Abbi Aitken-Drummond (; born 11 April 1991) is a Scottish international
cricket
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er. She plays for the
Scotland Women cricket team where she is a right-handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler. She was one of the youngest members of the team for
ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Stellenbosch in 2008.
She was the
captain
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of her national team. She led Scotland to
2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2015 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament held in Thailand from 28 November to 5 December 2015. It was the second edition of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier.
Eight teams contested the t ...
where they came fourth. On 31 October 2017, she stood down as captain of the national team.
In June 2018, she was named in Scotland's squad for the
2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
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tournament.
She made her
Women's Twenty20 International
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(WT20I) for
Scotland
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against
Uganda
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in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.
In August 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the
2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier
The 2019 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier was an international women's cricket tournament that was held in August and September 2019 in Scotland. It was the fourth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier and was the qualification tour ...
tournament in Scotland. In January 2022, she was named in Scotland's team for the
2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier
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tournament in Malaysia.
Aitken-Drummond identifies as bisexual. She married former Scotland player
Annette Drummond in June 2019.
References
External links
profileon ESPN Cricinfo
on Cricketarchive
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1991 births
Living people
Scottish women cricketers
Scottish women cricket captains
Scotland women Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Dundee
Bisexual sportswomen
Scottish LGBT sportspeople
Scottish bisexual people
LGBT cricketers
21st-century Scottish LGBT people