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| Full name | Ryana Lucelle MacDonald-Gay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 2004 Maidstone, Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut(cap 170) | 15 December 2024 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 30 January 2025 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut(cap 148) | 7 September 2024 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 September 2024 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only T20I(cap 67) | 15 September 2024 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryana Lucelle MacDonald-Gay (born 12 February 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Oval Invincibles. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. [1] [2]
MacDonald-Gay was born on 12 February 2004 in Maidstone,Kent. [2]
MacDonald-Gay made her county debut in 2019,for Kent against Sussex,taking 1/22 from her 3 overs. [3] In 2021,she appeared in six matches as Kent won the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup. [4] In 2022,she was Kent's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup,with 10 wickets at an average of 9.00. [5] She made both her Twenty20 high score and best bowling figures in the competition,scoring 40* against Surrey and taking 4/19 against Hampshire. [6] [7]
MacDonald-Gay was named in the South East Stars Academy squad for the 2021 season. [8] On 4 August,she scored 65 in a 70-run victory for the Academy over Western Storm Academy. [9] On 30 August,it was announced that MacDonald-Gay had signed a senior contract with South East Stars,and she made her full debut for the team later that day,in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Central Sparks. [10] She went on to play two further matches for the side,in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking two wickets. [11] In 2022,she played five matches for the side,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,and made her maiden List A half-century,scoring 54* against Lightning,as well as taking six wickets. [12] [13] [14] She also played every match in the victorious The Hundred campaign of Oval Invincibles,taking five wickets at an average of 14.20. [15] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that MacDonald-Gay had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars. [16]
In 2023,she was South East Stars' joint-second leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with 15 wickets at an average of 23.60. [17] She also took 8 wickets for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred,including taking 4/16 against Manchester Originals. [18] [19] In 2024,she played 21 matches for South East Stars,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking 29 wickets with a best bowling of 5/31. [20] [21]
MacDonald-Gay was named Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the 2024 Cricket Writers' Club Awards. [22] [23]
In October 2022,MacDonald-Gay was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [24] She played six matches in the tournament,taking four wickets and scoring 72 runs. [25]
On 25 June 2024,MacDonald-Gay received her first call-up to the senior England squad for a home three-match one-day international series against New Zealand. [26] [27]
After not playing in the New Zealand series,MacDonald-Gay made her One Day International debut for England against Ireland at Stormont in Belfast on 7 September 2024,taking 1/30 in the eight overs she bowled. [28]
She received a late call-up into the Test match squad for England's multi-format tour of South Africa in November 2024. [29] [30] MacDonald-Gay was selected in the starting XI to make her Test match debut on 15 December 2024. [31] [32] Having taken two wickets during the game,she was included in the England squad for the Test match part of the 2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia. [33] [34]