| Abigail Freeborn | |
| Female: | true |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Abigail Johanna Freeborn |
| Birth Date: | 12 November 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Wicket-keeper |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 2013–2020 |
| Club2: | → Yorkshire (on loan) |
| Year2: | 2019 |
| Club3: | Loughborough Lightning |
| Year3: | 2017–2019 |
| Club4: | Lightning |
| Year4: | 2020–2021 |
| Club5: | Leicestershire |
| Year5: | 2021 |
| Club6: | Trent Rockets |
| Year6: | 2021–2022 |
| Club7: | Staffordshire |
| Club8: | Central Sparks |
| Year8: | 2022–present |
| Club9: | Birmingham Phoenix |
| Year9: | 2023 |
| Club10: | London Spirit |
| Year10: | 2024–present |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 71 |
| Runs1: | 1,360 |
| Bat Avg1: | 27.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | 1/3 |
| Top Score1: | 107 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 54/16 |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 92 |
| Runs2: | 1,034 |
| Bat Avg2: | 20.27 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/2 |
| Top Score2: | 61 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 23/31 |
| Date: | 4 October 2023 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/869/869470/869470.html CricketArchive |
Abigail Johanna Freeborn (born 12 November 1996) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire, Central Sparks and London Spirit. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Sussex, Yorkshire and Leicestershire, as well as Loughborough Lightning and Lightning in regional cricket and Trent Rockets and Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.[1] [2]
Freeborn was born on 12 November 1996 in Eastbourne, East Sussex.[2] She attended Loughborough University.[3]
Freeborn made her county debut in 2013, for Sussex in a match against Surrey. She kept wicket and made one stumping, but did not bat.[4] She soon became a regular for Sussex, and she was a part of their 2013 Women's County Championship and 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup title victories.[5] [6]
Freeborn joined Yorkshire on loan for the 2019 season. She achieved her List A high score of 58 that season, off just 40 deliveries against Surrey.[7] In 2021, it was announced that she has joined Leicestershire, but she did not play for them that season.[8] She joined Staffordshire ahead of the 2022 season.[9] She scored 83 runs at an average of 20.75 in six matches for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[10]
Freeborn was also part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League from 2017 to 2019. She was part of the side that reached the semi-final in 2019, and had a high score of 16 in a victory over Lancashire Thunder in 2017.[6] [11]
In 2020, Freeborn played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She scored 167 runs at an average of 33.40 in five matches, with a top score of 40 in a victory over Central Sparks.[12] [13] In December 2020, it was announced that Freeborn was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[14] In 2021, she scored 105 runs at an average of 15.00 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, as well as being ever-present for the Trent Rockets in The Hundred.[15] [16] Her best performances came in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, where she was Lightning's leading run-scorer, with 161 runs.[17] She made her Twenty20 high score of 61 in a match against South East Stars, as well as becoming the first wicketkeeper in the tournament to make four dismissals in an innings, all stumpings, in the same match.[18] At the end of the season it was announced that Freeborn had moved to Central Sparks, and signed a professional contract with her new side.[19] She scored 163 runs in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, including 52 made against Western Storm.[20] [21] She was also Central Sparks' leading run-scorer in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 227 at an average of 45.40.[22] She made what was at the time her List A high score against North West Thunder, scoring 72 from 72 deliveries.[23] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred, and scored 45 in her side's victory over Manchester Originals.[24] [25]
In 2023, she played 20 matches for Central Sparks, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and scored her maiden List A century, with 107 against Sunrisers.[26] [27] [28] She also moved to Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, playing seven matches and scoring 43 runs.[29]