Grace Wetherall (born 11 November 2006) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team. She is the first player to score a WT20I half-century batting at number eight. As of December 2024 she remains the only person to achieve this feat.
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| Born | 11 November 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Medium fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 11) | 31 May 2019 v Guernsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 16 December 2024 v Gibraltar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 December 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
editAged 12, Wetherall played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup on 31 May 2019, although she neither batted nor bowled in the match at College Field, Saint Peter Port.[2][3]
Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished second at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[4]
Wetherall was among the Jersey contingent which went one better and lifted the trophy at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[5][6][7]
She was part of the squad which represented the island in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. During the tournament Wetherall made her first WT20I half-century, scoring 57 not out against Germany in an unbroken partnership of 101 with Analise Merritt, which was a new world record for a seventh wicket stand in the format. Wetherall's innings came off 40 balls and featured nine 4s and a 6 and made her the first player batting at number eight to score a WT20I 50.[8][9][10][11] She also took WT20I career-best bowling figures of 3/15 against France as Jersey finished third in the six-team event, narrowly missing out on progressing to the next stage of qualification.[8][12][13]
At the three-match 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup with Guernsey, Wetherall played a key role as Jersey swept to a 3–0 victory. She made 21 in first game, took 2/8 from three overs in the second and then blasted 48 off just 30 balls in third contest.[14][15]
During Jersey's tour of Northern Ireland in June 2024, Wetherall registered bowling figures of 6/18 in the second of two T20 matches against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy.[16]
In August 2024, Wetherall was among the British and Irish Roses squad selected to take on Team Europe in the inaugural Meltl Shield, a nine-match T10 competition, held at Roma Cricket Ground in Rome, Italy.[17]
Wetherall was named in the Jersey squad for the T10 European Cricket Championship (ECC) in Spain and a two-match T20 series against Gibraltar in December 2024.[18][19] At the ECC event, she scored 15 not out to steer the islanders' to a seven-wicket win over Spain in the group stage.[20] In the first match of the Gibraltar series, Wetherall took 2/9 off her four overs.[21][22]
Hockey
editAway from the cricket field, Wetherall has also represented Jersey in hockey[23] including playing in the islanders' win over Guernsey in the 2024 inter-insular women's Big Stick match.[24]
References
edit- ^ "Profile of Grace Weatherall". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey play their first official T20 Internationals". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
- ^ "Guernsey Women vs Jersey Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Young cricketers take second in "unbelievable" tournament". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "France to host T20I quadrangular series starting May 5". womenscriczone.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "France to host Austria, Jersey and Spain for a T20I Quadrangular Series". femalecricket.com. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
- ^ "Jersey Women on the up". Jerseys Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ a b "Jersey aim to build on record-breaking week of cricket". The Gantry. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey suffer defeat at hands of Germany in ICC Women's T20 World Cup qualifier". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey lose to Germany but beat Turkey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey Women vs Germany Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey qualification unlikely after France defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey Women vs France Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey hit T20 hat-trick". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Jersey hit T20 hat-trick". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
- ^ "Squad save their best for last". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
- ^ "Five Jersey women selected for Roses". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's squad selected for Spain test". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Jersey pick squad for final matches of 2024". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Jersey impress in European Cricket Championship openers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
- ^ "Jersey cruise to T20 wins against Gibraltar". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Gibraltar Women vs Jersey Women 1st T20I". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Island hockey stars ready for 'biggest game in the calendar'". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- ^ "Hockey Inter-Insulars: Two contrasting first team losses and the "Big Stick" stays in Jersey". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-19.