Domestic career
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]
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