![]() Wraith keeping-wicket for Western Storm in May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Natasha Agnes Jessica Wraith | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Bristol, England | 3 October 2001|||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Welsh Fire | |||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | London Spirit | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Trent Rockets | |||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 October 2023 |
Natasha Agnes Jessica Wraith (born 3 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset, Western Storm and Trent Rockets. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Gloucestershire, Welsh Fire and London Spirit.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Wraith was born on 3 October 2001 in Bristol.[2] She has also worked as a tennis coach.[3]
Domestic career
[edit]Wraith made her county debut in 2016, for Gloucestershire against Dorset. She did not bat, but kept wicket and took one catch.[4] The following season, she helped her side gain promotion from Division 3A in the Twenty20 Cup.[5]
Wraith joined Somerset ahead of the 2019 season and hit her maiden county half-century in the 2019 Women's County Championship, scoring 53 against Durham.[6] She also made 10 stumpings in the Twenty20 Cup, the most across the whole competition.[7] She scored 56 runs in 4 matches for Somerset in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup as her side won the West Midlands Group of the competition.[8] She was Somerset's second-highest run-scorer in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 143 runs including her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 74* from 49 deliveries against Wales.[9][10] She played two matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 84 runs.[11]
Wraith also joined the Western Storm squad for the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League as an injury-replacement for Amara Carr, but did not play a match.[12][13]
In 2020, Wraith was retained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 111 runs at an average of 22.20 and taking 4 stumpings and 1 catch.[14] She achieved her List A high score of 68 in a match against Southern Vipers.[15] In December 2020, it was announced that Wraith was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[16] She was ever-present for the side again in the 2021 season, scoring 63 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and 58 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[17][18] She had the joint-most dismissals in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 10 dismissals, and the most in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 6 dismissals.[19][20] In The Hundred, Wraith played for Welsh Fire, appearing in one match and scoring 3*.[21] She again played every match for Western Storm in 2022, scoring 137 runs and making 10 dismissals.[22][23] She also moved to London Spirit in The Hundred, playing two matches for her new side.[24]
In 2023, she played 17 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, making one half-century and ten dismissals.[25][26] She was also signed by Trent Rockets for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[27]
Wraith began playing for the England Academy in 2019.[28]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Nat Wraith". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Gloucestershire Women v Dorset Women, 3 July 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup/Tables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Somerset Women v Durham Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019 (Ordered by Stumpings)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Somerset Women v Wales Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Double blow for Western Storm". Western Storm. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Southern Vipers v Western Storm, 13 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021/Most Dismissals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021/Most Dismissals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "The Hundred 2023: Squads in full". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Nat Wraith at ESPNcricinfo
- Nat Wraith at CricketArchive (subscription required)