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Ria Fackrell
Personal information
Full name
Ria Ashleigh Fackrell
Born (1999-09-16) 16 September 1999 (age 24)
Coventry, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentWarwickshire
2017→ Shropshire (on loan)
2019Lancashire Thunder
2020Lightning
2021–presentCentral Sparks
2021–2022Birmingham Phoenix
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 25 46
Runs scored 282 435
Batting average 14.10 14.50
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 65* 45
Balls bowled 444 281
Wickets 14 7
Bowling average 28.00 41.14
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/34 2/27
Catches/stumpings 3/– 8/–
Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 2023

Ria Ashleigh Fackrell (born 16 September 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Shropshire, Lancashire Thunder, Lightning and Birmingham Phoenix.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Fackrell was born on 16 September 1999 in Coventry.[2]

Domestic career[edit]

Fackrell joined the Warwickshire academy set-up when she was 10 years old, but made her county debut for Shropshire, in 2017 against Hertfordshire, in which she scored 14 and took 1/14 from 6 overs.[3][4] Fackrell played the first half of the 2017 season for Shropshire, before returning to Warwickshire.[5][6] The following season, she hit 163 runs at an average of 20.37 in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[7] In 2019, Fackrell hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 65* in a County Championship match against Lancashire, as well as helping her side to the title in the Twenty20 Cup.[8][6] She played eight matches for Warwickshire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 63 runs.[9]

Fackrell also played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019. She played three matches, scoring 10 runs and taking 1 catch.[2]

In 2020, Fackrell played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, against Northern Diamonds, and scored 8 runs.[10][11]

In 2021, it was announced that Fackrell had moved from Lightning to Central Sparks for the upcoming season.[12] She was used primarily as a bowler by her new side, and achieved her best bowling figures in both List A and Twenty20 cricket that season, taking 4/34 in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Western Storm and 2/27 in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Lightning.[13][14] Overall in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Fackrell took 11 wickets at an average of 24.09, whilst also top-scoring with 42* in the play-off against Northern Diamonds.[15][16] She was also in the Birmingham Phoenix squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[17] She played four matches for Central Sparks in 2022, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[18] She also played one match for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, taking 1/19.[19]

In 2023, she played two matches for Central Sparks, both in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 22 runs and taking one wicket.[20][21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Hertfordshire Women v Shropshire Women, 28 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's List A Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Warwickshire Women v Lancashire Women, 2 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Northern Diamonds v Lightning, 31 August 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Meet the Squad". Central Sparks. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Edgbaston, May 31 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Central Sparks v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Group A, Worcester, Aug 28 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Central Sparks v Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Scarborough, Sep 22 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Northern Diamonds v Central Sparks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  17. ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  19. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Birmingham Phoenix (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  20. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

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