Mollie Joy Robbins (born 4 October 1998) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and

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 ...

. She plays as a right-arm

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bowler.

Early and personal life

Robbins was born on 4 October 1998 in

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

. In 2022, she was appointed Head Coach of Thornbury Cricket Club's women's team.

Domestic career

Robbins made her county debut in 2013, for

against

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. The following season, 2014, she was Gloucestershire's joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 6 wickets at an average of 14.83. Robbins soon became a regular in Gloucestershire's side, with strong seasons coming in the

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and

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Championships, where she took 7 wickets in each season, including a best bowling of 4/2 in a 2017 match against

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated Wilts) is a historic and ceremonial county in South West England with an area of . It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset to the southwest, Somerset to the west, Hampshire to the southeast, Gloucestershire ...

. In the

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, Robbins took 14 wickets, the second-highest tally across the whole competition, including her maiden five-wicket haul, 5/19 against

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. She also achieved her T20 high score that season, scoring 47 from 40 balls against Wiltshire. In 2021, she helped her side to winning the South West Group of the

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, taking 2 wickets and scoring 41 runs. She took four wickets at an average of 30.00 in the

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. In 2021, Robbins was selected in the

squad for their upcoming season. She played four matches for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, without taking a wicket. She was again in the Western Storm squad in 2022, but did not play a match. In 2023, she played eight matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the

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, taking six wickets. At the end of the season, it was announced that Robbins had signed her first professional contract with the side.

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