| Alex Griffiths | |
| Female: | true |
| Fullname: | Alexandra Clare Griffiths |
| Birth Date: | 12 June 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Swansea, Wales |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Wales |
| Year1: | 2016–present |
| Club2: | Western Storm |
| Year2: | 2019–present |
| Club3: | Welsh Fire |
| Year3: | 2021–present |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 48 |
| Runs1: | 909 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.13 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/4 |
| Top Score1: | 80 |
| Deliveries1: | 916 |
| Wickets1: | 19 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 40.21 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/2 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 13/– |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 66 |
| Runs2: | 424 |
| Bat Avg2: | 11.77 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/1 |
| Top Score2: | 50 |
| Deliveries2: | 495 |
| Wickets2: | 23 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 27.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/12 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 11/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1474/1474802/1474802.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 21 October |
| Year: | 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]
Griffiths was born on 12 June 2002 in Swansea.[2]
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]