Ria_Fackrell

Ria Fackrell

Ria Fackrell

English cricketer

Ria Ashleigh Fackrell (born 16 September 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Shropshire, Lancashire Thunder, Lightning and Birmingham Phoenix.[1][2]

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Early life

Fackrell was born on 16 September 1999 in Coventry.[2]

Domestic career

Fackrell joined the Warwickshire academy set-up when she was 10 years old, but made her county debut for Shropshire, in 2017 against Hertfordshire, in which she scored 14 and took 1/14 from 6 overs.[3][4] Fackrell played the first half of the 2017 season for Shropshire, before returning to Warwickshire.[5][6] The following season, she hit 163 runs at an average of 20.37 in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[7] In 2019, Fackrell hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 65* in a County Championship match against Lancashire, as well as helping her side to the title in the Twenty20 Cup.[8][6] She played eight matches for Warwickshire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 63 runs.[9]

Fackrell also played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019. She played three matches, scoring 10 runs and taking 1 catch.[2]

In 2020, Fackrell played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, against Northern Diamonds, and scored 8 runs.[10][11]

In 2021, it was announced that Fackrell had moved from Lightning to Central Sparks for the upcoming season.[12] She was used primarily as a bowler by her new side, and achieved her best bowling figures in both List A and Twenty20 cricket that season, taking 4/34 in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Western Storm and 2/27 in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Lightning.[13][14] Overall in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Fackrell took 11 wickets at an average of 24.09, whilst also top-scoring with 42* in the play-off against Northern Diamonds.[15][16] She was also in the Birmingham Phoenix squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[17] She played four matches for Central Sparks in 2022, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[18] She also played one match for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, taking 1/19.[19]

In 2023, she played two matches for Central Sparks, both in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 22 runs and taking one wicket.[20][21]

References

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    "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Player Profile: Ria Fackrell". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Hertfordshire Women v Shropshire Women, 28 May 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Women's List A Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Ria Fackrell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Warwickshire Women v Lancashire Women, 2 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Warwickshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Northern Diamonds v Lightning, 31 August 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Meet the Squad". Central Sparks. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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    "Edgbaston, May 31 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Central Sparks v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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    "Group A, Worcester, Aug 28 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Central Sparks v Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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    "Scarborough, Sep 22 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Northern Diamonds v Central Sparks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
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    "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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    "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Birmingham Phoenix (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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    "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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