Sophie Ecclestone

Sophie Ecclestone

Sophie Ecclestone is an English cricketer who plays for England Cricket Team as a bowler. She is one of the impactful players for their team and has won many records. 

History : 

She was born on 6th May,1999. Ecclestone was born in Chester, Cheshire and raised in Helsby, a village in the same county. As a young child, she with her older brother and her father, Paul, played cricket and football outside their home on a daily basis. She also displayed proficiency at cricket.

Ecclestone considers that her brother James, who taught her how to play both football and cricket, has been the biggest influence on her career. She received her formal cricketing education at Alvanley Cricket Club in Helsby, where her father was the junior coordinator, and she was the only girl on the club’s pathway. She joined the club’s junior section at seven years of age and entered the Cheshire U13s pathway just two years later. When Ecclestone made her debut for the Alvanley boys’ first team, James was one of her teammates.

Domestic Career:

In 2013 she started playing for the Cheshire women’s county team. She was then spotted by Lancashire, for which she signed and made her top-level domestic debut in 2015 at the age of 16. In April 2022, she was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred. She plays for Lancashire, North West Thunder, Manchester Originals, and UP Warriors.

International Career:

On 3 July 2016, she made her WT20I debut at the age of 17, during Pakistan’s tour of England. In September 2016 she was named in the England women’s One Day International squad for their tour to the West Indies the following month.

In February 2021, during England’s tour of New Zealand, Ecclestone took her 100th international wicket. In June 2021, Ecclestone was named in England’s Test squad for their one-off match against India. In December 2021, Ecclestone was named in England’s squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women’s Ashes.

In February 2022, she was named in England’s team for the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. During the tournament, she took a total of 21 wickets, just two short of Lyn Fullston’s all-time record for ODI World Cup tournaments; her scalps included three back-to-back three-wicket hauls. On 31 March 2022, in the semi-final match of the World Cup against South Africa, Ecclestone took her first five-wicket haul in WODIs, with 6/36. In July 2022, she was named in England’s team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. 

WPL Debut: 

Sophie Ecclestone was one of the top 10 expensive buys of the inaugural WPL auction as she was snapped up by UP Warriorz for INR 1.8 crore. Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Giants and UP Warriorz were all locked in a bidding war for the English spinner before the hammer came down in favor of the Warriorz. Ecclestone brings with herself a deadly combo of skill, accuracy, spin, and bounce. She has been a vital cog for England in the last few years and a top-ranked bowler in ICC ODI and T20I rankings. She is an economical wicket-taking bowler who can choke the opposition batters into submission. She brings a lot of experience to the table and was a part of the England side that made it to the final of the 2018 T20 World Cup and the 2022 ODI World Cup 

Achievements :

In December 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named her the Emerging Player of the Year. At the end of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in March 2020, she became the world’s number-one bowler in Women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket. In July 2021, Ecclestone was named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for June 2021.

Stats :

Career Batting Stats

Right-Handed Batter

Career Bowling Stats

Left-Arm Off Spin Bowler

Career Fielding Stats

WPL Stats : 

Batting

Bowling