Nat Wraith

Natasha Agnes Jessica Wraith (born 3 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset, Western Storm and Trent Rockets. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Gloucestershire, Welsh Fire and London Spirit.[1][2]

Nat Wraith
Wraith keeping-wicket for Western Storm in May 2023
Personal information
Full name
Natasha Agnes Jessica Wraith
Born (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001
Bristol, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–2018Gloucestershire
2019–presentSomerset
2019–presentWestern Storm
2021Welsh Fire
2022London Spirit
2023–presentTrent Rockets
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 49 62
Runs scored 765 672
Batting average 19.61 16.39
100s/50s 0/3 0/1
Top score 68 74*
Catches/stumpings 33/17 13/29
Source: CricketArchive, 22 October 2023

Early life

Wraith was born on 3 October 2001 in Bristol.[2] She has also worked as a tennis coach.[3]

Domestic career

Wraith made her county debut in 2016, for Gloucestershire against Dorset. She did not bat, but kept wicket and took one catch.[4] The following season, she helped her side gain promotion from Division 3A in the Twenty20 Cup.[5]

Wraith joined Somerset ahead of the 2019 season and hit her maiden county half-century in the 2019 Women's County Championship, scoring 53 against Durham.[6] She also made 10 stumpings in the Twenty20 Cup, the most across the whole competition.[7] She scored 56 runs in 4 matches for Somerset in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup as her side won the West Midlands Group of the competition.[8] She was Somerset's second-highest run-scorer in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 143 runs including her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 74* from 49 deliveries against Wales.[9][10] She played two matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 84 runs.[11]

Wraith also joined the Western Storm squad for the 2019 Women's Cricket Super League as an injury-replacement for Amara Carr, but did not play a match.[12][13]

In 2020, Wraith was retained in the Western Storm squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 111 runs at an average of 22.20 and taking 4 stumpings and 1 catch.[14] She achieved her List A high score of 68 in a match against Southern Vipers.[15] In December 2020, it was announced that Wraith was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[16] She was ever-present for the side again in the 2021 season, scoring 63 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and 58 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[17][18] She had the joint-most dismissals in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 10 dismissals, and the most in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 6 dismissals.[19][20] In The Hundred, Wraith played for Welsh Fire, appearing in one match and scoring 3*.[21] She again played every match for Western Storm in 2022, scoring 137 runs and making 10 dismissals.[22][23] She also moved to London Spirit in The Hundred, playing two matches for her new side.[24]

In 2023, she played 17 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, making one half-century and ten dismissals.[25][26] She was also signed by Trent Rockets for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[27]

Wraith began playing for the England Academy in 2019.[28]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. "Nat Wraith". Western Storm. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. "Gloucestershire Women v Dorset Women, 3 July 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  5. "NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup/Tables". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. "Somerset Women v Durham Women, 6 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. "Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019 (Ordered by Stumpings)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  9. "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  10. "Somerset Women v Wales Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  11. "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  12. "Double blow for Western Storm". Western Storm. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  13. "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. "Batting and Fielding for Western Storm/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  15. "Southern Vipers v Western Storm, 13 September 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  16. "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  17. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  18. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  19. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021/Most Dismissals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  20. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021/Most Dismissals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  21. "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Welsh Fire (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  22. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  23. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  24. "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  25. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  26. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  27. "The Hundred 2023: Squads in full". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  28. "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Natasha Wraith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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