Georgia Amanda Elwiss (born 31 May 1991) is an

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er who currently plays for

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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 ...

Birmingham Phoenix Birmingham Phoenix are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Birmingham. The team represents the historic counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which began its inaugural se ...

and

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Career

She was raised in

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...

with her brother Luke and is a right-arm medium fast bowler and right-handed batsman. She has played for the Diamonds in the UK and gained experience with ACT Women in Australia in the 2010/11 season. She was picked for the England one day tour of South Africa in October 2011 and made her one-day international debut for England against South Africa at

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on 23 October 2011. She made her Twenty/20 debut on the same tour at Potchefstroom on 30 Oct 2011. Elwiss attended

Wolverhampton Girls' High School (Game Before the Prize) , established = 1911 , closed = , type = Grammar school;academy , religious_affiliation = , president = , head_label = Headteacher , head = Trudi Young , r_head = , cha ...

from 2002 until 2009, and went on to study at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

and then on to

Loughborough MCC University Loughborough MCC University (previously known as Loughborough University Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a cricket coaching centre based at Loughborough University in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, and the name under which the universi ...

She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014. In April 2015, she was named as one of the England women's Academy squad tour to

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, where England women will play their Australian counterparts in two 50-over games, and two Twenty20 matches. Elwiss was a member of the winning women's team at the

2017 Women's Cricket World Cup The 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup was an international women's cricket tournament that took place in England from 24 June to 23 July 2017. It was the eleventh edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and the third to be held in England (after ...

held in England.England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!
, ''The Guardian'', 23 July 2017. 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 January 2020, she was named in England's squad for the

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in Australia. On 18 June 2020, Elwiss 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 June 2021, Elwiss was named as in England's

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squad for their one-off match against India. Ahead of the inaugural season of The Hundred, Elwiss was signed by the

. In December 2021, Elwiss was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the

Women's Ashes The Women's Ashes is the perpetual trophy in women's international cricket series between England and Australia. The name derives from the historic precedent of the Ashes in male cricket and, until 2013, was similarly decided exclusively on the ...

. In April 2022, she was bought by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred.

Personal life

Elwiss is in a relationship with

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