Clare Boycott | |
Female: | true |
Fullname: | Clare Katherine Boycott |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1993 |
Birth Place: | Redditch, Worcestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Role: | All-rounder |
Club1: | Worcestershire |
Club2: | Central Sparks |
Year2: | 2020–2022 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | WLA |
Matches1: | 90 |
Runs1: | 1,443 |
Bat Avg1: | 22.20 |
100S/50S1: | 0/7 |
Top Score1: | 63 |
Deliveries1: | 3,009 |
Wickets1: | 77 |
Bowl Avg1: | 24.92 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 6/16 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 15/– |
Column2: | WT20 |
Matches2: | 71 |
Runs2: | 825 |
Bat Avg2: | 21.15 |
100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
Top Score2: | 65 |
Deliveries2: | 1,168 |
Wickets2: | 56 |
Bowl Avg2: | 19.49 |
Fivefor2: | 0 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 3/10 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 6/– |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/308/308357/308357.html CricketArchive |
Date: | 23 October |
Year: | 2023 |
Clare Katherine Boycott (born 31 December 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Central Sparks.[1] [2]
Boycott was born on 31 December 1993 in Redditch, Worcestershire.[2]
Boycott made her county debut in 2008, for Worcestershire against Essex.[3] In the 2009 Women's County Championship, she took 7 wickets at an average of 17.85.[4] In 2011, Boycott scored her first county half-century, hitting 59 against Staffordshire, as well as taking 11 wickets in the County Championship.[5] [6]
In 2015, Boycott was Worcestershire's leading run-scorer in the County Championship, with 236 runs at an average of 39.33, including one half-century.[7] In 2016, she hit another half-century, 59 against Leicestershire, and was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 8 wickets at an average of 11.75.[8] [9] The following season, Boycott hit her List A high score, 63 against Staffordshire, and was Worcestershire's leading wicket-taker in both formats, with 7 wickets in the Championship and 14 in the Twenty20 Cup, the highest across the whole competition.[10] [11] [12]
In 2018, Boycott achieved her List A best bowling figures, taking 6/16 against Shropshire, as well as hitting two half-centuries in the County Championship.[13] [14] The following season, Boycott hit 61 in a County Championship match against Somerset, and took 14 wickets across the two formats.[15] [16] [17] In 2021, she made what was at the time her Twenty20 high score, scoring 40 in a match for Worcestershire against Warwickshire.[18] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 65 against Berkshire, as well as taking nine wickets in eight matches.[19] [20] [21] During the 2022 season, Boycott reached the milestone of playing 200 matches for Worcestershire, across age-group and senior cricket.[22]
In 2020, Boycott played for Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches, scoring 53 runs and taking 8 wickets at an average of 20.00, the joint-most for the side.[23] Her best performance with the ball came in the Sparks' victory over North West Thunder, taking 4/40 from 10 overs.[24] She appeared in nine matches for the side in 2021, and took 4 wickets at an average of 20.25 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[25] [26] She appeared in one match for the side in 2022, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[27] Ahead of the 2023 season, it was confirmed that Boycott had left Central Sparks.[28]