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Grace Wetherall

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Grace Wetherall
Personal information
Born (2006-11-11) 11 November 2006 (age 17)[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm Medium fast
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 11)31 May 2019 v Guernsey
Last T20I26 July 2024 v Italy
Career statistics
Competition WT20I
Matches 27
Runs scored 247
Batting average 22.45
100s/50s –/1
Top score 57*
Balls bowled 192
Wickets 8
Bowling average 21.62
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/15
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 July 2024

Grace Wetherall (born 11 November 2006) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team. She is the first player to score a WT20I half-century batting at number eight. As of October 2024 she remains the only person to achieve this feat.

Cricket career

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Aged 12, Wetherall played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup on 31 May 2019, although she neither batted nor bowled in the match at College Field, Saint Peter Port.[2][3]

Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished second at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[4]

Wetherall was among the Jersey contingent which went one better and lifted the trophy at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[5][6][7]

She was part of the squad which represented the island in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. During the tournament Wetherall made her first WT20I half-century, scoring 57 not out against Germany in an unbroken partnership of 101 with Analise Merritt, which was a new world record for a seventh wicket stand in the format. Wetherall's innings came off 40 balls and featured nine 4s and a 6 and made her the first player batting at number eight to score a WT20I 50.[8][9][10][11] She also took WT20I career-best bowling figures of 3/15 against France as Jersey finished third in the six-team event, narrowly missing out on progressing to the next stage of qualification.[8][12][13]

At the three-match 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup with Guernsey, Wetherall played a key role as Jersey swept to a 3–0 victory. She made 21 in first game, took 2/8 from three overs in the second and then blasted 48 off just 30 balls in third contest.[14][15]

During Jersey's tour of Northern Ireland in June 2024, Wetherall registered bowling figures of 6/18 in the second of two T20 matches against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy.[16]

In August 2024, Wetherall was among the British and Irish Roses squad selected to take on Team Europe in the inaugural Meltl Shield, a nine-match T10 competition, held at Roma Cricket Ground in Rome, Italy.[17]

Hockey

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Away from the cricket field, Wetherall has also represented Jersey in hockey[18] including playing in the islanders' win over Guernsey in the 2024 inter-insular women's Big Stick match.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Profile of Grace Weatherall". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  2. ^ "Jersey play their first official T20 Internationals". Cricket Europe. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Guernsey Women vs Jersey Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  4. ^ "Young cricketers take second in "unbelievable" tournament". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  5. ^ "France to host T20I quadrangular series starting May 5". womenscriczone.com. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  6. ^ "France to host Austria, Jersey and Spain for a T20I Quadrangular Series". femalecricket.com. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  7. ^ "Jersey Women on the up". Jerseys Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  8. ^ a b "Jersey aim to build on record-breaking week of cricket". The Gantry. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  9. ^ "Jersey suffer defeat at hands of Germany in ICC Women's T20 World Cup qualifier". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  10. ^ "T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey lose to Germany but beat Turkey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  11. ^ "Jersey Women vs Germany Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  12. ^ "T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey qualification unlikely after France defeat". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  13. ^ "Jersey Women vs France Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  14. ^ "Jersey hit T20 hat-trick". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  15. ^ "Jersey hit T20 hat-trick". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-20.
  16. ^ "Squad save their best for last". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  17. ^ "Five Jersey women selected for Roses". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Island hockey stars ready for 'biggest game in the calendar'". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  19. ^ "Hockey Inter-Insulars: Two contrasting first team losses and the "Big Stick" stays in Jersey". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
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