Alexa Kate Stonehouse (born 5 December 2004) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and

Trent Rockets Trent Rockets are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Nottingham. The team represents the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire in the newly founded The Hundred (cri ...

. She plays as a right-handed

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and left-arm

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bowler.

Early life

Stonehouse was born on 5 December 2004 in

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Domestic career

Stonehouse made her county debut in 2021, for

against

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in the

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. She played four matches that season as her side won the South East Group of the competition. She took four wickets for Kent in the

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, including best bowling figures of 3/27. In 2021, Stonehouse was named in the

academy squad. Later that year, in June, it was announced that Stonehouse had signed a contract with the senior team, and made her debut for the side a day later, in the opening match of the

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, against

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. She went on to play five matches in the tournament, taking two wickets, as the South East Stars emerged victorious. She played 13 matches for South East Stars in 2022, across the

and the

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, taking seven wickets. She was also in the

squad for

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, but did not play a match. She also played for England A against

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in June 2022. At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Stonehouse had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars. In 2023, she played 14 matches for South East Stars, across the

and the

, taking nine wickets and scoring one half-century. She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in

, taking 4 wickets.

International career

In October 2022, Stonehouse was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the

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. She took six wickets in her five matches at the tournament, at an average of 11.33.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stonehouse, Alexa 2004 births Living people Cricketers from Ashford, Kent Kent women cricketers South East Stars cricketers Trent Rockets cricketers