Seren Anna Smale (born 13 December 2004) is a Welsh

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er who currently plays for

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

North West Thunder North West Thunder, commonly referred to as Thunder, are a women's cricket team that represent Lancashire and North West England, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds, i ...

and

Southern Brave Southern Brave is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Southampton. The team represents the historic counties of Hampshire and Sussex in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which took place for the first time during ...

. She plays as a right-handed

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and

wicket-keeper The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch, stump the batsman out and run out a batsman when occasion arises. Th ...

. She has previously played for

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

, as well as making appearances for

North Representative XI The North Representative XI were a women's cricket team made up of players from across Northern England. They were formed in 2021 to take part in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, becoming the sixth team in the North Group to give the group an even numb ...

and

Cumbria Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumb ...

in 2021.

Early life

Smale was born on 13 December 2004 in

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

. She plays club cricket for Buckley Cricket Club

Domestic career

Smale made her county debut in 2019, for

against

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

. She scored 17 * in her second and final match for Cheshire, against

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 ...

. In 2021, Smale was named in the

squad, whilst also being dual-registered with

and appearing for

. She scored 76 runs in 6 matches across the tournament. She played for Lancashire in the

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, scoring 32 runs in two innings. In the

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, she scored 201 runs for the side at an average of 67.00 in four innings for Lancashire, including scoring 121 * against Cumbria. She was named in the

Academy squad for the 2021 season. She was added to the full squad in September 2021, and made her debut for the side on 10 September, in a

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy is an English women's cricket domestic competition, named after former England captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe-Flint, who died in 2017. The first edition of the tournament took place during August ...

match against

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 ...

. Overall, she played three matches in the tournament, scoring 25 runs. She played two matches for North West Thunder in 2022, both in the

. Against

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 ...

in the final match of the season, Smale scored her maiden half-century, making 57 as well as being part of Thunder's highest-ever opening partnership, of 87 with

Deandra Dottin Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin (born 21 June 1991) is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete. A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler, Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in ...

. In February 2023, it was announced that Smale had signed her first professional contract with North West Thunder. In 2023, she played 11 matches for North West Thunder, across the

and the

Charlotte Edwards Cup The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, is an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The first edition of the tournament took place in 2021. The tourna ...

, including scoring 94 in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against

Central Sparks Central Sparks are a women's cricket team that represent the West Midlands region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at Edgbaston and New Road. They are captained by Evelyn Jones and c ...

. She was also signed by

for The Hundred, but did not play a match.

International career

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

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. She played six matches at the tournament, scoring 121 runs at an average of 30.25, including a Player of the Match performance against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Smale, Seren 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Wrexham Welsh women cricketers Cheshire women cricketers Cumbria women cricketers North Representative XI cricketers Lancashire women cricketers North West Thunder cricketers