| Grace Wetherall | |
| Female: | true |
| Country: | Jersey |
| Birth Date: | 11 November 2006[1] |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm Medium fast |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2019–present |
| T20idebutdate: | 31 May |
| T20idebutyear: | 2019 |
| T20idebutagainst: | Guernsey |
| T20icap: | 11 |
| Lastt20idate: | 26 July |
| Lastt20iyear: | 2024 |
| Lastt20iagainst: | Italy |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | WT20I |
| Matches1: | 27 |
| Runs1: | 247 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.45 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/1 |
| Top Score1: | 57 |
| Deliveries1: | 192 |
| Wickets1: | 8 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 21.62 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/15 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 28 July |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1186115.html Cricinfo |
Grace Wetherall (born 11 November 2006) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team. She is the first player to score a WT20I half-century batting at number eight. As of August 2024 she remains the only person to achieve this feat.
Aged 12, Wetherall played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup on 31 May 2019, although she neither batted nor bowled in the match at College Field, Saint Peter Port.[2] [3]
Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished second at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[4]
Wetherall was among the Jersey contingent which went one better and lifted the trophy at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[5] [6] [7]
She was part of the squad which represented the island in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. During the tournament Wetherall made her first WT20I half-century, scoring 57 not out against Germany in an unbroken partnership of 101 with Analise Merritt, which was a new world record for a seventh wicket stand in the format. Wetherall's innings came off 40 balls and featured nine 4s and a 6 and made her the first player batting at number eight to score a WT20I 50.[8] [9] [10] [11] She also took WT20I career-best bowling figures of 3/15 against France as Jersey finished third in the six-team event, narrowly missing out on progressing to the next stage of qualification.[8] [12] [13]
At the three-match 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup with Guernsey, Wetherall played a key role as Jersey swept to a 3–0 victory. She made 21 in first game, took 2/8 from three overs in the second and then blasted 48 off just 30 balls in third contest.[14] [15]
During Jersey's tour of Northern Ireland in June 2024, Wetherall registered bowling figures of 6/18 in the second of two T20 matches against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy.[16]
In August 2024, Wetherall was among the British and Irish Roses squad selected to take on Team Europe in the inaugural Meltl Shield, a nine-match T10 competition, held at Roma Cricket Ground in Rome, Italy.[17]
Away from the cricket field, Wetherall has also represented Jersey in hockey[18] including playing in the islanders' win over Guernsey in the 2024 inter-insular women's Big Stick match.[19]