Alex Griffiths (cricketer)
{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alex Griffiths
| female = true
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| fullname = Alexandra Clare Griffiths
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|6|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Wales
| nickname =
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role = All-rounder
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| internationalspan =
| club1 = Wales
| year1 = 2016–2024
| club2 = Western Storm
| year2 = 2019–2024
| club3 = Welsh Fire
| year3 = 2021–2024
| club4 = Somerset
| year4 = 2025
| columns = 2
| column1 = WLA
| matches1 = 62
| runs1 = 1,016
| bat avg1 = 18.84
| 100s/50s1 = 0/4
| top score1 = 80
| deliveries1 = 1,280
| wickets1 = 28
| bowl avg1 = 41.21
| fivefor1 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| best bowling1 = 2/2
| catches/stumpings1 = 17/–
| column2 = WT20
| matches2 = 72
| runs2 = 476
| bat avg2 = 11.33
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 50
| deliveries2 = 537
| wickets2 = 25
| bowl avg2 = 27.68
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor2 = 0
| best bowling2 = 3/12
| catches/stumpings2 = 14/–
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1474/1474802/1474802.html CricketArchive
| date = 19 October
| year = 2024
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Alexandra Clare Griffiths (born 12 June 2002) is a Welsh cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/564771.html|title=Player Profile: Alex Griffiths|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1474/1474802/1474802.html|title=Player Profile: Alex Griffiths|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}}
Early life
Griffiths was born on 12 June 2002 in Swansea.
Domestic career
Griffiths made her county debut in 2016, for Wales against Essex. She scored 4 runs and did not bowl.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/909/909319.html|title=Essex Women v Wales Women, 1 May 2016|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}} She began playing regularly from 2017, and hit 42 in a Championship match that season against Hampshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1026/1026337.html|title=Wales Women v Hampshire Women, 30 April 2017|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1101/1101034.html|title=Wales Women v Berkshire Women, 27 May 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Vitality_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2019/Wales_Women_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}} She also achieved her best Twenty20 bowling, taking 3/12 against Hampshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1101/1101121.html|title=Hampshire Women v Wales Women, 30 June 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}} She scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, against Gloucestershire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1198/1198933.html|title=Wales Women v Gloucestershire Women, 24 April 2022 |publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 October 2022}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Kia_Super_League_2019/Western_Storm_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/34/Rachael_Heyhoe-Flint_Trophy_2020/Western_Storm_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/34/Rachael_Heyhoe-Flint_Trophy_2020/Western_Storm_Bowling.html|title=Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1156/1156312.html|title=Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=19 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://westernstorm.co.uk/news/western-storm-2020-season-awards/|title=Western Storm 2020 Season Awards|date=18 November 2020 |publisher=Western Storm|access-date=19 March 2021}} In December 2020, it was announced that Griffiths was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.{{cite web|url=https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/women/news/1923070/forty-one-female-players-sign-full-time-domestic-contracts|title=Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts |publisher=England and Wales Cricket Board|access-date=19 March 2021}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2021-1252263/western-storm-vs-sunrisers-1252290/full-scorecard|title=Bristol, Sep 18 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Western Storm v Sunrisers|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|access-date=26 September 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13889;team=6015;type=tournament|title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=26 September 2021}} She also took 3 wickets at an average of 17.33 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13890;team=6015;type=tournament|title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=26 September 2021}} Griffiths also played 7 matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, the only female Welsh player in the squad.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13891;team=6698;type=tournament|title=Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |accessdate=26 September 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/58336006|title=The Hundred: Alex Griffiths glad to put the Welsh into Fire|publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=26 September 2021}} She was ever-present for Western Storm in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 166 runs with a top score of 48 and taking three wickets.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14446;team=6015;type=tournament |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=8 October 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14448;team=6015;type=tournament |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=8 October 2022}} She was also again in the Welsh Fire squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}
In 2023, she played 19 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring one half-century and taking 11 wickets at an average of 31.45 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2023-15157?team=6015 |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=21 October 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/charlotte-edwards-cup-2023-15158?team=6015 |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=21 October 2023}} She also played eight matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking five wickets.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/the-hundred-women-s-competition-2023-15217?team=6698 |title=Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=21 October 2023}} In 2024, she played 20 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 11 wickets.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2024-16243?team=6015 |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=19 October 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/averages-batting-bowling-by-team/charlotte-edwards-cup-2024-15944?team=6015 |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages |website=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=19 October 2024}}
References
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External links
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- {{cricketarchive|id=1474802}}
{{Somerset Women cricket team squad}}
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Category:Cricketers from Swansea
Category:Welsh women cricketers
Category:Wales women cricketers
Category:Western Storm cricketers