to make four dismissals in an innings,all stumpings,in the same match. [18] At the end of the season it was announced that Freeborn had moved to Central Sparks,and signed a professional contract with her new side. [19] She scored 163 runs in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup,including 52 made against Western Storm. [20] [21] She was also Central Sparks' leading run-scorer in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with 227 at an average of 45.40. [22] She made what was at the time her List A high score against North West Thunder,scoring 72 from 72 deliveries. [23] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred,and scored 45* in her side's victory over Manchester Originals. [24] [25]
In 2023,she played 20 matches for Central Sparks,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,and scored her maiden List A century,with 107* against Sunrisers. [26] [27] [28] She also moved to Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred,playing seven matches and scoring 43 runs. [29]
The Blaze,previously known as Lightning,are a women's cricket team that represent the East Midlands region,one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds,including Trent Bridge and Grace Road. They are captained by Kirstie Gordon and coached by Chris Guest. The team carries over many elements of the WCSL team Loughborough Lightning. They are partnered with Nottinghamshire,Leicestershire,Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
Evelyn Jones is an English cricketer who currently captains Central Sparks,as well as playing for Warwickshire and Manchester Originals. She plays primarily as a left-handed opening batter,as well as bowling left-arm medium. She has previously played for Shropshire,Staffordshire and Lancashire,as well as for Loughborough Lightning and Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League,New Zealand side Canterbury Magicians and Women's Big Bash League team Melbourne Renegades.
Marie Kelly is an English cricketer who is currently the captain of Warwickshire,as well as playing for The Blaze,Northern Superchargers and Trinbago Knight Riders. She plays primarily as a right-handed batter. She led Warwickshire to the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup title,and was the leading run-scorer in Division 1 that year. She previously played for Southern Vipers,Central Sparks,Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets.
Bethan Louisa Ellis is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. She plays primarily as a right-arm medium bowler,as a well as a right-handed top-order batter. She has previously played for Shropshire,Worcestershire,Derbyshire and Lightning.
Lucy Florence Higham is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire,The Blaze and Northern Superchargers. She plays primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Leicestershire,as well as for Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Cricket Super League and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Joanne Lynda Gardner is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire,Sunrisers and Trent Rockets. She plays as an all-rounder,bowling right-arm off break and batting right-handed. She has previously played for Warwickshire,Essex,Loughborough Lightning,Oval Invincibles and Southern Brave.
Sophie Elizabeth Naseem Munro is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire,The Blaze and London Spirit. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Yorkshire Diamonds in the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Alice Zoe Monaghan is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire,Southern Vipers and London Spirit. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Oxfordshire,as well as Yorkshire Diamonds and Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Cricket Super League.
Georgia Katie Davis is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire,Central Sparks and Welsh Fire. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Yorkshire Diamonds in the Women's Cricket Super League and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.
Ria Ashleigh Fackrell is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Shropshire,Lancashire Thunder,Lightning and Birmingham Phoenix.
Nancy Holly Harman is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex and Southern Vipers. She plays as a right-arm leg break bowler. She previously played for Leicestershire,Lightning,Trent Rockets and London Spirit.
Thea Francis Brookes is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey. An all-rounder,she plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Worcestershire,Warwickshire and Central Sparks,as well as Loughborough Lightning,Yorkshire Diamonds and Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League and Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.
Teresa Monika Graves is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire and The Blaze. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Yorkshire,Yorkshire Diamonds and Trent Rockets.
Alicia Demi Presland is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire,Lincolnshire,Lightning and Trent Rockets.
Chloe Anne Elizabeth Hill is an English cricketer who currently captains Worcestershire,as well as playing for South East Stars and London Spirit. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Buckinghamshire,Central Sparks and Southern Vipers.
Ella Caterina Claridge is an English cricketer who currently plays for Buckinghamshire,Leicestershire and The Blaze. She plays as a right-handed batter and wicket-keeper. In 2021 and 2022 she was in the Trent Rockets squad for The Hundred,and was later drafted by Northern Superchargers for the 2024 season.
Grace Elizabeth Ann Potts is an English cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire,Central Sparks and Trent Rockets. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Manchester Originals.
Josephine Paige Groves is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire and The Blaze. She plays as a right-arm leg break bowler.
Emma Kate Marlow is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire and Northern Diamonds. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler.
The 2022 season was Lightning's third season,in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Twenty20 Charlotte Edwards Cup. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup,the side finished bottom of Group B,winning one of their six matches. The side finished sixth in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,winning two of their six matches.