Alice Rose Capsey (born 11 August 2004) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and

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. An

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, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. In 2021, Capsey was voted the inaugural PCA Women's Young Player of the Year. Capsey made her international debut for the

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in July 2022.

Early life

Capsey was born on 11 August 2004 in Redhill,

. She began playing cricket aged six, at Capel Cricket Club in

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. She is currently studying for her

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Domestic career

Capsey made her county debut in 2019, in a

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match for

against

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, and took 3/65 with the ball. She played also five

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matches in 2019, and took 7 wickets at an average of 13.14. Capsey was part of the Surrey side that won their first

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in 2020, scoring 17 runs opening the batting. She was Surrey's leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 134 runs and 8 wickets. She took six wickets in three matches for Surrey in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, as well as scoring 41 runs. In 2020, Capsey played for

in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, and was the side's leading run-scorer with 141 runs at an average of 28.20, as well as taking 2 wickets. She also achieved her maiden half-century and

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high score in the tournament, scoring 73 * to help her side to a 6 wicket victory over Sunrisers. In 2021, Capsey played for

in The Hundred. She scored a half-century at

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with 59 off 41 balls in her second game for the Invincibles and received the Match Hero award. Capsey won The Hundred with Oval Invincibles in 2021 and also finished the competition ranked third in the MVP Rankings. She continued her form into the

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, scoring 61 in the South East Stars victory over

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and taking 2 wickets. Capsey top-scored with 40 * in the final against the

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to help her side win the tournament, and also received the Player of the Match Award. Overall, she was the fourth-highest run-scorer in the competition, with 203 runs, as well as taking 7 wickets. She also scored 142 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with a high score of 78, made against

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. At the end of the season, Capsey was voted as the inaugural PCA Women's Young Player of the Year for her performances. Capsey also signed a professional contract with South East Stars at the end of the season. In 2022, she played nine matches for South East Stars, across the

and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with her top performance coming against Sunrisers, where she scored 64 *. She also again won The Hundred, with Oval Invincibles, scoring 118 runs and taking 8 wickets. In September 2022, she signed for

for the 2022–23 Women's Big Bash League season. She was ever-present for the side that season, and was the side's second-highest run-scorer, with 259 runs at an average of 25.90, as well as taking 9 wickets. Against

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, Capsey made her

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high score, with 80 * to see her team to a four wicket victory. In December 2022, she was shortlisted for that year's BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award. In February 2023, she was signed by

ahead of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League. She played eight matches for the side as they reached the final of the tournament, scoring 159 runs and taking 6 wickets. She was Player of the Match in her side's final group stage match, scoring 34 runs and taking 3/26 from her four overs.

International career

Capsey was named as part of the

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Academy for the 2019/20 intake. In December 2021, Capsey was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the

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. She played five matches on the tour, including top-scoring with 44 from 31 deliveries in the first T20. In July 2022, she was named in England's squad for their

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(WT20I) series against South Africa and for the cricket tournament at the

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, England. Capsey made her WT20I debut on 23 July 2022, during England's home series against South Africa, where she did not bat but took her maiden international wicket, dismissing

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. She made 25 from 17 balls in the final match of the series. At the Commonwealth Games, Capsey was England's highest run-scorer, with 135 runs in five matches. She made her maiden international half-century in England's second match of the tournament, against

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, as well as top-scoring in England's victories over

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and

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. Capsey played much of the Commonwealth Games tournament with a

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, sustained in the warm-up before England's opening match, which partially hindered her vision. Capsey played all six matches of England's series against India in September 2022, including making her

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debut on 18 September 2022. In November 2022, Capsey was awarded with her first England central contract. In December 2022, Capsey was part of England's squad to tour the West Indies, but injured her shoulder in the field in the first ODI, ruling her out of the rest of the tour. In January 2023, despite her injury, Capsey was named in England's squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, with the hope that she would be fit in time for the tournament. She went on to play all five of England's matches at the tournament, scoring 73 runs including one half-century, in a Player of the Match performance against

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. She played six matches in the 2023 Women's Ashes series, including a Player of the Match performance in the 3rd T20I, scoring 46 from 23 deliveries.

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