Katie Ann Levick (born 17 July 1991) is an English cricketer who has played for

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, Northern Diamonds and

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. She is a

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bowler, and is the leading wicket taker in

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. Levick studied at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2012. She later worked as a teacher, and as of 2020, she was a

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for

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's coaching department.

Career

Levick played club cricket for Upper Haugh Cricket Club in

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, alongside her brother. The club had no girls team, so she played on the boys team. At the age of 16, Levick debuted for Yorkshire Women. She has taken 190 wickets in the

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of 9 runs per wicket. She was the second highest wicket taker in the competition, behind

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. In 2018, Levick took 20 wickets for Yorkshire Women in the

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and

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tournaments. From 2011 to 2012, Levick was a member of the England Academy squad, but after graduating from university, she left the Academy to find paid work. Levick played in the

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between 2016 and 2019, representing the

. She took 29 wickets, more than any other non-international cricketer, at an

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of 6.60. In 2019, Levick was named ''

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s Women's Cricketer of the Year. In 2020, Levick played for the Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She took eight wickets in the group stages of the tournament, including taking 3/22 from 10 overs in the Diamonds' match against

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. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final against

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, Levick took 3/49 from 8 overs, including the wicket of Georgia Adams. Levick signed for the

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

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, but Levick was retained by the Superchargers for the 2021 season. In October 2020, Levick tested positive for

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, and later suffered the effects of

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. At one point, she was unsure if she would be able to play cricket again, though she later returned to action in the

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. At the end of the 2021 season, it was announced that Levick had signed a professional contract with Northern Diamonds. In April 2022, she was signed by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred. She was the leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 15 wickets at an average of 9.06.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Levick, Katie 1991 births Living people Yorkshire women cricketers Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers Northern Diamonds cricketers Cricketers from Sheffield Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University Northern Superchargers cricketers