Ilenia Sims

Ilenia Elisa J "Lenny" Sims (born 10 February 2002) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Lightning.[1][2]

Ilenia Sims
Personal information
Full name
Ilenia Elisa J Sims
Born (2002-02-10) 10 February 2002
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentStaffordshire
2020Lightning
2022Lightning
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 20 28
Runs scored 74 32
Batting average 10.57 13.83
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 22* 32
Balls bowled 864 489
Wickets 23 29
Bowling average 23.08 14.62
5 wickets in innings 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/15 5/8
Catches/stumpings 8/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 October 2022

Early life

Sims was born on 10 February 2002. She studies at Loughborough University. Her great-great-uncle is former England cricketer Harold Larwood.[3]

Domestic career

Sims made her county debut in 2015, for Staffordshire against Derbyshire.[4] 2018 was her most successful season for the side, as she took 8 wickets at an average of 13.37 in the County Championship, and was the joint-fourth leading wicket-taker across the whole Twenty20 Cup, with 14 wickets at an average of 9.64.[5][6] This included her maiden county five-wicket haul, taking 5/8 in a Twenty20 against Cumbria.[7] In 2019, Sims took 9 wickets in the County Championship at an average of 12.66, including her List A best bowling figures of 3/15.[8] In 2021, Sims made her Twenty20 high score, hitting 32 opening the batting against Somerset.[9] She took six wickets for Staffordshire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, at an average of 23.33.[10]

In 2020, Sims played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, scoring 1* in a defeat to North West Thunder.[11][12] After not being included in the Lightning squad in 2021, she returned to the side in 2022, but did not play a match.[13]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Ilenia Sims". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Ilenia Sims". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. "Bryce sisters and head coach Rob Taylor bring Scottish feel to Lightning". the Cricketer. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. "Derbyshire Women v Staffordshire Women, 2 August 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  5. "Bowling for Staffordshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  6. "Bowling in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  7. "Staffordshire Women v Cumbria Women, 17 June 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. "Bowling for Staffordshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  9. "Staffordshire Women v Somerset Women, 25 April @ 15:00". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  10. "Bowling for Staffordshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  11. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  12. "North West Thunder v Lightning, 13 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  13. "Lightning: 2022 team guide". the Cricketer. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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