Gabrielle Basketter
Personal information
Full name
Gabrielle Amber Basketter
Born (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993
Portsmouth, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2012Hampshire
2013–2022Wales
2022Central Sparks
2023–presentWorcestershire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 63 61
Runs scored 1,340 1,142
Batting average 22.71 25.95
100s/50s 1/6 1/5
Top score 107* 100*
Balls bowled 1,690 932
Wickets 48 44
Bowling average 20.52 17.95
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/13 4/11
Catches/stumpings 12/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 September 2022

Gabrielle Amber Basketter (born 12 April 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Hampshire, Wales and Central Sparks.[1][2]

Early life

Basketter was born on 12 April 1993 in Portsmouth.[2] She also works as Women & Girls' Officer for Warwickshire Cricket Board.[3]

Domestic career

Basketter made her county debut in 2009, for Hampshire against Devon.[4] She was Hampshire's leading run-scorer in the 2011 Women's County Championship, with 215 runs including two half-centuries.[5]

Basketter moved to Wales ahead of the 2013 season, scoring her first half-century for her new side in her third match, against Cheshire.[6] In 2014, she took her career-best Twenty20 bowling figures, with 4/11 in her side's 6 run victory over Devon.[7] She took her List A best bowling figures in 2015, with 4/13 against Durham.[8] In 2017, she scored her maiden List A century, scoring 107* against Somerset, and ended the County Championship as her side's leading run-scorer, with 221 runs.[9][10] In the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the second-highest run-scorer across the whole competition, with 253 runs at an average of 50.60.[11] The following season, she was the third-highest run-scorer in the same competition, with 274 runs at an average of 45.66, including her maiden Twenty20 century, 100* from 67 balls against Northamptonshire.[12][13] In 2022, she top-scored with 46 as Wales beat eventual group winners Warwickshire in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[14] She also top-scored in the final of that year's West Midlands Regional Cup, scoring 35 as Wales won the competition.[15]

In September 2022, Basketter was added to the Central Sparks squad. She made her debut for the side on 11 September, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Gabrielle Basketter". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: Gabby Basketter". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Gabby Basketter - New Women & Girls' Officer at Warwickshire Cricket Board". Warwickshire Cricket Board. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Devon Women v Hampshire Women, 10 May 2009". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Hampshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Cheshire Women v Wales Women, 19 May 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  7. ↑ "Devon Women v Wales Women, 22 July 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Wales Women v Durham Women, 29 August 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Somerset Women v Wales Women, 28 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "Batting and Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  13. ↑ "Northamptonshire Women v Wales Women, 1 July 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  14. ↑ "Warwickshire Women v Wales Women, 18 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  15. ↑ "West Midlands Regional Cup Final - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  16. ↑ "Beckenham, September 11 2022, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: South East Stars v Central Sparks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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