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| Full name | Natalie Brown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 October 1990 Whiston, Merseyside, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–present | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2016 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalie Brown (born 16 October 1990) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire. An all-rounder,she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Lancashire Thunder,Manchester Originals and North West Thunder. [1] [2]
Brown was born on 16 October 1990 in Whiston,Merseyside. [2]
Brown made her county debut in 2006,for Lancashire against Somerset. [3] Brown's first standout year came with the ball in 2008,where she took 8 wickets at an average of 22.62 in the County Championship,including 4/31 taken against Somerset. [4] [5] In 2010 she again did well with the ball,taking 12 wickets in the County Championship at an average of 18.58. [6] In 2011,Brown made her maiden county century,scoring 101 against Devon,and overall scoring 250 runs at an average of 31.25,the most for her side. [7] [8] In 2012,she was her side's leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker in the County Championship,with 198 runs and 12 wickets,including her List A best bowling of 5/9,taken against Wales. [9] [10] [11]
In the 2013 and 2014 County Championships,Brown again passed the 200-run mark,and in 2014 made her second county century,scoring 112* against Cheshire. [12] [13] [14] In 2015,she was again her side's leading run-scorer in the County Championship,with 156 runs,and in 2016 she was Lancashire's leading wicket-taker,with 9 wickets at an average of 12.77,in the Twenty20 Cup. [15] [16]
In 2017,Lancashire won the double of the County Championship and the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup,with Brown appearing in every match. [17] [18] Personal highpoints came mainly in the Twenty20 Cup,where she hit her T20 high score of 70 against Middlesex,and took 9 wickets at an average of 9.44. [19] [20] The next season,Brown took 7 wickets at an average of 13.14 in the Twenty20 Cup. [21] She played four matches for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup,scoring 31 runs and taking 1 wicket. [22] [23] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,Brown achieved both her Twenty20 high score and best bowling figures,scoring 80 against Cumbria and taking 4/21 against Derbyshire. [24] [25]
Brown also played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2016 and 2019. She played 15 matches overall,scoring 66 runs at an average of 8.25 and taking 1 wicket. [2]
In 2020,Brown played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches,scoring 189 runs at an average of 31.50 and taking 4 wickets. [26] She hit one half-century,scoring 52 in a victory over Lightning. [27] In 2021,she appeared in ten matches for the side across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking two wickets and making a high score of 25. [28] [29] She also played for Manchester Originals in The Hundred,making four appearances. [30] Brown played two matches for North West Thunder in 2022,both in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 33 runs. [31] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that Brown had been released by North West Thunder. [32]
Brown also played in the Super Fours in 2011 and 2012,for Rubies,helping the side win the T20 competition in 2012. [17] [18]