Grace Elizabeth Scrivens (born 10 November 2003) is an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who currently plays for

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, Sunrisers and

London Spirit London Spirit are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in North London. The team represents the historic counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire in The Hundred, which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Wel ...

. An

all-rounder An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a handful of batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are consi ...

, she is a left-handed

batter Batter or batters may refer to: Common meanings * Batter (cooking), thin dough that can be easily poured into a pan * Batter (baseball), person whose turn it is to face the pitcher * Batter (cricket), a player who is currently batting * Batter ...

and right-arm

off break Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. A bowler who uses this technique is called an off spinner. Off spinners are right-handed spin bowlers who use their fingers to spin the ball. Their normal delivery is an off break, which spi ...

bowler.

Early life

Scrivens was born on 10 November 2003 in

Domestic career

Scrivens made her county debut in 2018, for

against

Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...

. In her second match, she hit 24 * from 17 balls in a

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...

against

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

to help her side to a 5 wicket victory. In 2019, she was part of the Kent squad that won the

2019 Women's County Championship The 2019 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 23rd cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from late April to the beginning of June and saw 32 county teams and teams representing Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a ...

. In 2021, she was Kent's leading run-scorer as they won the South East Group of the

2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup The 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 12th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament, taking place in April and May, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland a ...

, with 191 runs at an average of 47.75, as well as taking 4 wickets. She hit 94 * from 62 balls in a match against

, which was named the Women's Moment of the Year at the end of season Kent Cricket Awards. Scrivens was also voted the Players' Player of the Year. In the

2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup The 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 13th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It took place in April and May 202 ...

, she was the third-highest run-scorer across the entire competition, with 265 runs including three half-centuries. In 2020, Scrivens played for Sunrisers in the

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is an English women's cricket domestic competition, named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017. The first edition of the tournament took place during August ...

. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 137 runs at an average of 22.83 and taking 3 wickets. She hit her

List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...

high score in her final game of the tournament, scoring 72 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 ...

. In 2021, she scored 161 runs and took 4 wickets in the

, as well as scoring 92 runs and taking 5 wickets in the

Charlotte Edwards Cup The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, is an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The first edition of the tournament took place in 2021. The tourna ...

. Scrivens top-scored with 34 * in the side's only victory that season, over Western Storm. She also played two matches for

in The Hundred. At the end of the 2021 season, it was announced that Scrivens had signed a professional contract with Sunrisers. In April 2022, she was bought by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred. Scrivens was ever-present for Sunrisers in 2022, across the

and the

. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, she scored 141 runs as well as taking seven wickets, the joint most for her side. In a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against

, she scored 56 with the bat and took 4/33 with the ball. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Scrivens was the tournament's joint-leading wicket-taker, with 13 wickets at an average of 14.69, and the tournament's third-highest run-scorer, with 297 runs at an average of 49.50 including four half-centuries. She took a four-wicket haul and scored a half-century against

South East Stars South East Stars are a women's cricket team that represent the London & South East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds, including the County Cricket Ground, Beck ...

, as well as taking 4/20 from 10 overs against

Northern Diamonds Northern Diamonds are a women's cricket team that represent the traditional areas of the North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Headingley, the Riverside, Rose ...

and scoring half-centuries against Western Storm,

Lightning Lightning is a naturally occurring electrostatic discharge during which two electric charge, electrically charged regions, both in the atmosphere or with one on the land, ground, temporarily neutralize themselves, causing the instantaneous ...

and

Central Sparks Central Sparks are a women's cricket team that represent the West Midlands region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Edgbaston and New Road. They are captained by Evelyn Jones and c ...

. She was also ever-present for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 57 runs and taking three wickets. At the end of the season, Scrivens was awarded Sunrisers' Player of the Year, Batter of the Year, Bowler of the Year and Supporters' Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Competition awards. She was also nominated for the PCA Women's Young Player of the Year award. In 2023, she was Sunrisers' leading run-scorer in the

, with 398 runs at an average of 39.80. She scored her maiden

century in September 2023, scoring 107 against The Blaze. She was also named

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

of Sunrisers in September 2023. She played four matches for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 38 runs.

International career

In October 2022, Scrivens was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the

2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup The 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup was the first edition of the ICC Women's Under-19 Cricket World Cup, hosted by South Africa in 2023. The tournament was moved from its original slot at the end of 2021 to January 2023 because of the COV ...

. She was later named as captain of the side. She was ever-present for the side as they reached the final, scoring 293 runs at an average of 41.85 and taking 9 wickets. She ended the tournament as the second-highest run-scorer across the competition, scoring three half-centuries including the tournament's highest score, 93 against

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. Against

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

, she took 4/2 from her four overs. She was subsequently named Player of the Tournament.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scrivens, Grace 2003 births Living people Kent women cricketers Sunrisers women's cricketers London Spirit cricketers Cricketers from Kent