Alex Griffiths (cricketer)

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Alex Griffiths
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Personal information
Full name
Alexandra Clare Griffiths
Born (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 23)
Swansea, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–2024Wales
2019–2024Western Storm
2021–2024Welsh Fire
2025Somerset
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 62 72
Runs scored 1,016 476
Batting average 18.84 11.33
100s/50s 0/4 0/1
Top score 80 50
Balls bowled 1,280 537
Wickets 28 25
Bowling average 41.21 27.68
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/2 3/12
Catches/stumpings 17/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Alexandra Clare Griffiths (born 12 June 2002) is a Welsh cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]

Early life

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Griffiths was born on 12 June 2002 in Swansea.[2]

Domestic career

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Griffiths made her county debut in 2016, for Wales against Essex. She scored 4 runs and did not bowl.[3] She began playing regularly from 2017, and hit 42 in a Championship match that season against Hampshire.[4] Griffiths' stand-out season to date was in 2019, when she scored 168 runs in the County Championship, including hitting her maiden county half-century, 69 against Berkshire.[5] She also began to bowl more regularly, and was Wales' leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, taking 9 wickets at an average of 8.11.[6] She also achieved her best Twenty20 bowling, taking 3/12 against Hampshire.[7] She scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, against Gloucestershire.[8]

Griffiths also played for Western Storm in their title-winning Women's Cricket Super League season in 2019. She played five matches and took one wicket.[9]

In 2020, Griffiths remained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 141 runs at an average of 35.25 and taking 3 wickets.[10][11] She also achieved her List A high score, hitting 80 off 68 balls in a victory over Sunrisers and was voted Supporters' Player of the Year at the end of the season.[12][13] In December 2020, it was announced that Griffiths was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[14]

In 2021, Griffiths played three matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Western Storm, and hit 55 off 60 balls in the final match against Sunrisers.[15][16] She also took 3 wickets at an average of 17.33 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[17] Griffiths also played 7 matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, the only female Welsh player in the squad.[18][19] She was ever-present for Western Storm in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 166 runs with a top score of 48 and taking three wickets.[20][21] She was also again in the Welsh Fire squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[22]

In 2023, she played 19 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring one half-century and taking 11 wickets at an average of 31.45 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[23][24] She also played eight matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking five wickets.[25] In 2024, she played 20 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 11 wickets.[26][27]

References

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