Gabrielle Basketter

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]

Gabrielle Basketter
Personal information
Full name
Gabrielle Amber Basketter
Born (1993-04-12) 12 April 1993
Portsmouth, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009–2012Hampshire
2013–2022Wales
2022Central Sparks
2023–presentWorcestershire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 63 61
Runs scored 1,340 1,142
Batting average 22.71 25.95
100s/50s 1/6 1/5
Top score 107* 100*
Balls bowled 1,690 932
Wickets 48 44
Bowling average 20.52 17.95
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/13 4/11
Catches/stumpings 12/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 12 September 2022

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]

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