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| Full name | Katie Louise Midwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 October 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2019 | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | →Worcestershire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Leicestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,1 October 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Katie Louise Midwood (born 1 October 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She has previously played for Worcestershire,Essex and Sunrisers. [1] [2]
Midwood made her county debut in 2014,for Leicestershire against Hampshire. [3] In her sixth match for the side,she achieved her List A high score,hitting 70* in a victory over Derbyshire. [4] The following season,she was the side's leading run-scorer,with 235 runs at an average of 39.16,as Leicestershire were promoted to Division 2 of the County Championship. [5] Midwood spent much of the 2017 season with Worcestershire as the side gained promotion in the Twenty20 Cup. [6] [7] Midwood returned to Leicestershire for the next two seasons,before moving to Essex ahead of the 2020 season,and made her debut for her new side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [8] [9] She played six matches in the tournament,scoring 33 runs and taking 4 wickets. [10] [11] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,Midwood scored 157 runs and took eight wickets,including returning figures of 4/7 against Cambridgeshire. [12] [13] [14] She re-joined Leicestershire ahead of the 2023 season. [15]
In 2020,Midwood played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches,scoring 57 runs at an average of 14.25 and taking 2 wickets. [16] [17] In 2021,it was announced that Midwood would also be taking on the role of Sports Science Consultant at Sunrisers. [18] She played just one match for the side that season,against Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 10* and bowling eight overs with figures of 1/42. [19] [20] Ahead of the 2022 season,Midwood joined Lightning,but did not play a match for the side that season. [21]