Beth Morgan (cricketer)

Beth Louisa Morgan (born 27 September 1981) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in seven Test matches, 72 One Day Internationals and 28 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1999 and 2011. She was a member of the team which retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008, and won the World Cup and World T20 in 2009. She played domestic cricket for Middlesex, Surrey Stars and South Australia.^[1][2]

Beth Morgan

Morgan in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Beth Louisa Morgan
Born	(1981-09-27) 27 September 1981 (age 43) Harrow, Greater London, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Eddie Hemmings (uncle)
International information
National side	England (1999–2011)
Test debut (cap 144)	9 August 2005 v Australia
Last Test	10 July 2009 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 85)	19 July 1999 v Netherlands
Last ODI	7 January 2011 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 14)	2 September 2005 v Australia
Last T20I	30 October 2011 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1996–2019	Middlesex
2012/13–2013/14	South Australia
2016	Surrey Stars
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 7 72 28 270 Runs scored 244 590 300 4,861 Batting average 24.40 13.40 15.00 25.45 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/0 1/28 Top score 58 77 46* 106 Balls bowled 1,025 1,360 82 7,780 Wickets 6 27 5 181 Bowling average 62.33 35.55 20.80 25.10 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/17 3/19 2/8 4/13 Catches/stumpings 1/– 26/– 8/– 107/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 February 2021

Early and personal life

Morgan was born on the 27 September 1981 in Harrow, Greater London.^[2] Her uncle is the former test cricketer Eddie Hemmings who played for England 16 times, who Morgan has said is great to have on the end of the phone for support.^{[citation needed]} When at Nower Hill High School in Pinner, she played for the otherwise all male team, helping them win the Harrow cup against local rivals Hatch End.^{[citation needed]}

Domestic career

Morgan played for Middlesex from 1996 to 2019. She played 187 limited-overs and Twenty20 matches for the side, and was the only player to play in every season of the Women's County Championship.^[3] She also played one season for the Surrey Stars in the Kia Super League, and two seasons for South Australia.^[1]

International career

Morgan played seven test matches, 72 one day internationals and 28 T20Is for England.^[1] She was a member of England's victorious team in the 2009 World Twenty20 competition, and scored a vital unbeaten 46 from 34 balls in the defeat of Australia in the semi-final.^[4] She made her maiden test fifty against Australia in the one-off Ashes test the same year, scoring 58 in almost six hours at the crease.^[5] Due to a shoulder injury, she retired from international cricket on 15 January 2013.^[6]