Georgie Eva Burton Boyce (born 4 October 1998) is an English cricketer who currently plays for The Blaze and Northern Superchargers. She plays as a right-handed batter. She has previously played for Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Lancashire Thunder, North West Thunder and Manchester Originals.[1][2]
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| Full name | Georgie Eva Burton Boyce | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 October 1998 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2018 | Nottinghamshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Loughborough Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Lancashire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | North West Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Manchester Originals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–present | The Blaze | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
Boyce was born on 4 October 1998 in Nottingham.[2]
Domestic career
Boyce made her county debut in 2013, for Nottinghamshire against Staffordshire. She did not bat or bowl.[3] She played three matches that season before becoming more of a regular in the next, and she hit her maiden half-century in 2014, scoring 50* in a successful chase against Yorkshire.[4]
In 2016, Nottinghamshire were promoted from Division 2 of the County Championship, with Boyce ending the season as the sides third-highest run-scorer.[5] She was also the team's leading run-scorer in the Twenty20 Cup.[6] Boyce was again her side's leading run-scorer in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with a best of 74 coming in a victory over Worcestershire.[7][8]
In 2019, Boyce joined Lancashire.[9] She was their leading run-scorer in the County Championship, scoring 262 runs at an average of 43.66, which was also the highest of any non-international player across the whole competition.[10] She also achieved what was at the time her highest List A score in the competition, hitting 83 in a 1-run victory over Surrey.[11] In 2021, she hit 179 runs as her side won the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, including 96* from 73 balls in a match against North East Warriors.[12][13] In 2022, she was the leading run-scorer across the entire Twenty20 Cup, with 306 runs including three half-centuries.[14] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Boyce had left Lancashire.[15]
Boyce was part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2016 and 2017, but did not play a match for them. She joined Lancashire Thunder in 2018, and played 9 games for them that season, scoring 98 runs at an average of 12.25.[16][17] She played 7 matches for them in 2019, and scored her WCSL high score of 43 opening the batting against Southern Vipers.[18][19]
In 2020, Boyce played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 6 matches, scoring 105 runs at an average of 17.50.[20] In December 2020, it was announced that Boyce was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[21] In 2021, she was Thunder's second-highest run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 232 runs including scoring 91 against Sunrisers and 67 against Northern Diamonds.[22][23][24] She also scored 87 runs in 6 matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[25] Boyce played for Manchester Originals in The Hundred, appearing in 5 matches and scoring 37 runs.[26] In 2022, she scored 172 runs for North West Thunder in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, including two half-centuries.[27] She also played four matches for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, before, in September, joining Lightning, citing moving closer to home as a big reason for the move.[28][29] She played two matches for her new side, and scored 70 in Lightning's final match of the tournament, against South East Stars.[30] She was also again in the Manchester Originals squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[31] In November 2022, it was confirmed that Boyce had signed a professional contract with Lightning, now known as The Blaze.[32]
In 2023, she played 22 matches for The Blaze, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was the side's leading run-scorer in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 200 runs at an average of 28.57.[33][34] She also scored her maiden List A century in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 104 against Sunrisers.[35] She was signed by Northern Superchargers for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[36]
Boyce has also played for various England Academy and Development teams, having been part of the national set-up since 2014.[9]
References
External links
- Georgie Boyce at ESPNcricinfo
- Georgie Boyce at CricketArchive (subscription required)