Paige Jamie Scholfield (born 19 December 1995) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and

Oval Invincibles Oval Invincibles is a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in South London. The team represents the Historic counties of England, historic counties of Surrey and Kent in the newly founded The Hundred (cricket), The Hundred competition, which t ...

. An

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

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bowler. She has previously played for

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and

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Early life

Scholfield was born on 19 December 1995 in

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, South Africa. She attended

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. Scholfield has also been part of various

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Academy and Development programmes, beginning in 2012.

Domestic career

Scholfield made her county debut in 2012, for

against

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. She bowled three overs, taking 1/9. A year later, Scholfield was part of the Sussex team that won the

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, and she hit her

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high score, of 48 against Middlesex. In 2014, Scholfield hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 63 * in a

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against

. The next season, she helped her side win the

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. In 2017, Scholfield achieved her best T20 bowling figures, taking 3/12 in a victory over

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. A year later, she achieved her best List A bowling figures, of 3/17 against Surrey. In the

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, Scholfield was Sussex's second-highest run-scorer and leading wicket-taker, with 182 runs and 12 wickets. Scholfield also played for

from 2016 to 2017 and

from 2018 to 2019 in the

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. In

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she hit her highest KSL score, scoring 38 against

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. In

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, she was part of the Vipers team that reached the Final, as well as taking two wickets at an average of 13.50. Scholfield continued playing for Southern Vipers in the

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. She appeared in all 7 matches, including her side's 38-run victory in the Final over

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, and took 9 wickets at an average of 23.55. In 2021, Scholfield played 5 matches, scoring 93 runs and taking 6 wickets, in the

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as the Vipers retained their title. She was also ever-present in the

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, and hit a crucial 41 * from 36 balls in the final group stage match to beat

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off the final ball and qualify for Finals Day. She was also in the

squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match. She was ever-present for Southern Vipers in the 2022 season, across the

and the

, with her main contributions coming in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, where she made her maiden

half-century, scoring 74 against Sunrisers, as well as taking 11 wickets overall at an average of 20.09. She was also again in the Southern Brave squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match. At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Scholfield had signed for

. On 22 April 2023, she scored her first

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in List A cricket, with 111 * to help her side beat

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by 131 runs. On 1 May 2023, she scored another century, 134 * against

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, which was the highest score in the

that season. She ended the season as the fourth-leading run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 439 runs at an average of 39.90. She also played seven matches for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred, scoring 78 runs and taking 8 wickets. In 2024, she played 20 matches for South East Stars, across the

and the

, scoring three half-centuries in each competition.

International career

Scholfield made her

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debut for England against

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at Stormont in

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on 7 September 2024, scoring 31 runs off 33 balls batting at number four. She played her first

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against the same opposition in Dublin on 14 September 2024. Schofield was named in the England squad for the T20 part of their tour to

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in November 2024. She dropped out of the squad just days before the series began due to an ankle injury.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scholfield, Paige 1995 births Living people English women cricketers Cricketers from Durban Sussex women cricketers Loughborough Lightning cricketers Southern Vipers cricketers South East Stars cricketers Oval Invincibles cricketers England women One Day International cricketers England women Twenty20 International cricketers