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Full name | Sophia Ann Elizabeth Smale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Newport, Wales | 8 December 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Will Smale (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2021–present | Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2024 |
Sophia Ann Elizabeth Smale (born 8 December 2004) is a Welsh cricketer who currently plays for Wales and Oval Invincibles. She plays as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and right-handed batter. [1] [2]
Smale was born on 8 December 2004 in Newport. [2] She attends Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls,and plays club cricket for Newport Cricket Club. [3] [4] She has also played hockey for Wales at age group level. [5]
Smale made her county debut in 2021,for Wales against Warwickshire in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. [6] She played four matches for the side in the competition,scoring 47 runs and taking 1 wicket. [7] [8] She was ever-present for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,playing 7 matches and taking 5 wickets. [9] She took three wickets in four matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [10]
Smale was named in the Western Storm Academy squad for 2021. [11] She scored 83 from 77 balls in a 50-over match against North West Thunder Academy in June 2021. [12] She was again named in the Storm Academy for the 2022 season,but was promoted to the first team squad in May 2022. [13] [14] She made her debut for the side on 18 May 2022,against Sunrisers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [15] She went on to play the rest of the Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign for the side,taking four wickets at an average of 28.00. [16] She was also ever-present for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking two wickets,as well as scoring 133 runs at an average of 44.33. [17] She scored her maiden half-century during the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 59 against Northern Diamonds. [18]
In July 2022,Smale signed for Oval Invincibles for the 2022 season of The Hundred,as an injury replacement player for Emma Jones. [19] She played all seven matches for the side as they won the competition,and she was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker,with eight wickets at an average of 18.25. [20] During the tournament,she was named as the "summer's breakout star",citing her dismissals of players such as Alyssa Healy and Sophie Devine during The Hundred. [21] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that Smale had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm. [22]
In 2023,she played 19 matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,and was the side's second-highest wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,with 12 wickets at an average of 28.66. [23] [24] She also scored one half-century,with 56 against North West Thunder. [25] She also played seven matches for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred,taking five wickets at an average of 21.60. [26] In 2024,she played 23 matches for Western Storm,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring one half-century and taking 23 wickets. [27] [28]
In October 2024,she signed for Essex Women ahead of the 2025 women's domestic cricket restructure. [29] [30]
In October 2022,Smale was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. [31] She took eight wickets at an average of 9.62 at the tournament,including best bowling figures of 3/11,taken against Ireland. [32] [33]
Smale's brother Will is also a professional cricketer,currently playing for Glamorgan. [34]
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