Stephanie Frohnmayer

{{Short description|German gynaecologist and cricketer (born 1985)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Crawley, West Sussex, England

| female = true

| fullname = Stephanie Teresa Frohnmayer

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

| role = All-rounder

| country = Germany

| international = true

| internationalspan = 2009–present

| T20Idebutdate = 26 June

| T20Idebutyear = 2019

| T20Idebutagainst = Scotland

| T20Icap = 4

| lastT20Idate = 28 July

| lastT20Iyear = 2024

| lastT20Iagainst = Italy

| T20Ishirt = 4

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| date = 7 October 2024

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1190577.html Cricinfo

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Stephanie Teresa Frohnmayer (born 28 August 1985) is an English-born German gynaecologist and cricketer who plays for the Germany women's national cricket team as an all-rounder. She was captain of the national team from its inception in 2009 to 2017, and continues to play as one of the nation's top performing athletes.

Early life and career

Frohnmayer was born in Crawley, West Sussex, England,{{cite web |title=Stephanie Frohnmayer |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2239/2239793/2239793.html |website=Cricket Archive |access-date=20 February 2021}} but raised in Tegernsee, Upper Bavaria, Germany.{{cite news |title=Stephanie Frohnmayer: The face of women's cricket in Germany! |url=https://themunicheye.com/stephanie-frohnmayer-the-face-of-women-s-cricket-in-germany-2448 |access-date=20 February 2021 |work=The Munich Eye |date=27 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902071753/https://themunicheye.com/stephanie-frohnmayer-the-face-of-women-s-cricket-in-germany-2448|archive-date=2 September 2019}} She took up cricket as a schoolgirl. In 2013, she told The Munich Eye:

{{Quote|text="To be honest, as it so often is, it started with a boy I fancied. He played cricket and the idea of spending time with him while playing an interesting sport sounded nice. An English teacher at our school in Tegernsee provided extracurricular cricket training, so I joined up. I ended up liking cricket more than the boy so I carried on playing ..."}}

Frohnmayer's playing role is as an all-rounder;{{cite web |title=Cricket Frauen Nationalteam |trans-title=Cricket Women National Team |url=https://www.cricket.de/nationalmannschaften/frauen/ |website=German Cricket Federation (DCB) |access-date=19 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628231825/https://www.cricket.de/nationalmannschaften/frauen/|archive-date=28 June 2021|language=de}} she is a middle order batter and opening bowler.{{cite web |last1=Yadav |first1=Vishal |title=Germany women's cricket eyeing a steady growth in Europe |url=https://femalecricket.com/female-cricket-blogs/630-germany-women-s-cricket-eyeing-a-steady-growth-in-europe.html |website=Female Cricket |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718124125/https://femalecricket.com/female-cricket-blogs/630-germany-women-s-cricket-eyeing-a-steady-growth-in-europe.html|archive-date=18 July 2021}} Due to her prominence in developing the game in Germany, she has been described (in 2013) as "the face of women's cricket in Germany" and (in 2020) as "the face of German cricket for a long time".{{cite web |last1=Gounden |first1=Shakti |title=Anuradha Doddaballapur and Stephanie Frohnmayer - German Women's Cricket team |url=https://www.aroundthewicket.com/home/anuradhaandstephanie |website=Around the Wicket |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101105044/https://www.aroundthewicket.com/home/anuradhaandstephanie|archive-date=1 November 2020}}

International career

=2009–2017=

When the Germany women's national cricket team was created in 2009, Frohnmayer was appointed as its captain.{{cite web |title=Women In Cricket |url=https://winksite.com/xhtml/ms_main?susid=55697 |publisher=NormaProvenc |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718123256/https://winksite.com/xhtml/ms_main?susid=55697|archive-date=18 July 2021}} In 2011, she led the team to victory in a 4-nations European women’s T20 tournament in Belgium. In the 2012 tournament, contested by 6 nations in Utrecht, Netherlands,{{cite web |title=Category Archives: Utrecht 2012 |url=http://womenscricket.eu/category/archive/utrecht2012/ |website=Women's Cricket in Europe |access-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302131131/http://womenscricket.eu/category/archive/utrecht2012/|archive-date=2 March 2021}} she led Germany into the final, against Jersey, but the team lost the match by 8 wickets.{{cite web |author1=Kerstin |title=Jersey vs Germany in the final |url=http://womenscricket.eu/jersey-vs-germany-in-the-final/ |website=Women's Cricket in Europe |access-date=18 July 2021 |date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230113413/http://womenscricket.eu/jersey-vs-germany-in-the-final/|archive-date=30 December 2020}}{{cite web |author1=Kerstin |title=Teamlists of all teams |url=http://womenscricket.eu/teamlists-of-all-teams/ |website=Women's Cricket in Europe |access-date=18 July 2021 |date=29 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230113413/http://womenscricket.eu/teamlists-of-all-teams/|archive-date=30 December 2020}} The following year, Germany participated in the smaller of the two 2013 tournaments, held in Jersey.{{cite web |author1=Kerstin |title=Category Archives: Tournaments 2013 |url=http://womenscricket.eu/category/archive/tournaments2013/ |website=Women's Cricket in Europe |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302142359/http://womenscricket.eu/category/archive/tournaments2013/|archive-date=2 March 2021}} In August 2014, Germany hosted the tournament, expanded to 7 teams, in Berlin, and the Frohnmayer-led team was again runner-up, this time to Italy.{{cite web |author1=Kerstin |title=final results 9th August 2014 |url=http://womenscricket.eu/final-results-day-4/ |website=Women's Cricket in Europe |access-date=18 July 2021 |date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302142423/http://womenscricket.eu/final-results-day-4/|archive-date=2 March 2021}}

