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| Full name | Clare Katherine Boycott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 1993 Redditch, Worcestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–present | Worcestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,28 October 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clare Katherine Boycott (born 31 December 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire. An all-rounder,she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Central Sparks. [1] [2]
Boycott was born on 31 December 1993 in Redditch,Worcestershire. [2]
Boycott made her county debut in 2008,for Worcestershire against Essex. [3] In the 2009 Women's County Championship,she took 7 wickets at an average of 17.85. [4] In 2011,Boycott scored her first county half-century,hitting 59* against Staffordshire,as well as taking 11 wickets in the County Championship. [5] [6]
In 2015,Boycott was Worcestershire's leading run-scorer in the County Championship,with 236 runs at an average of 39.33,including one half-century. [7] In 2016,she hit another half-century,59 against Leicestershire,and was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup,with 8 wickets at an average of 11.75. [8] [9] The following season,Boycott hit her List A high score,63* against Staffordshire,and was Worcestershire's leading wicket-taker in both formats,with 7 wickets in the Championship and 14 in the Twenty20 Cup,the highest across the whole competition. [10] [11] [12]
In 2018,Boycott achieved her List A best bowling figures,taking 6/16 against Shropshire,as well as hitting two half-centuries in the County Championship. [13] [14] The following season,Boycott hit 61* in a County Championship match against Somerset,and took 14 wickets across the two formats. [15] [16] [17] In 2021,she made what was at the time her Twenty20 high score,scoring 40 in a match for Worcestershire against Warwickshire. [18] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,she scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century,scoring 65 against Berkshire,as well as taking nine wickets in eight matches. [19] [20] [21] During the 2022 season,Boycott reached the milestone of playing 200 matches for Worcestershire,across age-group and senior cricket. [22]
In 2020,Boycott played for Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches,scoring 53 runs and taking 8 wickets at an average of 20.00,the joint-most for the side. [23] Her best performance with the ball came in the Sparks' victory over North West Thunder,taking 4/40 from 10 overs. [24] She appeared in nine matches for the side in 2021,and took 4 wickets at an average of 20.25 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [25] [26] She appeared in one match for the side in 2022,in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [27] Ahead of the 2023 season,it was confirmed that Boycott had left Central Sparks. [28]
Boycott was appointed captain of the Worcestershire Women's team in 2025