Danielle Nicole Wyatt (born 22 April 1991) is an English

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er who plays for Sussex,

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, Southern Brave and

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. She plays as an

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right-handed and

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right-arm

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. She made her England debut against

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on 1 March 2010.

Early career

Wyatt is a right-handed opening/middle order batter and

bowler. Wyatt played for Staffordshire Ladies and Meir Heath Women in the Northern Premier League, having moved from Gunnersbury at the end of the 2012 season, as well as men's club cricket for her local club Whitmore. In 2010, she was awarded an MCC Young Cricketers contract which enables her cricketing development via training at the MCC on a daily basis. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.

Career

Wyatt was a member of the winning women's team at the

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held in England.England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!
''The Guardian'', 23 July 2017. In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year. 2020 ICC W T20 WC E v SA 02-23 Wyatt (02)

2020 ICC W T20 WC E v SA 02-23 Wyatt (02)

In March 2018, during the 2018 Women's T20I Tri Nations Series in India; in a match against India, she scored her 2nd WT20I century in her career as her knock of 124 runs powered England to register the highest ever successful chase by any team in a WT20I match (199/3). With this century, she became the second female cricketer to score 2 centuries in WT20Is after

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and also registered the second highest individual score in a WT20I just behind

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's 126. Her innings of 124 runs is also the highest individual score set by an opener in a WT20I match and she also recorded the second fastest century by a player in a WT20I innings (52 balls) just after

's 38-ball century. In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In November 2018, she was named in the

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' squad for the

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. In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the

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(ECB) for 2019. In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes. In December 2019, in England's opening match against Pakistan in Malaysia, Wyatt scored her first century in a WODI match. During the same tour, she also played her 100th WT20I match against Pakistan. In January 2020, she was named in England's squad for the

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in Australia. On 18 June 2020, Wyatt was named in a squad of 24 players to begin training ahead of international women's fixtures starting in England following the

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. In February 2021, she went on England's tour of New Zealand, helping them complete a 2–1 WODI series win and a 3–0 WT20I series win. She was also drafted by Southern Brave for the inaugural season of The Hundred. In December 2021, Wyatt was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes. In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the

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in New Zealand. In April 2022, she was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred. In July 2022, she was named in England's team for the cricket tournament at the

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, England.

International centuries

One Day International centuries

T20 International centuries

Personal life

Wyatt's

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is "Waggy". In 2015, she explained to sports journalist Clare Balding that "The girls say I’m a wannabe WAG because I’ve dated two footballers!"

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wyatt, Danni 1991 births Living people Cricketers from Stoke-on-Trent England women One Day International cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers Staffordshire women cricketers Victoria women cricketers Nottinghamshire women cricketers Melbourne Renegades (WBBL) cricketers Sussex women cricketers Lancashire Thunder cricketers Southern Vipers cricketers IPL Supernovas cricketers IPL Velocity cricketers Southern Brave cricketers Brisbane Heat (WBBL) cricketers Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England