External links
- Catherine Dalton at ESPNcricinfo
- Catherine Dalton at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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| Full name | Catherine Clare Dalton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1992 Leyton, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut(cap 75) | 5 August 2016 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 August 2016 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 33) | 5 December 2015 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 23 March 2016 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2007–2011 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Middlesex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Typhoons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,28 May 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catherine Clare Dalton (born 24 October 1992) is an Irish cricketer who currently plays for Essex in English domestic cricket. She plays as a right-handed batter. Dalton gained Irish citizenship in 2015,and was subsequently named in the Irish national team's squad for the 2015 World Twenty20 Qualifier in Thailand. [1] She made her Twenty20 International debut in the tournament's final,against Bangladesh,and went on to make 4 appearances in One Day Internationals and 4 in Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland in 2015 and 2016. [2] She has previously played for Middlesex in England and Typhoons in Ireland. [3] [4]
Dalton is a fast bowler and top order batswoman who spent 2011 and 2012 on the England Academy. A former West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur footballer,Dalton focused her efforts on cricket and in 2009 was selected for an international cricket camp in Potchefstroom,South Africa. [5]
After a year with Essex,where she averaged in excess of 100 with the bat in 2010,she was selected for the ECB Academy at Loughborough. [6] The following year,following a lack of opportunities for Essex at county level,Dalton played for Middlesex and Finchley Women in 2012. She also played men's cricket for Hutton CC in Essex. [7]
In 2013,she was named Middlesex Player of the Year. She finished fifth in the ECB National Batting Averages,and was the only non-full international in the Top 10. Despite this,she didn't gain further England recognition.
Playing for Halstead men's team against Felixstowe in 2015,Catherine became the first female on record to score a 100 in The Two Counties men's cricket leagues. [8]
By the end of the 2015,Dalton gained Irish citizenship and committed her international future to Ireland. She was initially called up for the World Cup qualifiers in Thailand [9] before playing for Ireland in the T20 ICC World Cup in India in 2016.
In 2019 she returned to play at Essex. [10] In an ECB Premier League match for Finchley CC,she hit an unbeaten 214 vs Bishop's Stortford - a competition record.
She is assistant head coach of The National Fast Bowling Academy,based at Herts &Essex Cricket Centre in Sawbridgeworth. [11] In 2023 Multan Sultans appointed Dalton as fast bowling coach for the Pakistan Super League. [12]
Dalton is an ECB level 3 coach [13] and has a degree from St Mary's University College,London. She is assistant coach at The Ultimate Pace Foundation which has hosted camps in Bangalore,Delhi,Gurgaon,Pune &Hyderabad.
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