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| Full name | Alexandra Clare Griffiths | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 June 2002 Swansea, Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016–2024 | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alexandra Clare Griffiths (born 12 June 2002) is a Welsh cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. [1] [2]
Griffiths made her county debut in 2016,for Wales against Essex. She scored 4 runs and did not bowl. [3] She began playing regularly from 2017,and hit 42 in a Championship match that season against Hampshire. [4] Griffiths' stand-out season to date was in 2019,when she scored 168 runs in the County Championship,including hitting her maiden county half-century,69 against Berkshire. [5] She also began to bowl more regularly,and was Wales' leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup,taking 9 wickets at an average of 8.11. [6] She also achieved her best Twenty20 bowling,taking 3/12 against Hampshire. [7] She scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,against Gloucestershire. [8]
Griffiths also played for Western Storm in their title-winning Women's Cricket Super League season in 2019. She played five matches and took one wicket. [9]
In 2020,Griffiths remained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches,scoring 141 runs at an average of 35.25 and taking 3 wickets. [10] [11] She also achieved her List A high score,hitting 80 off 68 balls in a victory over Sunrisers and was voted Supporters' Player of the Year at the end of the season. [12] [13] In December 2020,it was announced that Griffiths was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. [14]
In 2021,Griffiths played three matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Western Storm,and hit 55 off 60 balls in the final match against Sunrisers. [15] [16] She also took 3 wickets at an average of 17.33 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [17] Griffiths also played 7 matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred,the only female Welsh player in the squad. [18] [19] She was ever-present for Western Storm in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 166 runs with a top score of 48 and taking three wickets. [20] [21] She was also again in the Welsh Fire squad in The Hundred,but did not play a match. [22]
In 2023,she played 19 matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring one half-century and taking 11 wickets at an average of 31.45 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [23] [24] She also played eight matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred,taking five wickets. [25] In 2024,she played 20 matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking 11 wickets. [26] [27]