Domestic career
Capsey made her county debut in 2019,in a County Championship match for Surrey against Hampshire,and took 3/65 with the ball. [5] She played also five Twenty20 Cup matches in 2019,and took 7 wickets at an average of 13.14. [6] Capsey was part of the Surrey side that won their first London Cup in 2020,scoring 17 runs opening the batting. [7] She was Surrey's leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup,with 134 runs and 8 wickets. [8] [9] She took six wickets in three matches for Surrey in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,as well as scoring 41 runs. [10] [11]
In 2020,Capsey played for South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches,and was the side's leading run-scorer with 141 runs at an average of 28.20,as well as taking 2 wickets. [12] [13] She also achieved her maiden half-century and List A high score in the tournament,scoring 73* to help her side to a 6 wicket victory over Sunrisers. [14]
In 2021,Capsey played for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred. [15] She scored a half-century at Lord's with 59 off 41 balls in her second game for the Invincibles and received the Match Hero award. [16] Capsey won The Hundred with Oval Invincibles in 2021 and also finished the competition ranked third in the MVP Rankings. [17] [18] She continued her form into the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring 61 in the South East Stars victory over Southern Vipers and taking 2 wickets. [19] Capsey top-scored with 40* in the final against the Northern Diamonds to help her side win the tournament,and also received the Player of the Match Award. [20] Overall,she was the fourth-highest run-scorer in the competition,with 203 runs,as well as taking 7 wickets. [21] [22] She also scored 142 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with a high score of 78,made against Lightning. [23] [24] At the end of the season,Capsey was voted as the inaugural PCA Women's Young Player of the Year for her performances. [3] Capsey also signed a professional contract with South East Stars at the end of the season. [25] In 2022,she played nine matches for South East Stars,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with her top performance coming against Sunrisers,where she scored 64*. [26] [27] [28] She also again won The Hundred,with Oval Invincibles,scoring 118 runs and taking 8 wickets. [29]
In December 2022,she was shortlisted for that year's BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award. [30]
For South East Stars in 2023,she took 6/28 against Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,as well as making one half-century in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and one half-century for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred. [31] [32] [33]
T20 Franchise career
In September 2022,she signed for Melbourne Stars for the 2022–23 Women's Big Bash League season. [34] She was ever-present for the side that season,and was the side's second-highest run-scorer,with 259 runs at an average of 25.90,as well as taking 9 wickets. [35] Against Hobart Hurricanes,Capsey made her Twenty20 high score,with 80* to see her team to a four wicket victory. [36]
In February 2023,she was bought by Delhi Capitals ahead of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League for INR 75 Lakh (USD 91,000). [37] She played eight matches for the side as they reached the final of the tournament,scoring 159 runs and taking 6 wickets. [38] She was Player of the Match in her side's final group stage match,scoring 34 runs and taking 3/26 from her four overs. [39] She also remained with Melbourne Stars for the 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season,scoring 283 runs including one half-century,and taking eight wickets. [40]
International career
Capsey was named as part of the England Academy for the 2019/20 intake. [41] In December 2021,Capsey was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia,with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes. [42] She played five matches on the tour,including top-scoring with 44 from 31 deliveries in the first T20. [43] [44] [45]
In July 2022,she was named in England's squad for their Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series against South Africa and for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham,England. [46] Capsey made her WT20I debut on 23 July 2022,during England's home series against South Africa,where she did not bat but took her maiden international wicket,dismissing Lara Goodall. [47] She made 25 from 17 balls in the final match of the series. [48] At the Commonwealth Games,Capsey was England's highest run-scorer,with 135 runs in five matches. [49] She made her maiden international half-century in England's second match of the tournament,against South Africa,as well as top-scoring in England's victories over Sri Lanka and New Zealand. [50] [51] [52] Capsey played much of the Commonwealth Games tournament with a black eye,sustained in the warm-up before England's opening match,which partially hindered her vision. [53] Capsey played all six matches of England's series against India in September 2022,including making her One Day International debut on 18 September 2022. [54] [55] [56] In November 2022,Capsey was awarded with her first England central contract. [57]
In December 2022,Capsey was part of England's squad to tour the West Indies,but a broken collarbone in the field in the first ODI,ruled her out of the rest of the tour. [58] [59] In January 2023,despite her injury,Capsey was named in England's squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup,with the hope that she would be fit in time for the tournament. [60] She went on to play all five of England's matches at the tournament,scoring 73 runs including one half-century,in a Player of the Match performance against Ireland. [61] [62]
She played six matches in the 2023 Women's Ashes series,including a Player of the Match performance in the 3rd T20I,scoring 46 from 23 deliveries. [63] [64] [65] Later that summer,she was named in England's squad for their series against Sri Lanka,playing all six matches,scoring one half-century and taking three wickets. [66] [67] [68] She was ever-present during the T20I series of England's tour of India in December 2023,scoring 32 runs. [69]
She was named in the England squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. [70] Capsey was named in the England squad for the ODI part of their tour to South Africa in November 2024,but dropped from the Test and T20 line-ups. [71] [72] Just days before the series began,she was added to the T20 squad due to injury concerns with other players. [73]
Capsey was named in the England squad for the 2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia. [74] [75]
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