Alexa Stonehouse Explained

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–present
Club2:South East Stars
Club3:Trent Rockets
Year3:2022–present
Columns:2
Column1:WLA
Matches1:19
Runs1:261
Bat Avg1:15.35
100S/50S1:0/1
Top Score1:51
Deliveries1:558
Wickets1:15
Bowl Avg1:27.93
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/27
Catches/Stumpings1:1/–
Column2:WT20
Matches2:33
Runs2:66
Bat Avg2:22.00
100S/50S2:0/0
Top Score2:22
Deliveries2:390
Wickets2:11
Bowl Avg2:42.81
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:3/27
Catches/Stumpings2:10/–
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2103/2103561/2103561.html CricketArchive
Date:18 October
Year:2023

Alexa Kate Stonehouse (born 5 December 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, South East Stars and Trent Rockets. She plays as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium bowler.[1] [2]

Early life

Stonehouse was born on 5 December 2004 in Ashford, Kent.[2]

Domestic career

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]

International career

In October 2022, Stonehouse was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[18] She took six wickets in her five matches at the tournament, at an average of 11.33.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Profile: Alexa Stonehouse. ESPNcricinfo. 26 June 2021.
  2. Web site: Player Profile: Alexa Stonehouse. CricketArchive. 26 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Kent Women v Middlesex Women, 3 May 2021. CricketArchive. 26 June 2021.
  4. Web site: Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021. CricketArchive. 26 June 2021.
  5. Web site: Bowling for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022. CricketArchive. 5 October 2022.
  6. Web site: Six Surrey Players in SE Stars Academy . Kia Oval . 8 March 2021 . 26 June 2021.
  7. Web site: South East Stars . Twitter . 26 June 2021.
  8. Web site: Lightning v South East Stars, Group A, Nottingham, June 26 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup . ESPNCricinfo. 26 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 30 September 2021.
  10. Web site: Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 5 October 2022.
  11. Web site: Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 5 October 2022.
  12. News: The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed . BBC Sport . 5 April 2022.
  13. Web site: Five new faces as England Women begin new era of Test cricket . ESPNcricinfo . 20 June 2022 . 1 July 2022.
  14. Web site: 11 Contracts Handed Out For The South East Stars . Kia Oval . 4 November 2022 . 4 November 2022.
  15. Web site: Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 18 October 2023.
  16. Web site: Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 18 October 2023.
  17. Web site: Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Trent Rockets (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 18 October 2023.
  18. Web site: England Women U19 announce squad for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023 . England and Wales Cricket Board . 18 October 2022 . 18 October 2022.
  19. Web site: Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNcricinfo . 30 January 2023.