Cordelia Lauren Griffith (born 19 September 1995) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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, Sunrisers and Manchester Originals. She plays as a right-handed batter. She has previously played for

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, as well as Surrey Stars and

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in the

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Early life

Griffith was born on 19 September 1995 in Islington, Greater London. Her father,

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, played county cricket for

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Domestic career

Griffith made her county debut in 2010, for

in a match against

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. She scored 5 as her team lost by 56 runs. She played two further games that season, but after this did not become a regular in Essex's side until 2013. Her first breakthrough season came in the

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, scoring 177 runs at 35.40, including two half-centuries. She also began captaining Essex in 2016, a post she held until the end of the 2018 season. The following season, despite only playing two

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matches, she scored 182 runs including her maiden county century, 113 * against

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in a play-off to help secure her side's promotion to Division 2. In

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she scored her second List A century, with 155 * against Suffolk. Griffith was loaned to

for the

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, but was injured for the whole tournament and only managed to appear once for her new side, in the London Cup. She signed permanently for Middlesex ahead of the 2019 season and made an instant impression, ending the season as the side's leading run-scorer in the

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and second-highest run-scorer in the

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, as well as hitting her third List A century. She scored 187 runs for the side in the

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, including her

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high score of 73, made against

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. She scored 60 runs in the

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without being dismissed, playing two matches. Griffith also played for Surrey Stars in the

in 2016 and 2017, and for

in 2019. In

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, she played 5 matches and scored 35 runs. She did not play for the side in 2017. In 2019, for the Diamonds, she played three matches and scored 18 runs. In 2020, Griffith played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in 4 matches, scoring 84 runs at an average of 21.00, with a best of 41 against

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. In December 2020, it was announced that Griffith was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. In 2021, she was Sunrisers' leading run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 273 runs at an average of 39.00. She hit two half-centuries, including 91 made against

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. She was also her side's leading run-scorer in the

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, with 129 runs including one half-century. Griffith also played for Manchester Originals in The Hundred, scoring 20 runs in five innings. In 2022, she played eight matches for Sunrisers, across the

and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and was the side's second-highest run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 178 runs including two half-centuries. She also played four matches for Manchester Originals in The Hundred. Griffith has also played for various

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age-group and academy sides, as well as appearing in the 2013 Super Fours for

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Griffith, Cordelia 1995 births Living people People from Islington (district) Essex women cricketers Middlesex women cricketers Surrey Stars cricketers Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers Sunrisers women's cricketers Manchester Originals cricketers