Danielle Gibson (cricketer) explained

Danielle Gibson
Female:true
Fullname:Danielle Rose Gibson
Birth Date:30 April 2001
Birth Place:Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm medium
Role:All-rounder
International:true
Country:England
T20idebutdate:1 July
T20idebutyear:2023
T20idebutagainst:Australia
T20icap:58
Lastt20idate:11 July
Lastt20iyear:2024
Lastt20iagainst:New Zealand
Club1:Gloucestershire
Year1:2014–2017
Club2:Western Storm
Club3:Wales
Year3:2018–2022
Club4:London Spirit
Year4:2021–present
Club5:Gloucestershire
Year5:2023–present
Club6:Adelaide Strikers
Columns:3
Column1:WT20I
Matches1:7
Runs1:36
Bat Avg1:7.20
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:21
Deliveries1:72
Wickets1:3
Bowl Avg1:33.00
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:1/9
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Column2:WLA
Matches2:45
Runs2:770
Bat Avg2:20.81
100S/50S2:0/5
Top Score2:76
Deliveries2:1,346
Wickets2:50
Bowl Avg2:20.28
Fivefor2:1
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:5/17
Catches/Stumpings2:18/–
Column3:WT20
Matches3:99
Runs3:1,093
Bat Avg3:17.91
100S/50S3:0/2
Top Score3:62
Deliveries3:1,416
Wickets3:76
Bowl Avg3:21.01
Fivefor3:0
Tenfor3:0
Best Bowling3:4/23
Catches/Stumpings3:46/–
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1469/1469069/1469069.html CricketArchive
Date:18 December
Year:2023

Danielle Rose Gibson (born 30 April 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Gloucestershire, Western Storm, London Spirit and Adelaide Strikers. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Wales.[1] [2]

She made her international debut for England in July 2023, in a T20I against Australia.

Early life

Gibson was born on 30 April 2001 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.[2]

Domestic career

Gibson made her county debut in 2014, for Gloucestershire against Oxfordshire. She scored a duck and did not bowl.[3] The following season, she hit her List A high score, scoring 73 in a victory over Buckinghamshire, and took 3/17 in the same match.[4] In the 2016 Women's County Championship, she was Gloucestershire's leading wicket-taker, with 13 wickets at an average of 9.69, with a best of 4/9 from 7 overs against Norfolk.[5] [6] She had another strong season in 2017, especially with the ball, and took her maiden county five-for, 5/17, against Cornwall.[7] [8]

Gibson moved to Wales ahead of the 2018 season, and was their joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 9 wickets.[9] In 2019, she hit her first half-century for her new side, scoring 57 in a victory over Essex.[10] She played two matches for Wales in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 32 runs and taking 3 wickets.[11] [12] Ahead of the 2023 season, she re-joined Gloucestershire.[13]

Gibson was also in the Western Storm squad in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2017 and 2019. Whilst she did not play a match in 2017, in 2018 she was ever-present as her side reached the semi-final. She took 5 wickets at an average of 27.20.[14] She only appeared in one match in 2019 due to injury.[15]

In 2020, Gibson continued to play for Western Storm in the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, scoring 33 in a victory over Sunrisers.[16] In December 2020, it was announced that Gibson was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[17] She continued playing for Storm in 2021, taking 3 wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and 7 wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[18] [19] She also played for London Spirit in the inaugural season of The Hundred, scoring 108 runs at a strike rate of 180.00, as well as taking 3 wickets.[20] She was ever-present for Western Storm in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She took six wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup at an average of 25.66, as well as scoring 96 runs.[21] She was Storm's second-highest run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 176 runs including half-centuries against Northern Diamonds and North West Thunder, as well as taking five wickets.[22] [23] [24] She also played every match for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 46 runs and taking five wickets.[25]

Ahead of the 2023 season, she was named as vice-captain of Western Storm, and captained her first game for the side in the absence of regular captain Sophie Luff on 29 April 2023.[26] [27] She played 12 matches for the side that season, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was the side's leading wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with eight wickets at an average of 21.25, alongside scoring two half-centuries.[28] [29] She also played six matches for London Spirit in The Hundred, and was the side's leading run-scorer with 146 runs, alongside four wickets.[30]

In September 2023, she was drafted by Adelaide Strikers for the 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season.[31] She played 13 matches, scoring 115 runs and taking 10 wickets as her side won the competition.[32]

Gibson has also played for various England Academy and Development teams, beginning in 2014.[33]

