Grace Wetherall

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Grace Wetherall
Personal information
Born (2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 17) [1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm Medium fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  11)31 May 2019 v  Guernsey
Last T20I26 July 2024 v  Italy
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches27
Runs scored247
Batting average 22.45
100s/50s–/1
Top score57*
Balls bowled192
Wickets 8
Bowling average 21.62
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match0
Best bowling3/15
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2024

Grace Wetherall (born 11 November 2006) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team. She is the first player to score a WT20I half-century batting at number eight. As of September 2024 she remains the only person to achieve this feat.

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Cricket career

Aged 12, Wetherall played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup on 31 May 2019, although she neither batted nor bowled in the match at College Field, Saint Peter Port. [2] [3]

Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished second at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series. [4]

Wetherall was among the Jersey contingent which went one better and lifted the trophy at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series. [5] [6] [7]

She was part of the squad which represented the island in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. During the tournament Wetherall made her first WT20I half-century, scoring 57 not out against Germany in an unbroken partnership of 101 with Analise Merritt, which was a new world record for a seventh wicket stand in the format. Wetherall's innings came off 40 balls and featured nine 4s and a 6 and made her the first player batting at number eight to score a WT20I 50. [8] [9] [10] [11] She also took WT20I career-best bowling figures of 3/15 against France as Jersey finished third in the six-team event, narrowly missing out on progressing to the next stage of qualification. [8] [12] [13]

At the three-match 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup with Guernsey, Wetherall played a key role as Jersey swept to a 3–0 victory. She made 21 in first game, took 2/8 from three overs in the second and then blasted 48 off just 30 balls in third contest. [14] [15]

During Jersey's tour of Northern Ireland in June 2024, Wetherall registered bowling figures of 6/18 in the second of two T20 matches against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy. [16]

In August 2024, Wetherall was among the British and Irish Roses squad selected to take on Team Europe in the inaugural Meltl Shield, a nine-match T10 competition, held at Roma Cricket Ground in Rome, Italy. [17]

Hockey

Away from the cricket field, Wetherall has also represented Jersey in hockey [18] including playing in the islanders' win over Guernsey in the 2024 inter-insular women's Big Stick match. [19]

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