Alex Griffiths (cricketer)

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

Alex Griffiths
Personal information
Full nameAlexandra Clare Griffiths
Born (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002
Swansea, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentWales
2019–presentWestern Storm
2021–presentWelsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 30 37
Runs scored 584 129
Batting average 21.62 5.60
100s/50s 0/3 0/0
Top score 80 24
Balls bowled 489 214
Wickets 7 14
Bowling average 51.85 18.92
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/2 3/12
Catches/stumpings 10/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 September 2021

Early life

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

Domestic career

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]

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.[8]

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.[9][10] 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.[11][12] In December 2020, it was announced that Griffiths was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[13]

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.[14][15] She also took 3 wickets at an average of 17.33 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[16] Griffiths also played 7 matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, the only female Welsh player in the squad.[17][18]

In April 2022, she was bought by the Welsh Fire for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[19]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. "Essex Women v Wales Women, 1 May 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. "Wales Women v Hampshire Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. "Wales Women v Berkshire Women, 27 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. "Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. "Hampshire Women v Wales Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. "Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. "Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. "Western Storm 2020 Season Awards". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. "Bristol, Sep 18 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Western Storm v Sunrisers". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  15. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  16. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  17. "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  18. "The Hundred: Alex Griffiths glad to put the Welsh into Fire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  19. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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