Alex Hartley (cricketer)

Alexandra Hartley (born 6 September 1993 in Blackburn, Lancashire) is an English cricketer. Hartley plays for Middlesex Women cricket team as well as Lancashire Women cricket team.[1] She is a right-hand batsman as well as a left arm orthodox bowler.[2][3][4] She also co-hosts a podcast called No Balls with England teammate Kate Cross.

Alex Hartley
Personal information
Full nameAlexandra Hartley
Born (1993-09-06) 6 September 1993
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
NicknameJammy, BT
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleBowler
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 127)27 June 2016 v Pakistan
Last ODI21 March 2019 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.65
T20I debut (cap 41)7 July 2016 v Pakistan
Last T20I4 March 2019 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2012Lancashire Women
2013–2016Middlesex Women
2016Surrey Stars
2017–presentLancashire Women
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 17 1
Runs scored 5 –
Batting average – –
100s/50s 0/0 –/–
Top score 2* –
Balls bowled 888 18
Wickets 27 2
Bowling average 21.40 9.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match n/a n/a
Best bowling 4/24 2/19
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 21 March 2019

She made her ODI debut against Pakistan women cricket team at County Ground, Taunton in June 2016.[5][6]

Hartley was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England.[7][8][9]

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year.[10] In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.[11][12] She lost that contract in October 2019,[13] but in June 2020 became one of the first 25 English women cricketers to be retained under a regional retainer contract.[14][15]



She co-hosts a cricketing podcast with teammate Kate Cross. The podcast is done on a weekly basis and includes various segments. She has shown distaste and an annoyance toward Tim Bresnan. She has shown hatred toward him and the Yorkshire Podcast as they top them in the charts regularly, are from Yorkshire and people have said that listening to the Yorkshire Podcast has made people run quicker. Some of the various segments in the podcast are trough and peak of the week, LBW and general cricketing chat.


References
  1. "Women's World Cup – Eight youngsters to watch". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  2. cricinfo
  3. Cricketarchive
  4. ECB Development XI lift women's title
  5. Alex Hartley, Fran Wilson in England Women's squad for Pakistan ODIs
  6. ICC Women's Championship, 3rd ODI: England Women v Pakistan Women at Taunton, Jun 27, 2016
  7. Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23, ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
  8. World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
  9. England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
  10. "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  11. "Freya Davies awarded England Women contract ahead of India tour". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  12. "Freya Davies 'thrilled' at new full central England contract". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  13. Friend, Nick (31 October 2019). "Alex Hartley: "You don't really have a reason to get up in the morning"". The Cricketer. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  14. The Cricketer (25 June 2020). "25 women sign domestic retainer contracts as ECB pushes through regional hub plans". The Cricketer. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. Friend, Nick (30 June 2020). "This is what it means for us to go pro". The Cricketer. Retrieved 3 July 2020.


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