Grace Elizabeth Scrivens (born 10 November 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent and London Spirit. An all-rounder, she is a left-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for Sunrisers.[1][2]

Grace Scrivens
Personal information
Full name
Grace Elizabeth Scrivens
Born (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003 (age 21)
Kent, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2018–presentKent
2020–2024Sunrisers
2021–2023London Spirit
2024–presentTrent Rockets
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 51 77
Runs scored 1,610 1,494
Batting average 35.77 26.67
100s/50s 2/12 0/10
Top score 118* 94*
Balls bowled 1,552 572
Wickets 30 24
Bowling average 38.30 26.25
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/20 4/33
Catches/stumpings 19/– 15/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Early life

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Scrivens was born on 10 November 2003 in Kent.[2]

Domestic career

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Scrivens made her county debut in 2018, for Kent against Surrey.[3] In her second match, she hit 24* from 17 balls in a Twenty20 against Yorkshire to help her side to a 5 wicket victory.[4] In 2019, she was part of the Kent squad that won the 2019 Women's County Championship.[5] In 2021, she was Kent's leading run-scorer as they won the South East Group of the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 191 runs at an average of 47.75, as well as taking 4 wickets.[6][7] She hit 94* from 62 balls in a match against Surrey, which was named the Women's Moment of the Year at the end of season Kent Cricket Awards.[8] Scrivens was also voted the Players' Player of the Year.[9] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the third-highest run-scorer across the entire competition, with 265 runs including three half-centuries.[10]

In 2020, Scrivens played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 137 runs at an average of 22.83 and taking 3 wickets.[11][12] She hit her List A high score in her final game of the tournament, scoring 72 against Western Storm.[13] In 2021, she scored 161 runs and took 4 wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, as well as scoring 92 runs and taking 5 wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[14][15] Scrivens top-scored with 34* in the side's only victory that season, over Western Storm.[16] She also played two matches for London Spirit in The Hundred.[17] At the end of the 2021 season, it was announced that Scrivens had signed a professional contract with Sunrisers.[18] In April 2022, she was bought by the London Spirit for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[19]

Scrivens was ever-present for Sunrisers in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, she scored 141 runs as well as taking seven wickets, the joint most for her side.[20] In a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Western Storm, she scored 56 with the bat and took 4/33 with the ball.[21] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Scrivens was the tournament's joint-leading wicket-taker, with 13 wickets at an average of 14.69, and the tournament's third-highest run-scorer, with 297 runs at an average of 49.50 including four half-centuries.[22][23] She took a four-wicket haul and scored a half-century against South East Stars, as well as taking 4/20 from 10 overs against Northern Diamonds and scoring half-centuries against Western Storm, Lightning and Central Sparks.[24][25][26][27] She was also ever-present for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 57 runs and taking three wickets.[28] At the end of the season, Scrivens was awarded Sunrisers' Player of the Year, Batter of the Year, Bowler of the Year and Supporters' Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Competition awards.[29] She was also nominated for the PCA Women's Young Player of the Year award.[30]

In 2023, she was Sunrisers' leading run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 398 runs at an average of 39.80.[31] She scored her maiden List A century in September 2023, scoring 107 against The Blaze.[32] She was also named captain of Sunrisers in September 2023.[33] She played four matches for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 38 runs.[34] In 2024, she played 26 matches for Sunrisers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was the side's leading run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with 553 runs including one century as she captained the side to the title.[35][36]

International career

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In October 2022, Scrivens was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[37] She was later named as captain of the side.[38] She was ever-present for the side as they reached the final, scoring 293 runs at an average of 41.85 and taking 9 wickets.[39] She ended the tournament as the second-highest run-scorer across the competition, scoring three half-centuries including the tournament's highest score, 93 against Ireland.[40][41] Against Zimbabwe, she took 4/2 from her four overs.[42] She was subsequently named Player of the Tournament.[43]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Grace Scrivens". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Grace Scrivens". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Kent Women v Surrey Women, 17 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Kent Women v Yorkshire Women, 24 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's List A Matches played by Grace Scrivens". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Surrey Women v Kent Women, 25 April 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Stevens Named Men's Player of the Year for the Third Season in a Row". Kent Cricket. October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Bowling for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Grace Scrivens seals Storm's fate as Sunrisers ease to victory". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  17. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  18. ^ "ECB fund sixth professional contract at each women's regional team". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  19. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  20. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Grace Scrivens excels but Sunrisers sink at the last against Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  22. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2022/Most Runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  23. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2022/Most Wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  24. ^ "Bryony Smith stars with bat and ball as South East Stars flatten Sunrisers". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  25. ^ "Northern Diamonds sneak home by six runs against struggling Sunrisers". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  26. ^ "Unbeaten Sophie Luff century breaks Sunrisers' hearts". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  27. ^ "Kathryn Bryce century sets up comfortable Lightning win over Sunrisers". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  28. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  29. ^ "Scrivens Shines at End of Season Awards". Sunrisers Cricket. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  30. ^ "Jonny Bairstow, Nat Sciver named as PCA Players of the Year at annual awards". ESPNcricinfo. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  31. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  32. ^ "Scrivens, Dowse score centuries as Sunrisers outshine Blaze". ESPNCricinfo. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  33. ^ "Squad and Preview: Sunrisers v Western Storm (5 September)". Sunrisers Cricket. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  34. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  35. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  36. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  37. ^ "England Women U19 announce squad for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023". England and Wales Cricket Board. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  38. ^ "Grace Scrivens to captain England at Under-19s Women's T20 World Cup". the Cricketer. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  39. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  40. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  41. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23/High Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  42. ^ "7th Match, Group B, Potchefstroom, January 15 2023, ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup: England Women Under-19s v Zimbabwe Women Under-19s". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  43. ^ "England star wins Player of the Tournament at U19 Women's T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
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