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| Full name | Scarlett Talulla Ava Hughes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 2002 Cambridge, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2024 | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | The Blaze | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | →Leicestershire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scarlett Talulla Ava Hughes (born 18 June 2002) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire,on loan from The Blaze. She plays as a wicket-keeper and left-handed batter. She has previously played for Essex and Sunrisers. [1] [2]
Hughes was born on 18 June 2002 in Cambridge. [2] She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 10 years old. [3] [4]
Hughes made her county debut in 2017,for Essex against Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in the County Championship. [5] She became a regular for the side in 2019,and made 12 dismissals that season. [6] [7] She scored 63 runs for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup,including scoring 46 against Surrey. [8] [9] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,she was the 7th highest run-scorer across the whole competition with 233 runs,including two half-centuries and her Twenty20 high score,of 70 against Cambridgeshire. [10] [11] She played three matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup,scoring 47 runs. [12]
Hughes was named in the Sunrisers squad for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,but did not play a match for the side that season. [13] She was moved to the side's Academy squad for the 2021 season. [14] She returned to the Sunrisers squad in 2022. [15] She made her debut for the side on 14 May 2022,against South East Stars in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [16] She played seven matches for the side overall in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 20 runs. [17] [18] She was included in the Sunrisers squad for 2023,but did not play a match. [19]
In December 2023,it was announced that Hughes had signed for The Blaze. [20]
In June 2025,she joined Leicestershire on an open-ended dual-registration loan. [21]