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]
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| Full name | Ria Ashleigh Fackrell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 September 1999 Coventry, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–present | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | → Shropshire (on loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Lancashire Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 4 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
Domestic career
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
External links
- Ria Fackrell at ESPNcricinfo
- Ria Fackrell at CricketArchive (subscription required)