International career

In January 2023, Gibson was named in an England squad for the first time, as a travelling reserve for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[34] In June 2023, she was named in England's squad for their Test match against Australia.[35] She made her T20I debut for England against Australia, on 1 July 2023.[36] She played all three matches in the series, taking two wickets.[37] She was later named in the ODI squad in the same series, but did not play a match.[38] Later that summer, she was named in England's squad for their series against Sri Lanka.[39] She played all three T20Is during the series, taking one wicket and scoring 21 from 15 deliveries in the 3rd T20I.[40] [41] In December 2023, she was awarded her first central contract with England.[42] She played one match during England's tour of India that same month.[43]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Profile: Danielle Gibson. ESPNcricinfo. 18 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Player Profile: Danielle Gibson. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Gloucestershire Women v Oxfordshire Women, 23 July 2014. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  4. Web site: Gloucestershire Women v Buckinghamshire Women, 24 May 2015. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Bowling for Gloucestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2016. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  6. Web site: Gloucestershire Women v Norfolk Women, 2 May 2016. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Bowling for Gloucestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  8. Web site: Cornwall Women v Gloucestershire Women, 14 May 2017. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  9. Web site: Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  10. Web site: Wales Women v Essex Women, 12 May 2019. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  11. Web site: Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021 . CricketArchive. 26 September 2021.
  12. Web site: Bowling for Wales Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021 . CricketArchive. 26 September 2021.
  13. Web site: Our 10th Year of Women and Girls Cricket at Dumbleton! . Play-Cricket . 1 June 2023.
  14. Web site: Bowling for Western Storm/Kia Super League 2018. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  15. Web site: Double blow for Western Storm. 12 August 2019 . Western Storm. 18 March 2021.
  16. Web site: Western Storm v Sunrisers, 19 September 2020. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  17. Web site: Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts . England and Wales Cricket Board. 18 March 2021.
  18. Web site: Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 26 September 2021.
  19. Web site: Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 26 September 2021.
  20. Web site: Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 26 September 2021.
  21. Web site: Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 8 October 2022.
  22. Web site: Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 8 October 2022.
  23. Web site: Danielle Gibson fires rapid fifty to help Western Storm quell Thunder . ESPNCricinfo . 8 October 2022.
  24. Web site: Hollie Armitage century sets up Diamonds for record-breaking victory . ESPNCricinfo . 8 October 2022.
  25. Web site: Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 8 October 2022.
  26. Web site: Sophie and Trevor look ahead to the new season . Western Storm . 21 April 2023 . 29 April 2023.
  27. Web site: Orla inspires Storm to victory on debut . Western Storm . 29 April 2023 . 29 April 2023.
  28. Web site: Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 21 October 2023.
  29. Web site: Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 21 October 2023.
  30. Web site: Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - London Spirit (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNCricinfo . 21 October 2023.
  31. Web site: Aggressive and Fearless Gibson Can't Wait for WBBL09 . Adelaide Strikers . 4 October 2023 . 21 October 2023.
  32. Web site: Records in Women's Big Bash League, 2023/24 / Adelaide Strikers Women Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNcricinfo . 18 December 2023.
  33. Web site: Women's Miscellaneous Matches played by Danielle Gibson. CricketArchive. 18 March 2021.
  34. Web site: Alice Capsey named in England Women's T20 World Cup squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 6 January 2023 . 6 January 2023.
  35. Web site: England name Danielle Gibson, Lauren Filer in Ashes Test squad . ESPNcricinfo . 12 June 2023.
  36. Web site: 1st T20I (D/N), Birmingham, July 01, 2023, Women's Ashes . ESPN Cricinfo . 2 July 2023.
  37. Web site: Women's Ashes 2023/Records/Average Batting Bowling by Team/England Women T20I Batting Averages . ESPN Cricinfo . 20 July 2023.
  38. Web site: England Women name squad for We Got Game ODI Ashes series . England and Wales Cricket Board . 10 July 2023 . 20 July 2023.
  39. Web site: England Women name squads for Sri Lanka ODI and IT20 series . England and Wales Cricket Board . 23 October 2023.
  40. Web site: Records/Sri Lanka Women in England T20I Series/England Women Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNcricinfo . 23 October 2023.
  41. Web site: Sri Lanka stun England again to clinch historic series win . ESPNcricinfo . 6 September 2023 . 23 October 2023.
  42. Web site: England Women 2023/24 Central Contracts announced . . 4 December 2023 . 4 December 2023.
  43. Web site: Records/England Women in India T20I Series/England Women Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPNcricinfo . 18 December 2023.