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Nat Wraith
English cricketer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Natasha Agnes Jessica Wraith (born 3 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Trent Rockets. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Gloucestershire, Somerset, Western Storm, Welsh Fire and London Spirit.[1][2]
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Early life
Wraith was born on 3 October 2001 in Bristol.[2] She has also worked as a tennis coach.[3]
Domestic career
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Wraith made her county debut in 2016, for Gloucestershire against Dorset. She did not bat, but kept wicket and took one catch.[4] The following season, she helped her side gain promotion from Division 3A in the Twenty20 Cup.[5]
Wraith joined Somerset ahead of the 2019 season and hit her maiden county half-century in the 2019 Women's County Championship, scoring 53 against Durham.[6] She also made 10 stumpings in the Twenty20 Cup, the most across the whole competition.[7] She scored 56 runs in 4 matches for Somerset in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup as her side won the West Midlands Group of the competition.[8] She was Somerset's second-highest run-scorer in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 143 runs including her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 74* from 49 deliveries against Wales.[9][10] She played two matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 84 runs.[11]
Wraith also joined the Western Storm squad for the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League as an injury-replacement for Amara Carr, but did not play a match.[12][13]
In 2020, Wraith was retained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 111 runs at an average of 22.20 and taking 4 stumpings and 1 catch.[14] She achieved her List A high score of 68 in a match against Southern Vipers.[15] In December 2020, it was announced that Wraith was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[16] She was ever-present for the side again in the 2021 season, scoring 63 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and 58 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[17][18] She had the joint-most dismissals in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 10 dismissals, and the most in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 6 dismissals.[19][20] In The Hundred, Wraith played for Welsh Fire, appearing in one match and scoring 3*.[21] She again played every match for Western Storm in 2022, scoring 137 runs and making 10 dismissals.[22][23] She also moved to London Spirit in The Hundred, playing two matches for her new side.[24]
In 2023, she played 17 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, making one half-century and ten dismissals.[25][26] She was also signed by Trent Rockets for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[27] In 2024, she played 23 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and scored 428 runs at an average of 35.66 including two half-centuries in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[28][29]
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