Gwenan Davies

Gwenan Mai Davies (born 12 May 1994) is a Welsh cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire, Central Sparks and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a wicket-keeper and left-handed batter, as well as occasionally bowling right-arm medium-fast. She has previously played for Wales and Somerset, as well as Yorkshire Diamonds and Surrey Stars in the Women's Cricket Super League.[1][2]

Gwenan Davies
Personal information
Full nameGwenan Mai Davies
Born (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994
Neath, Wales
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2014Wales
2015–2017Somerset
2018–presentWarwickshire
2018Yorkshire Diamonds
2019Surrey Stars
2020–presentCentral Sparks
2021–presentBirmingham Phoenix
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 89 85
Runs scored 1,498 1,295
Batting average 17.62 19.32
100s/50s 0/8 0/3
Top score 96 66*
Balls bowled 945 245
Wickets 23 10
Bowling average 31.95 32.80
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 2/7 2/18
Catches/stumpings 37/8 25/29
Source: CricketArchive, 26 September 2021

Early life

Davies was born on 12 May 1994 in Neath, Wales.[2] She works as Head of Girls' Cricket at Shrewsbury School.[3]

Domestic career

Davies made her debut for Wales in a 2007 County Challenge Cup against Oxfordshire. She scored 22* in a 174 run victory.[4] Davies played for Wales until 2014, after which she joined Somerset. In her first season with Somerset, she was the side's second-leading run-scorer in the 2015 Women's County Championship, and achieved her List A high score of 96 in a match against Durham.[5][6]

In 2018, Davies joined Warwickshire. She was part of the side that won the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and Davies was the second-highest run-scorer for the team, with 200 runs at an average of 33.33.[7][8] She hit consecutive half-centuries in games against Middlesex and Kent on 23 June.[9][10]

Davies also played in the Women's Cricket Super League, for Yorkshire Diamonds in 2018 and for Surrey Stars in 2019, but made little impact with the bat for either side.[11] In 2020, Davies played for Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She scored 169 runs across the six matches, at an average of 28.16.[12] In December 2020, it was announced that Davies was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[13]

In 2021, was ever-present for Central Sparks across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[14][15] She made one half-century for the side that season, scoring 50 from 59 deliveries against Sunrisers.[16] She also played for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, scoring 48 runs across the nine matches she appeared in.[17]

Davies has also been part of the England Development Programme, and played for Rubies in the 2013 Super Fours.[2] In April 2022, she was bought by the Birmingham Phoenix for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[18]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Gwenan Davies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Gwenan Davies". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "Gwenan Davies and Alex Griffiths: Welsh duo living cricketing 'dream'". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  4. "Oxfordshire Women v Wales Women, 10 June 2007". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  5. "Batting for Somerset Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. "Somerset Women v Durham Women, 30 August 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  7. "Central Sparks Squad". Edgbaston.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  8. "Batting for Warwickshire Women/Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  9. "Middlesex Women v Warwickshire Women, 23 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  10. "Kent Women v Warwickshire Women, 23 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  11. "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Gwenan Davies". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  12. "Batting and Fielding for Central Sparks/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  13. "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". ESPN England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  14. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  15. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Central Sparks/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  16. "Northwood, 10 Sep 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Sunrisers v Central Sparks". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  17. "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Birmingham Phoenix (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  18. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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