Kate Louise Coppack (born 30 August 1994) is a Welsh

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er who currently plays for

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, Sunrisers and

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. An

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, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler. She has previously played for Cheshire and Berkshire.

Early life

Coppack was born on 30 August 1994 in Chester, Cheshire. She grew up in

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, Wales, and went to school at

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, where she became the first female to play cricket for the school's first team.

Domestic career

Coppack made her county debut in 2009, for Cheshire against

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. In 2010, she was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 4 wickets at an average of 20.50. The following season, she took 13 wickets in the

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, including her maiden five-wicket haul, taking 6/28 against

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. In 2012, Coppack again had a strong season in the

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, with 10 wickets at an average of just 6.50. In 2015, Coppack made her maiden county half-century, scoring 56 in a six-wicket win over Suffolk. From 2017, Cheshire only competed in the

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, withdrawing from the

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in the

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as a 'guest player'. She played all six matches for the side, scoring two half-centuries and taking 3/1 from 1 over against

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and 4/8 from 3.4 overs against

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. In 2019, Coppack moved to

, but spent the season on loan to Berkshire. She took 7 wickets for the side across the two competitions that season. In 2021, Coppack played for Middlesex in the

, taking 1 wicket. In 2022, she was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the

, with 7 wickets at an average of 9.85. She was the side's leading wicket-taker in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 8 wickets at an average of 6.75. In 2021, Coppack was selected in the Sunrisers squad for their upcoming season. She made her debut for the side on 5 June, against Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She went on to play five matches in the tournament, taking three wickets. She also played three matches in the

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, taking two wickets at an average of 17.00. In 2022, she played six matches for the side, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking six wickets at an average of 31.50. In a match against

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, Coppack bowled a "relentlessly accurate" opening spell to help reduce to opposition to 38/5, ending the match with bowling figures of 4/48. In 2023, she played 17 matches for Sunrisers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the

, taking 15 wickets. She was also signed by

for The Hundred, but did not play a match.

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