In May 2015, Frohnmayer captained Germany to a 3–0 whitewash in a bilateral series against Denmark in Husum, Denmark.{{cite web |title=Stephanie Frohnmayer: Matches |url=https://www.crichq.com/players/786787/matches/results |website=cric HQ |access-date=16 July 2021}} In August 2016, the team, once again under Frohnmayer's leadership, was runner-up to France in a 6-nations European tournament in Herning, Denmark.{{cite web|url=http://www.cricket.de/germany-women-finish-in-second-place-at-the-european-womens-t20-tournament/|website=German Cricket Federation (DCB)|title=European Women's T20 tournament(2016)|access-date=18 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815065743/http://www.cricket.de/germany-women-finish-in-second-place-at-the-european-womens-t20-tournament/|archive-date=15 August 2016|url-status=dead}} In May 2017, the Frohnmayer-led team won another bilateral series, against Italy in Bologna, 2–1, with Frohnmayer scoring 30* and partnering with Anuradha Doddaballapur (who made 30) to take Germany to victory with 6 balls to spare in the deciding final match.

Frohnmayer then resigned the captaincy for personal reasons, and was replaced by Doddaballapur.{{Cite web|last1=Ghosh |first1=Annesha |title=Meet Anuradha Doddaballapur, the scientist who leads the German women's team|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29735325/meet-anuradha-dodaballapur-scientist-leads-german-women-cricket-team|website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Inc. |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=25 August 2020 }}

=2017–present=

Despite her resignation as captain, Frohnmayer continued to be a player in the team. In August 2017, she took the field for Germany in a European Women's T20 tournament in Antwerp, Belgium. On 26 June 2019, she made her WT20I debut for Germany against Scotland at the La Manga Club Ground, Murcia, Spain, in the first match of the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe, which was also Germany's first ever WT20I.{{cite web |title=Stephanie Frohnmayer |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1190577.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |publisher=ESPN Inc. |access-date=20 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/report/scotland-register-massive-win-over-debutant-germany/ |title=Scotland register massive win over debutant Germany |work=Women's Criczone |accessdate=27 June 2019}} The following month, she played for a FairBreak team of 14 players from 10 countries on a four-game tour of the United Kingdom.{{cite web |title=FairBreak XI to play in the UK this July 2019 |url=https://fairbreak.net/blog/2019/07/08/fairbreak-xi-to-play-in-the-uk-this-july-2019/ |website=FairBreak |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=8 July 2019}}{{cite web |title=FairBreak UK 2019 tour wrap-up |url=https://fairbreak.net/blog/2019/08/19/fairbreak-uk-2019-tour-wrap-up/ |website=FairBreak |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=19 August 2019}}

In February 2020, Frohnmayer starred in the fourth WT20I match of a bilateral series between Germany and Oman at the Al Amerat Cricket Stadium, Muscat. She top scored with 35, took 2/19, and was chosen as player of the match, which Germany won by 23 runs.{{cite web |title=Frauennationalmannschaft erfolgreich im Oman | trans-title=Women's national team successful in Oman |url=https://www.cricket.de/oman-tour-der-frauennationalmannschaft/ |website=German Cricket Federation (DCB) |language=de |access-date=20 February 2021 |date=25 February 2020}}

Frohnmayer was unavailable for Germany's next bilateral series, against Austria, but in July 2021 she returned to the team for the following bilateral series, against France, at the Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground, Krefeld. In the latter series, she played in four of the five matches, which Germany won 5–0.{{cite web |title=RECORDS / FRANCE WOMEN IN GERMANY T20I SERIES, 2021 / MOST RUNS |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=14030;type=series |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=16 July 2021}} During the death overs of the third match, her 13* off 16 balls assisted her team to a series-topping total of 132/4, and ultimately to victory by 65 runs.{{cite web |author1=Women's CricZone Staff |title=Anuradha Doddaballapur bowls Germany to series win over France |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/anuradha-doddaballapur-bowls-germany-to-series-win-over-france |website=Women’s CricZone |access-date=16 July 2021 |date=10 July 2021}} The following month, Frohnmeyer played in all four of Germany's matches in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier.{{cite web |title=ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier, 2021 Cricket Team Records & Stats {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=14092;type=tournament |website=ESPNcricinfo}}

Personal life

Off the field, Frohnmayer is a practising gynaecologist in Munich. She completed her medical degree in Austria. During the 2019 FairBreak tour of the UK, she returned to Germany on the team's weekend off to deliver four babies, and then flew back to London to play the MCC in back to back T20 matches.