Carla Rudd
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Carla Rudd
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| fullname = Carla Elizabeth Rudd
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Hastings, East Sussex, England
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role = Wicket-keeper
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| internationalspan =
| club1 = Sussex
| year1 = 2009–2011
| club2 = → Middlesex (on loan)
| year2 = 2010
| club3 = Berkshire
| year3 = 2011–2018
| club4 = Southern Vipers
| year4 = 2016–2022
| club5 = Sussex
| year5 = 2019–2022
| club6 = Southern Brave
| year6 = 2021–2022
| columns = 2
| hidedeliveries = true
| column1 = WLA
| matches1 = 79
| runs1 = 859
| bat avg1 = 15.07
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 79
| catches/stumpings1 = 49/32
| column2 = WT20
| matches2 = 127
| runs2 = 668
| bat avg2 = 14.21
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 51
| catches/stumpings2 = 37/64
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/497/497002/497002.html CricketArchive
| date = 9 December
| year = 2022
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Carla Elizabeth Rudd (born 30 December 1993) is an English former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She played for Sussex, Middlesex, Berkshire, Southern Vipers and Southern Brave.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/646213.html|title=Player Profile: Carla Rudd|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/497/497002/497002.html|title=Player Profile: Carla Rudd|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}
Early life
Rudd was born on 30 December 1993 in Hastings, East Sussex. During her playing career, she worked as a cricket coach at Felsted School.{{cite web|url=https://sussexcricket.co.uk/news/carla-rudd-returns-sussex|title=Carla Rudd returns to Sussex|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=28 March 2021}}
Domestic career
=County cricket=
Rudd made her county debut in 2009, for Sussex against Kent.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/245/245692.html|title=Kent Women v Sussex Women, 29 July 2009|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} In 2010, she spent part of the season with Middlesex, playing six matches and making 4 dismissals.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/13/LV_Womens_County_Championship_2010/Middlesex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/LV Women's County Championship 2010|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/13/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2010/Middlesex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2010|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} In 2011, Rudd played one match for Sussex before moving to Berkshire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/497/497002/Womens_List_A_Matches.html|title=Women's List A Matches played by Carla Rudd|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} She made 108 runs at an average of 27.00 in her first County Championship season with her new side, but overall was more successful as a wicket-keeper, for example in 2014 achieving 8 dismissals in the County Championship and 10, the most overall, in the Twenty20 Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2014/Fielding_by_Dismissals.html|title=Fielding in Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2014 (Ordered by Dismissals)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/21/ECB_Womens_Twenty20_Cup_2014/Fielding_by_Dismissals.html|title=Fielding in ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup 2014 (Ordered by Dismissals)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} In 2016, she hit her first List A half-century, scoring 79 off 71 balls against Sussex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/909/909415.html|title=Berkshire Women v Sussex Women, 29 August 2016|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} She followed this up with two more half-centuries two seasons later, 55 in the County Championship and 51 in the Twenty20 Cup.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1050/1050180.html|title=Berkshire Women v Wales Women, 6 May 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1063/1063191.html|title=Northamptonshire Women v Berkshire Women, 10 June 2018|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}
In 2019, Rudd returned to former county Sussex and helped them to 3rd in the County Championship in her first season, scoring 135 runs and making 11 dismissals.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/32/Royal_London_Womens_One-Day_Cup_2019/Sussex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Sussex Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} She played four matches for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 19 runs and making four dismissals.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2021/Sussex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=1 October 2021}} She again played four matches for the side in 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 37 runs and making two dismissals.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/35/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2022/Sussex_Women_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=6 October 2022}}
=Regional cricket=
Rudd also played for Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League in every season of the competition, between 2016 and 2019. She played 28 matches across the four seasons, scoring 23 runs but also taking 7 catches and making 17 stumpings. She played in the final as her side won the 2016 competition, and was joint-second across the whole tournament for dismissals in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/497/497002/Kia_Super_League_Matches.html|title=Kia Super League Matches played by Carla Rudd|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/29/Kia_Super_League_2017/Fielding_by_Dismissals.html|title=Fielding in Kia Super League 2017 (Ordered by Dismissals)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}
In 2020, Rudd continued playing for Southern Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all seven matches as her side won the competition, scoring 81 runs and making 7 dismissals, the second most for a wicket-keeper in the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/34/Rachael_Heyhoe-Flint_Trophy_2020/Southern_Vipers_Batting.html|title=Batting and Fielding for Southern Vipers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/34/Rachael_Heyhoe-Flint_Trophy_2020/Fielding_by_Dismissals.html|title=Fielding in Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020 (Ordered by Dismissals)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 March 2021}} She was again ever-present in the 2021 season, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13889;team=6009;type=tournament |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=1 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13890;team=6009;type=tournament |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=1 October 2021}} She had the joint-most dismissals in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 10 dismissals.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?id=13889;type=tournament |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021/Most Dismissals|publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=1 October 2021}} She also played for Southern Brave in The Hundred, making 10 dismissals in 9 matches.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=13891;team=6695;type=tournament |title=Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Southern Brave (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=1 October 2021}} She played 11 matches for Southern Vipers in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, making 14 dismissals.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14446;team=6009;type=tournament |title=Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=6 October 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14448;team=6009;type=tournament |title=Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=6 October 2022}} She also played every match for Southern Brave in The Hundred, making 5 dismissals.{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=14454;team=6695;type=tournament |title=Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Southern Brave (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages |publisher=ESPNCricinfo |access-date=6 October 2022}}
=Other cricket=
Rudd also played in the 2013 Super Fours, for Emeralds.
=Retirement and post-playing career=
On 9 December 2022, Rudd announced her retirement from all cricket with immediate effect, choosing instead to focus on her new appointment as Director of Sport at The Leys School. At the time of her retirement, she was Southern Vipers' most-capped player, and won four trophies with the side.{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/carla-rudd-announces-her-retirement-from-professional-cricket-with-immediate-effect/ |title=Carla Rudd Announces Her Retirement From Professional Cricket With Immediate Effect |publisher=The Ageas Bowl |date=9 December 2022 |access-date=9 December 2022}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=646213}}
- {{cricketarchive|id=497002}}
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Category:Cricketers from Hastings
Category:Sussex women cricketers
Category:Middlesex women cricketers
Category:Berkshire women cricketers
Category:Southern Vipers cricketers