| Ilenia Sims | |
| Female: | true |
| Fullname: | Ilenia Elisa Janet Sims |
| Birth Date: | 10 February 2002 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Role: | Bowler |
| International: | true |
| Country: | Italy |
| Internationalspan: | 2024–present |
| Onet20i: | true |
| T20idebutdate: | 28 May |
| T20idebutyear: | 2024 |
| T20idebutagainst: | Netherlands |
| T20icap: | 25 |
| Club1: | Staffordshire |
| Year1: | 2015–present |
| Club2: | Lightning |
| Year2: | 2020 |
| Club3: | Lightning |
| Year3: | 2022 |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | WT20I |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 1 |
| Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 1 |
| Deliveries1: | 24 |
| Wickets1: | 3 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 9.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/27 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Column2: | WLA |
| Matches2: | 22 |
| Runs2: | 85 |
| Bat Avg2: | 9.44 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 22 |
| Deliveries2: | 984 |
| Wickets2: | 25 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 22.84 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/15 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 9/– |
| Column3: | WT20 |
| Matches3: | 29 |
| Runs3: | 84 |
| Bat Avg3: | 12.00 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
| Top Score3: | 32 |
| Deliveries3: | 513 |
| Wickets3: | 32 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 14.09 |
| Fivefor3: | 1 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 5/8 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 4/– |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1660/1660133/1660133.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 28 May |
| Year: | 2024 |
Ilenia Elisa Janet "Lenny" Sims (born 10 February 2002) is an English-Italian cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Lightning.[1] [2]
She made her international debut for Italy in May 2024.[3]
Sims was born on 10 February 2002. She studied at Loughborough University. Her great-great-uncle is former England cricketer Harold Larwood.[4]
Sims made her county debut in 2015, for Staffordshire against Derbyshire.[5] 2018 was her most successful season for the side, as she took 8 wickets at an average of 13.37 in the County Championship, and was the joint-fourth leading wicket-taker across the whole Twenty20 Cup, with 14 wickets at an average of 9.64.[6] [7] This included her maiden county five-wicket haul, taking 5/8 in a Twenty20 against Cumbria.[8] In 2019, Sims took 9 wickets in the County Championship at an average of 12.66, including her List A best bowling figures of 3/15.[9] In 2021, Sims made her Twenty20 high score, hitting 32 opening the batting against Somerset.[10] She took six wickets for Staffordshire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, at an average of 23.33.[11]
In 2020, Sims played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, scoring 1 in a defeat to North West Thunder.[12] [13] After not being included in the Lightning squad in 2021, she returned to the side in 2022, but did not play a match.[14]
In May 2024, Sims was named in the Italy squad for their tour of the Netherlands. She made her Twenty20 International debut in the first match of the series, taking 3/27 from her four overs.[15] [3]