Alex Griffiths
Personal information
Full name
Alexandra Clare Griffiths
Born (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002
Swansea, Wales
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentWales
2019–presentWestern Storm
2021–presentWelsh Fire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 48 66
Runs scored 909 424
Batting average 21.13 11.77
100s/50s 0/4 0/1
Top score 80 50
Balls bowled 916 495
Wickets 19 23
Bowling average 40.21 27.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/2 3/12
Catches/stumpings 13/– 11/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 October 2023

Alexandra Clare Griffiths (born 12 June 2002) is a Welsh cricketer who currently plays for Wales, Western Storm and Welsh Fire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]

Early life

Griffiths was born on 12 June 2002 in Swansea.[2]

Domestic career

Griffiths made her county debut in 2016, for Wales against Essex. She scored 4 runs and did not bowl.[3] She began playing regularly from 2017, and hit 42 in a Championship match that season against Hampshire.[4] Griffiths' stand-out season to date was in 2019, when she scored 168 runs in the County Championship, including hitting her maiden county half-century, 69 against Berkshire.[5] She also began to bowl more regularly, and was Wales' leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, taking 9 wickets at an average of 8.11.[6] She also achieved her best Twenty20 bowling, taking 3/12 against Hampshire.[7] She scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, against Gloucestershire.[8]

Griffiths also played for Western Storm in their title-winning Women's Cricket Super League season in 2019. She played five matches and took one wicket.[9]

In 2020, Griffiths remained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 141 runs at an average of 35.25 and taking 3 wickets.[10][11] She also achieved her List A high score, hitting 80 off 68 balls in a victory over Sunrisers and was voted Supporters' Player of the Year at the end of the season.[12][13] In December 2020, it was announced that Griffiths was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[14]

In 2021, Griffiths played three matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for Western Storm, and hit 55 off 60 balls in the final match against Sunrisers.[15][16] She also took 3 wickets at an average of 17.33 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[17] Griffiths also played 7 matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, the only female Welsh player in the squad.[18][19] She was ever-present for Western Storm in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 166 runs with a top score of 48 and taking three wickets.[20][21] She was also again in the Welsh Fire squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[22]

In 2023, she played 19 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring one half-century and taking 11 wickets at an average of 31.45 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[23][24] She also played eight matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, taking five wickets.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: Alex Griffiths". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Essex Women v Wales Women, 1 May 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ↑ "Wales Women v Hampshire Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Wales Women v Berkshire Women, 27 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "Hampshire Women v Wales Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ↑ "Wales Women v Gloucestershire Women, 24 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "Bowling for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ↑ "Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. ↑ "Western Storm 2020 Season Awards". Western Storm. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "Bristol, Sep 18 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Western Storm v Sunrisers". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  16. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  17. ↑ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  18. ↑ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  19. ↑ "The Hundred: Alex Griffiths glad to put the Welsh into Fire". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  20. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  21. ↑ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  22. ↑ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  23. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  24. ↑ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  25. ↑ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
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