Georgia Louise Adams (born 4 October 1993) is an English

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er who is the captain of

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

and

Southern Vipers The Southern Vipers are a women's cricket team that represent the South of England. The Vipers wear an orange and black kit and play their home matches at the Ageas Bowl and the County Cricket Ground, Hove. They are currently coached by former ...

, as well as playing for

Southern Brave Southern Brave is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Southampton. The team represents the historic counties of Hampshire and Sussex in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which took place for the first time during ...

. Adams has previously played for Loughborough Lightning in the

Women's Cricket Super League The Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), known as the Kia Super League (KSL) for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition in England and Wales operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The comp ...

and

Oval Invincibles Oval Invincibles is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in South London. The team represents the historic counties of Surrey and Kent in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which took place for the first time during the 2021 Engli ...

in The Hundred. Adams is an opening batter.

Personal life

Adams is from

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, Derbyshire, England. She is the daughter of Chris Adams, a former captain of Sussex men's team, and an

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international.

Career

Domestic career

Adams made her debut for

in 2009. In 2014, Adams captained Sussex for the first time, in a

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. She scored 106 from 111 balls, and it was her first

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. In 2015, Adams was captain for multiple

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matches, as Sussex won the tournament. In 2016, Adams was top scorer in Sussex's opening two matches. In 2017, Adams became Sussex permanent captain, taking over from

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. Adams had previously captained the side when Elwiss was on international duty with

. She became captain of the side for County Championship and County T20 matches. That year, Adams lead Sussex to promotion from Women's County Championship Division 2. In the opening match of the championship against Derbyshire Women, Adams scored 106 from 104 balls. In 2019, Adams played in her 100th game for Sussex. She was the third player, and the youngest, to make 100 appearances for Sussex Women. Adams played for

in the 2016 and

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seasons. She was

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for 15 by

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in the 2016 final against

Western Storm Western Storm are a women's cricket team representing South West England and Wales, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic cricket. They play their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton, the County Ground, Bristol and Sophia Gardens ...

, and played in the 2017 final where Vipers beat Storm to win the tournament. Adams moved from Southern Vipers to Loughborough Lightning for the 2018 season. In the 2019 season, Adams scored 50 from 33 balls for Lightning against

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. In 2020, Adams was given a regional retainer contract, and was later selected in the Vipers squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She captained the Vipers for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and in a match against Western Storm, Adams scored 154 *. At the time, it was the seventh highest women's

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score. Adams scored 500 runs in seven innings in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, the most runs of any player in the tournament. In December 2020, Adams was one of 41 women's cricketers given a full-time domestic cricket contract. Adams has signed for

in The Hundred. The 2020 season of The Hundred was cancelled due to the

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, and Adams was retained by the Invincibles for the 2021 season. In 2021, Adams captained Southern Vipers to their second Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy title, and was the side's second-highest run-scorer and second-highest wicket-taker, with 233 runs and 12 wickets. She also won The Hundred with the Oval Invincibles. In April 2022, she was signed by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred. In 2022, she captained Southern Vipers to winning the

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, as well as scoring 363 runs and taking eleven wickets for the side across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She also scored 100 runs and took 9 wickets for Southern Brave in The Hundred.

International career

Adams has played for England under-19s. In 2016, she represented the England Academy team in matches against

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. In 2021, she played for the England A team in a match against an England XI. She scored 54.

Honours

Team

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champions:

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champions: 2016 * Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy champions:

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* The Hundred champions:

champions:

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Individual

* Walter Lawrence Women's Award winner: 2020

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Georgia 1993 births Living people Sussex women cricketers Southern Vipers cricketers Loughborough Lightning cricketers Cricketers from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Oval Invincibles cricketers Southern Brave cricketers