| Alexa Stonehouse | |
| Female: | true |
| Fullname: | Alexa Kate Stonehouse |
| Birth Date: | 5 December 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Ashford, Kent, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm medium |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Club1: | Kent |
| Year1: | 2021–2024 |
| Club2: | South East Stars |
| Year2: | 2021–2024 |
| Club3: | Trent Rockets |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 31 |
| Runs1: | 405 |
| Bat Avg1: | 15.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 51 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,014 |
| Wickets1: | 33 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 24.42 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/27 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 45 |
| Runs2: | 87 |
| Bat Avg2: | 17.40 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 22 |
| Deliveries2: | 551 |
| Wickets2: | 22 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 28.27 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/13 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 14/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2103/2103561/2103561.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 18 October |
| Year: | 2024 |
Alexa Kate Stonehouse (born 5 December 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Trent Rockets. She plays as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium bowler.[1] [2]
Stonehouse was born on 5 December 2004 in Ashford, Kent.[2]
Stonehouse made her county debut in 2021, for Kent against Middlesex in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] She played four matches that season as her side won the South East Group of the competition.[4] She took four wickets for Kent in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including best bowling figures of 3/27.[5]
In 2021, Stonehouse was named in the South East Stars academy squad.[6] Later that year, in June, it was announced that Stonehouse had signed a contract with the senior team, and made her debut for the side a day later, in the opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, against Lightning.[7] [8] She went on to play five matches in the tournament, taking two wickets, as the South East Stars emerged victorious.[9] She played 13 matches for South East Stars in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking seven wickets.[10] [11] She was also in the Trent Rockets squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[12] She also played for England A against South Africa in June 2022.[13] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Stonehouse had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars.[14]
In 2023, she played 14 matches for South East Stars, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking nine wickets and scoring one half-century.[15] [16] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred, taking 4 wickets.[17] In 2024, she played 17 matches for South East Stars, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 22 wickets with a best bowling of 4/27.[18] [19]
In October 2022, Stonehouse was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[20] She took six wickets in her five matches at the tournament, at an average of 11.33.[21]