Rachel Hawkins

For the American author, see Rachel Hawkins (writer).

Rachel Valerie Hawkins (née Scholes; born 31 January 1992) is a Scottish former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She played for Scotland between 2012 and 2019, including appearing in 16 Twenty20 Internationals in 2018 and 2019. She played domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire.^[1][2]

Rachel Hawkins

Personal information
Full name	Rachel Valerie Hawkins
Born	(1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 33) Manchester, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Scotland (2018–2019)
T20I debut (cap 11)	7 July 2018 v Uganda
Last T20I	7 September 2019 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–2011	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition WT20I WLA WT20 Matches 16 43 58 Runs scored 63 773 745 Batting average 7.87 20.34 18.62 100s/50s 0/0 0/5 0/2 Top score 16* 94* 61* Balls bowled 340 1,176 849 Wickets 16 25 31 Bowling average 14.62 28.76 21.19 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/10 2/6 4/10 Catches/stumpings 2/– 11/– 12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 April 2022

International career

Hawkins played in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.^[3] In June 2018, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.^[4] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Scotland against Uganda in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018, where she was named the player of the match.^[5] She was the leading wicket-taker for Scotland in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.^[6]

In May 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.^[7] In August 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.^[8]

In September 2020, Hawkins announced her retirement from cricket.^[9][10]