Katherine Elizabeth Speed (born 5 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex and Sunrisers. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]
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| Full name | Katherine Elizabeth Speed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–present | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Huntingdonshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic career
Speed made her county debut in 2016, for Essex against Nottinghamshire, scoring 7*.[3] In 2018, she helped her side to promotion from Division 3C of the Twenty20 Cup.[4] In 2021 she took her maiden county wickets, both against Kent in consecutive games on 9 May.[5]
Speed played for Huntingdonshire in the East of England Championship in 2020 and 2021, including hitting 62 from 53 balls in a match against Hertfordshire in the 2020 tournament.[6] In 2022, she only played for Essex, playing two matches in the Twenty20 Cup, scoring 45 runs.[7] She played four matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 47 runs and taking one wicket.[8][9]
In 2021, Speed was selected in the Sunrisers squad for their upcoming season.[10] She made her debut for the side on 29 May, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[11] She was ever-present in Sunrisers' 2021 Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign, scoring 60 runs including her Twenty20 high score of 26*.[12][13] She played four matches for Sunrisers in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[14][15] She was again in the Sunrisers squad in 2023, but did not play a match.[16]
References
External links
- Katherine Speed at ESPNcricinfo
- Katherine Speed at CricketArchive (subscription required)