Hannah Louise Baker (born 3 February 2004) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and

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 ...

. She plays as a right-arm

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bowler. She previously played for

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...

and

Welsh Fire Welsh Fire ( cy, Tân Cymreig) are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Cardiff. The team represents the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Somerset in the newly founded competiti ...

Domestic career

Baker made her county debut in 2018, for

against

. This was the only game she played for the side that season; in 2019 she appeared in 9 matches, but only took 1 wicket. Baker moved to Warwickshire in 2020, and made her debut for them in the

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. She took 4/14 in her first match, helping her side to victory over

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. Overall, she was Warwickshire's leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 8 wickets at an average of 6.75. She took seven wickets at an average of 16.50 for the side in the

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. In Warwickshire's two

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matches, she took five wickets at an average of 6.20. In 2020, Baker played for

in the

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. She appeared in 2 matches, taking 4 wickets at an average of 18.75. Her best performance came against

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, where she took 3/26 from 10 overs. In 2021, she played three matches for the side in the

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, taking one wicket. Baker also signed for

in The Hundred as a temporary replacement for

Bethan Ellis Bethan Louisa Ellis (born 7 July 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Central Sparks. She plays primarily as a right-arm medium bowler, as a well as a right-handed lower-order batter. She has previously play ...

. She played four matches for the side, taking 2 wickets at an average of 26.50. She played thirteen matches for Central Sparks in 2022, across the

and the

, taking twelve wickets. She also played four matches for Welsh Fire in The Hundred. In January 2023, it was announced that Baker had signed her first professional contract with Central Sparks. That season, she took 10 wickets at an average of 27.10 for Central Sparks in the

. She also moved to

in The Hundred, taking six wickets at an average of 20.16 in her six matches.

International career

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

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. She went on to be the joint-third highest wicket-taker in the tournament, with 10 wickets at an average of 7.30. She was named Player of the Match in England's semi-final victory over

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, taking 3/10 from her four overs. She was subsequently named in the ICC's Team of the Tournament.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Hannah 2004 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Worcestershire women cricketers Warwickshire women cricketers Central Sparks cricketers Welsh Fire cricketers Birmingham Phoenix cricketers