Abigale Emma Molly Norgrove (born 17 January 2006) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Oxfordshire. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler.[1][2]

Abi Norgrove
Personal information
Full name
Abigale Emma Molly Norgrove
Born (2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 18)
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–presentOxfordshire
2023–2024Southern Vipers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 17 28
Runs scored 315 487
Batting average 22.50 25.63
100s/50s 0/1 0/3
Top score 64 84*
Balls bowled 24 306
Wickets 2 12
Bowling average 6.00 18.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/12 2/6
Catches/stumpings 4/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2024

Early life

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Norgrove was born on 17 January 2006 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.[2]

Domestic career

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Norgrove made her county debut in 2019, for Oxfordshire against Wiltshire in the Women's County Championship, taking 2/12 from 4 overs.[3] She also played four matches in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 30 runs and taking two wickets.[4][5] She was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with five wickets at an average of 13.80, and again took five wickets in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[6][7]

Norgrove was named in the Southern Vipers Academy squad between 2021 and 2023.[8][9][10] In August 2022, she scored 136* in a match against Northern Diamonds Academy.[11] She was first named in a matchday squad for the senior team on 1 July 2023, and made her debut for the side the following day, against Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12][13] She played five matches overall for the side that season, scoring 83 runs with a high score of 48.[14] In 2024, she played ten matches for Southern Vipers, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 205 runs including one half-century.[15][16]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Abi Norgrove". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Abi Norgrove". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Oxfordshire Women v Wiltshire Women, 5 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Oxfordshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Bowling for Oxfordshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Bowling for Oxfordshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Bowling for Oxfordshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Southern Vipers Announce New Academy Cohort And Emerging Players Programme". The Ageas Bowl. 21 October 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Southern Vipers Academy Intake Increased To 15 For 2022". The Ageas Bowl. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  10. ^ "2021 Southern Vipers Academy Intake Confirmed". The Ageas Bowl. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  11. ^ "50 Over One Day, 9 August 2022, High Wycombe CC, London Road, High Wycombe: Southern Vipers Academy v Northern Diamonds Academy". NV Play. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Match Preview: Sunrisers v Southern Vipers, RHFT". The Ageas Bowl. 1 July 2023. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  13. ^ "23rd Match, Chelmsford, July 2 2023, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Sunrisers v Southern Vipers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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