Danielle Rose Gibson (born 30 April 2001) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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, London Spirit and

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. An

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, she plays as a right-arm

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bowler and right-handed batter. She has previously played for

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. She made her international debut for

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in July 2023, in a T20I against Australia.

Early life

Gibson was born on 30 April 2001 in Cheltenham,

Domestic career

Gibson made her county debut in 2014, for

against Oxfordshire. She scored a duck and did not bowl. The following season, she hit her List A high score, scoring 73 in a victory over Buckinghamshire, and took 3/17 in the same match. In the

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, she was Gloucestershire's leading wicket-taker, with 13 wickets at an average of 9.69, with a best of 4/9 from 7 overs against

Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...

. She had another strong season in 2017, especially with the ball, and took her maiden county five-for, 5/17, against

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. Gibson moved to

ahead of the 2018 season, and was their joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 9 wickets. In 2019, she hit her first half-century for her new side, scoring 57 in a victory over

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. She played two matches for Wales in the

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, scoring 32 runs and taking 3 wickets. Ahead of the 2023 season, she re-joined Gloucestershire. Gibson was also in the

squad in the

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between 2017 and 2019. Whilst she did not play a match in 2017, in

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she was ever-present as her side reached the semi-final. She took 5 wickets at an average of 27.20. She only appeared in one match in 2019 due to injury. In 2020, Gibson continued to play for Western Storm in the

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. She appeared in one match, scoring 33 * in a victory over Sunrisers. In December 2020, it was announced that Gibson was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. She continued playing for Storm in 2021, taking 3 wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and 7 wickets in the

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. She also played for London Spirit in the inaugural season of The Hundred, scoring 108 runs at a strike rate of 180.00, as well as taking 3 wickets. She was ever-present for Western Storm in 2022, across the

and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She took six wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup at an average of 25.66, as well as scoring 96 runs. She was Storm's second-highest run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 176 runs including half-centuries against

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and

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, as well as taking five wickets. She also played every match for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 46 runs and taking five wickets. Ahead of the 2023 season, she was named as vice-captain of Western Storm, and captained her first game for the side in the absence of regular captain

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on 29 April 2023. She played 12 matches for the side that season, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the

, and was the side's leading wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with eight wickets at an average of 21.25, alongside scoring two half-centuries. She also played six matches for London Spirit in The Hundred, and was the side's leading run-scorer with 146 runs, alongside four wickets. In September 2023, she was drafted by

for the 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season. She played 13 matches, scoring 115 runs and taking 10 wickets as her side won the competition. Gibson has also played for various

Academy and Development teams, beginning in 2014.

International career

In January 2023, Gibson was named in an

squad for the first time, as a travelling reserve for the

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. In June 2023, she was named in England's squad for their Test match against Australia. She made her T20I debut for England against Australia, on 1 July 2023. She played all three matches in the series, taking two wickets. She was later named in the ODI squad in the same series, but did not play a match. Later that summer, she was named in England's squad for their series against Sri Lanka. She played all three T20Is during the series, taking one wicket and scoring 21 from 15 deliveries in the 3rd T20I. In December 2023, she was awarded her first central contract with England. She played one match during England's tour of India that same month.

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