Ria Fackrell

Ria Ashleigh Fackrell (born 16 September 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire, Central Sparks and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Shropshire, Lancashire Thunder and Lightning.[1][2]

Ria Fackrell
Personal information
Full nameRia Ashleigh Fackrell
Born (1999-09-16) 16 September 1999
Coventry, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–presentWarwickshire
2017→ Shropshire (on loan)
2019Lancashire Thunder
2020Lightning
2021–presentCentral Sparks
2021–presentBirmingham Phoenix
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 19 35
Runs scored 224 354
Batting average 14.00 15.39
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 65* 45
Balls bowled 342 183
Wickets 13 6
Bowling average 22.69 32.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/34 2/27
Catches/stumpings 3/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 26 September 2021

Early life

Fackrell was born on 16 September 1999 in Coventry.[2]

Domestic career

Fackrell joined the Warwickshire academy set-up when she was 10 years old, but made her county debut for Shropshire, in 2017 against Hertfordshire, in which she scored 14 and took 1/14 from 6 overs.[3][4] Fackrell played the first half of the 2017 season for Shropshire, before returning to Warwickshire.[5][6] The following season, she hit 163 runs at an average of 20.37 in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[7] In 2019, Fackrell hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 65* in a County Championship match against Lancashire, as well as helping her side to the title in the Twenty20 Cup.[8][6]

Fackrell also played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019. She played three matches, scoring 10 runs and taking 1 catch.[2]

In 2020, Fackrell played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, against Northern Diamonds, and scored 8 runs.[9][10]

In 2021, it was announced that Fackrell had moved from Lightning to Central Sparks for the upcoming season.[11] She was used primarily as a bowler by her new side, and achieved her best bowling figures in both List A and Twenty20 cricket that season, taking 4/34 in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Western Storm and 2/27 in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Lightning.[12][13] Overall in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Fackrell took 11 wickets at an average of 24.09, whilst also top-scoring with 42* in the play-off against Northern Diamonds.[14][15] She was also in the Birmingham Phoenix squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[16] In April 2022, she was bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[17]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  3. "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. "Hertfordshire Women v Shropshire Women, 28 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  5. "Women's List A Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  6. "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  7. "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  8. "Warwickshire Women v Lancashire Women, 2 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  9. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  10. "Northern Diamonds v Lightning, 31 August 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  11. "Meet the Squad". Central Sparks. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  12. "Edgbaston, May 31 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Central Sparks v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  13. "Group A, Worcester, Aug 28 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Central Sparks v Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  14. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  15. "Scarborough, Sep 22 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Northern Diamonds v Central Sparks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  16. "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  17. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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