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Full name | Ilenia Elisa Janet Sims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 10 February 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only T20I(cap 25) | 28 May 2024 v Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015–present | Staffordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,28 May 2024 |
Ilenia Elisa Janet "Lenny" Sims (born 10 February 2002) is an English-Italian cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Lightning. [1] [2]
Sims was born on 10 February 2002. She studied at Loughborough University. Her great-great-uncle is former England cricketer Harold Larwood. [4]
Sims made her county debut in 2015,for Staffordshire against Derbyshire. [5] 2018 was her most successful season for the side,as she took 8 wickets at an average of 13.37 in the County Championship,and was the joint-fourth leading wicket-taker across the whole Twenty20 Cup,with 14 wickets at an average of 9.64. [6] [7] This included her maiden county five-wicket haul,taking 5/8 in a Twenty20 against Cumbria. [8] In 2019,Sims took 9 wickets in the County Championship at an average of 12.66,including her List A best bowling figures of 3/15. [9] In 2021,Sims made her Twenty20 high score,hitting 32 opening the batting against Somerset. [10] She took six wickets for Staffordshire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,at an average of 23.33. [11]
In 2020,Sims played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match,scoring 1* in a defeat to North West Thunder. [12] [13] After not being included in the Lightning squad in 2021,she returned to the side in 2022,but did not play a match. [14]
In May 2024,Sims was named in the Italy squad for their tour of the Netherlands. She made her Twenty20 International debut in the first match of the series,taking 3/27 from her four overs. [15] [3]
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