Gabrielle Basketter Explained

Gabrielle Basketter
Female:true
Fullname:Gabrielle Amber Basketter
Birth Date:12 April 1993
Birth Place:Portsmouth, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm off break
Role:All-rounder
Club1:Hampshire
Year1:2009–2012
Club2:Wales
Year2:2013–2022
Club3:Central Sparks
Year3:2022
Year4:2023–present
Columns:2
Column1:WLA
Matches1:63
Runs1:1,340
Bat Avg1:22.71
100S/50S1:1/6
Top Score1:107
Deliveries1:1,690
Wickets1:48
Bowl Avg1:20.52
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:4/13
Catches/Stumpings1:12/–
Column2:WT20
Matches2:61
Runs2:1,142
Bat Avg2:25.95
100S/50S2:1/5
Top Score2:100
Deliveries2:932
Wickets2:44
Bowl Avg2:17.95
Fivefor2:0
Tenfor2:0
Best Bowling2:4/11
Catches/Stumpings2:14/–
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/470/470588/470588.html CricketArchive
Date:12 September
Year:2022

Gabrielle Amber Basketter (born 12 April 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Hampshire, Wales and Central Sparks.[1] [2]

Early life

Basketter was born on 12 April 1993 in Portsmouth.[2] She also works as Women & Girls' Officer for Warwickshire Cricket Board.[3]

Domestic career

Basketter made her county debut in 2009, for Hampshire against Devon.[4] She was Hampshire's leading run-scorer in the 2011 Women's County Championship, with 215 runs including two half-centuries.[5]

Basketter moved to Wales ahead of the 2013 season, scoring her first half-century for her new side in her third match, against Cheshire.[6] In 2014, she took her career-best Twenty20 bowling figures, with 4/11 in her side's 6 run victory over Devon.[7] She took her List A best bowling figures in 2015, with 4/13 against Durham.[8] In 2017, she scored her maiden List A century, scoring 107 against Somerset, and ended the County Championship as her side's leading run-scorer, with 221 runs.[9] [10] In the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the second-highest run-scorer across the whole competition, with 253 runs at an average of 50.60.[11] The following season, she was the third-highest run-scorer in the same competition, with 274 runs at an average of 45.66, including her maiden Twenty20 century, 100 from 67 balls against Northamptonshire.[12] [13] In 2022, she top-scored with 46 as Wales beat eventual group winners Warwickshire in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[14] She also top-scored in the final of that year's West Midlands Regional Cup, scoring 35 as Wales won the competition.[15]

In September 2022, Basketter was added to the Central Sparks squad. She made her debut for the side on 11 September, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Player Profile: Gabrielle Basketter. ESPNcricinfo. 12 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Player Profile: Gabby Basketter . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  3. Web site: Gabby Basketter - New Women & Girls' Officer at Warwickshire Cricket Board . 11 May 2021 . Warwickshire Cricket Board . 12 September 2022.
  4. Web site: Devon Women v Hampshire Women, 10 May 2009 . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  5. Web site: Batting and Fielding for Hampshire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2011 . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  6. Web site: Cheshire Women v Wales Women, 19 May 2013 . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  7. Web site: Devon Women v Wales Women, 22 July 2014 . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  8. Web site: Wales Women v Durham Women, 29 August 2015 . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  9. Web site: Batting and Fielding for Wales Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017 . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  10. Web site: Somerset Women v Wales Women, 28 May 2017 . CricketArchive. 12 September 2022.
  11. Web site: Batting and Fielding in NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2017 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 12 September 2022.
  12. Web site: Batting and Fielding in Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018 (Ordered by Runs) . CricketArchive . 12 September 2022.
  13. Web site: Northamptonshire Women v Wales Women, 1 July 2018 . CricketArchive . 12 September 2022.
  14. Web site: Warwickshire Women v Wales Women, 18 April 2022 . CricketArchive . 12 September 2022.
  15. Web site: West Midlands Regional Cup Final - 2022 . Play-Cricket . 12 September 2022.
  16. Web site: Beckenham, September 11 2022, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: South East Stars v Central Sparks . ESPNcricinfo . 12 September 2022.