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| Full name | Alexa Kate Stonehouse | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 2004 Ashford, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,18 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alexa Kate Stonehouse (born 5 December 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Trent Rockets. She plays as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium bowler. [1] [2]
Stonehouse made her county debut in 2021,for Kent against Middlesex in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [3] She played four matches that season as her side won the South East Group of the competition. [4] She took four wickets for Kent in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,including best bowling figures of 3/27. [5]
In 2021,Stonehouse was named in the South East Stars academy squad. [6] Later that year,in June,it was announced that Stonehouse had signed a contract with the senior team,and made her debut for the side a day later,in the opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup,against Lightning. [7] [8] She went on to play five matches in the tournament,taking two wickets,as the South East Stars emerged victorious. [9] She played 13 matches for South East Stars in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking seven wickets. [10] [11] She was also in the Trent Rockets squad for The Hundred,but did not play a match. [12] She also played for England A against South Africa in June 2022. [13] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that Stonehouse had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars. [14]
In 2023,she played 14 matches for South East Stars,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking nine wickets and scoring one half-century. [15] [16] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred,taking 4 wickets. [17] In 2024,she played 17 matches for South East Stars,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking 22 wickets with a best bowling of 4/27. [18] [19]
In October 2022,Stonehouse was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [20] She took six wickets in her five matches at the tournament,at an average of 11.33. [21] In March 2024,Stonehouse was again named in the Under-19 squad for their tri-series against Sri Lanka and Australia She played five matches in the series,taking five wickets.