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Full name | Sophie Elizabeth Naseem Munro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lincoln, England | 31 August 2001|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Yorkshire Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–2024 | The Blaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2024 | →Sunrisers (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,19 October 2024 |
Sophie Elizabeth Naseem Munro (born 31 August 2001) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Nottinghamshire,The Blaze and London Spirit. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Sunrisers,as well as Yorkshire Diamonds in the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League and Trent Rockets in The Hundred. [1] [2]
Munro made her county debut in 2017,for Nottinghamshire against Middlesex,in which she took 5/24 from 7.1 overs. [3] She then took 4/28 in her second match the following day against Berkshire,making it 9 wickets across her first weekend playing county cricket. [4] [5] In 2019,Munro was Nottinghamshire's leading wicket-taker (and joint fifth overall) in the 2019 Women's County Championship,with 14 wickets at an average of 17.85. [6] [7] She took six wickets for Nottinghamshire in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup,helping the side win the East Midlands Group of the competition. [8] She took five wickets for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup,as well as hitting her maiden Twenty20 half-century,59* against Derbyshire. [9] [10]
Munro was also part of the Yorkshire Diamonds squad in the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League. She played one match,against Loughborough Lightning,but did not bat or bowl. [2] [11]
In 2020,Munro played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches,taking 4 wickets with a best of 3/32 in the side's first match against North West Thunder. [12] [13] In 2021,she took six wickets at an average of 29.66 for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,as well as a further six wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [14] [15] She also played five matches for London Spirit in The Hundred,taking three wickets at an average of 37.00. [16] She played eleven matches for Lightning in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking six wickets. [17] [18] She also hit her maiden List A half-century,scoring 50 against North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [19] In The Hundred,Munro moved to Trent Rockets,playing four matches. [20] [21] In November 2022,it was confirmed that Munro had signed a professional contract with Lightning,now known as The Blaze. [22]
In 2023,she played 17 matches for The Blaze,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking 14 wickets. [23] [24] She also returned to London Spirit in The Hundred,playing three matches and taking two wickets at an average of 16.00. [25]
In May 2024,it was announced that she was going on loan to Sunrisers for the 2024 Charlotte Edwards Cup. [26] Munro's loan was later extended until the end of July,and later extended again until the end of the season. [27] [28] She played 15 matches for Sunrisers,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking 26 wickets with a best bowling of 5/25. [29] [30] She also played five matches for The Blaze in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,taking eight wickets at an average of 15.50,making her the joint-second highest wicket-taker in the tournament. [31]
In October 2024,Munro signed for Essex Women ahead of the 2025 women's domestic cricket restructure. [32] [33]
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