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| Full name | Davina Sarah T Perrin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 2006 Wolverhampton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Davina Sarah T Perrin (born 8 September 2006) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Northern Superchargers. She plays as a right-handed batter. [1] [2]
Perrin was born in Wolverhampton,West Midlands. [1] Her father,David,played minor county cricket for Staffordshire;her own cricket club is Fordhouses in Wolverhampton. [3] In 2024,she graduated with a sport BTEC for which she had studied at Edgbaston. [3] Perrin has five siblings. [4]
Perrin made her county debut in 2021,for Staffordshire against Worcestershire. [5] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,she was the fourth-highest run-scorer across the entire competition,with 242 runs at an average of 34.57. [6] She made 87 from 75 deliveries in Staffordshire's victory over Berkshire. [7]
Perrin was selected for the Central Sparks Academy in 2021,and scored a century during an intra-squad multi-day game in September. [8] [9] Later that month,Perrin was added to the full Central Sparks squad,and made her debut for the side on 10 September,in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Sunrisers. [10] She played four matches overall for the side that season,scoring 92 runs including a best of 43 made against South East Stars. [11] [12]
In 2022,Perrin scored 137 runs at an average of 27.40 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,as well as playing six matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [13] [14] In a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Sunrisers,Perrin scored 45 opening the batting and took 3/26 from her 5 overs. [15] She also signed for Birmingham Phoenix in the 2022 season of The Hundred,becoming the youngest player in the competition at 15 years old. [3] [16] However,she did not play a match for the side. [3] [17]
At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that Perrin had signed her first professional contract with Central Sparks. [18] By entering into that contract,she became only the third Black female professional cricketer in the UK; [3] "When I step on to that pitch,I'm representing girls of ethnic minorities who are underrepresented across the game,particularly the professional game," she later told The Guardian . [3] She has also been involved with Ebony Rainford-Brent's ACE (African Caribbean Engagement) programme. [3]
In 2023,Perrin played 15 matches for Central Sparks,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [19] [20] She was again in the Birmingham Phoenix squad for The Hundred,but did not play a match. [21] [22] In 2024,she played 23 matches for Central Sparks,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring three half-centuries. [23] [24]
In the 2025 season of the Hundred,Perrin scored an unbeaten 72 against Trent Rockets in the group stage, [25] and later made the first century – 101 off 43 balls – of the season in the Eliminator against London Spirit. Perrin reached her century in 42 balls,a record for the women's competition. [26]
She was named 2025 Professional Cricketers' Association Women's Young Player of the Year. [27]
In October 2022,Perrin was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [28] She played four matches in the tournament,scoring 36 runs and taking two wickets. [29] As of 2024 [update] ,she had ambitions to play for the England senior team. [3]