Kathryn Bryce

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Kathryn Bryce (born 17 November 1997) is a Scottish cricketer who is the current captain of the Scotland women's cricket team.[2] In December 2020, Bryce was named the ICC Associate Cricketer of the Decade.[3] In June 2021, Bryce became the first cricketer for Scotland, male or female, to make it into the top ten of the ICC Player Rankings.[4][5] Her sister, Sarah, has also played international cricket for Scotland.[6][7]

Kathryn Bryce
Personal information
Full name
Kathryn Emma Bryce
Born (1997-11-17) 17 November 1997 (age 26)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm medium
Role All-rounder
Relations Sarah Bryce (sister)[1]
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 2) 7 July 2018 v Uganda
Last T20I 25 September 2022 v Papua New Guinea
Domestic team information
Years Team
2017–2020 Warwickshire
2019 Loughborough Lightning
2020–present The Blaze
2021 Lincolnshire
2021–2022 Trent Rockets
2022–present Derbyshire
Career statistics
Competition WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 22 43 85
Runs scored 547 946 1,386
Batting average 42.07 26.27 32.23
100s/50s 0/3 1/5 0/7
Top score 73* 162 73*
Balls bowled 449 1,550 1,406
Wickets 24 42 73
Bowling average 10.79 21.61 15.15
5 wickets in innings 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/5 5/29 4/5
Catches/stumpings 13/– 15/– 35/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 September 2022

Career

Bryce played for the Scotland women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.[8] In April 2018, she was named as the new captain of the Scotland women's team, replacing Abbi Aitken.[9]

In June 2018, she was named as the captain of Scotland for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[10] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Scotland against Uganda in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018.[11] In July 2018, she was named in the ICC Women's Global Development Squad.[12]

In May 2019, she was named as the captain of Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.[13] In August 2019, she was named as the captain of Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[14][15] She was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 168 runs in five matches.[16]

In November 2020, Bryce was nominated for the ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award,[17] winning the award the following month.[18] In June 2021, Bryce was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for May 2021 for her performance in the four-match series against Ireland.[19][20] Bryce was the first Associate woman to be nominated and the first Associate player to win the award.[21]

Bryce has also captained Lightning since 2020, and played for Trent Rockets in The Hundred in 2021.[2] In 2021, she was named as the PCA Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Year, as the second-highest run-scorer in the competition, with 353 runs including her List A high score of 162.[22][23]

In January 2022, Bryce was named as the captain of Scotland's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[24] In April 2022, she was bought by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Bryce sisters' masterclass sees Scotland end on a high". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Kathryn Bryce". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Kathryn Bryce". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Kathryn Bryce first from Scotland in top 10 of MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Kathryn Bryce achieves best ranking by a Scotland player". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Scotland's Bryce sisters take giant strides in T20I rankings". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  7. ^ "The Bryce sisters: Full-time contracts and inspiring Scottish girls to choose cricket". Emerging Cricket. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. ^ "ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 7th Match, Group B: Scotland Women v South Africa Women at Colombo (MCA), Feb 8, 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Kathryn Bryce named Scotland Women captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. ^ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  11. ^ "2nd Match, Group B, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier at Amstelveen, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Meet the Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Squads announced for ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  14. ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  15. ^ "Captains ready for Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  16. ^ "ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier, 2019: Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  17. ^ "ICC Awards of the Decade announced". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  18. ^ "Scotland at the double in ICC Awards". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Kathryn Bryce and Mushfiqur Rahim voted ICC Players of the Month for May 2021". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Kathryn Bryce claims ICC Player of the Month". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  21. ^ Beswick, Daniel (14 June 2021). "Kathryn Bryce claims ICC Player of the Month". Emerging Cricket. Retrieved 27 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Bryce and Jones recognised as women's domestic season ends". PCA. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  24. ^ "Scotland's women aim to start 2022 on a high at Commonwealth Games qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  25. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.

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