Charlie Miles (born 14 August 2001) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team.
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| Born | 14 August 2001[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Medium fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 17) | 5 May 2022 v Guernsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 27 July 2024 v Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editMiles made her debut for Jersey at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series on 5 May 2022 in a player-of-the-match performance against the host nation, making an unbeaten 39 off 32 balls including five boundaries opening the batting as the islanders' successfully chased 88 in 12.3 overs.[2][3]
She compiled her first WT20I half-century with a score of 57 off 59 balls against Austria in Jersey's third match of the event as she again won player of the match in a 70-run victory.[4][5]
In the tournament final against France she hit 33 off 39 balls, anchoring the innings as Jersey successfully chased 126 inside 17 overs to clinch the trophy.[6][7]
Miles made her first home international appearances in the three-match 2022 Women's Inter-Insular Cup against neighbours Guernsey at Grainville Cricket Ground, scoring an unbeaten 78 in the third game although the match was not an official WT20I.[8][9][10]
She was part of the squad which represented the island in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, making 22 not out off 21 balls in the opening match win against Italy[11][12] and then top scoring with 23 in a nine-wicket success over Turkey.[13][14][15]
Fresh off being a member of Jersey's touring party to Northern Ireland in June 2024 for fixtures against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy and NCU Knights,[16] Miles top-scored with 68 off 42 balls, including nine boundaries, as the islanders' retained the WT20I Inter-insular Cup for a third year in row, defeating Guernsey in a one-off match at Grainville Cricket Ground in St Saviour on 15 July by 104-runs.[17][18][19]
In August 2024, Miles was among the British and Irish Roses squad selected to take on Team Europe in the inaugural Meltl Shield, a nine-match T10 competition, held at Roma Cricket Ground in Rome, Italy.[20][21]
Personal life
editMiles attended Jersey College for Girls.[22] In 2017 she was awarded an Arkwright Scholarship after impressing the judges at the University of Bath with her design for a buggy to mark the boundaries on cricket fields.[22]
References
edit- ^ "Profile of Charlie Miles". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey and Austria register wins on the opening day of quadrangular series". womenscriczone.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "France Women vs Jersey Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey register third win of the quadrangular series". womenscriczone.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Austria Women vs Jersey Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey Women on the up". Jerseys Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Unbeaten Jersey make it four-in-four to win Quadrangular T20I trophy in France". womenscriczone.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "A home hat-trick". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "'Our journey is just beginning'". Guernsey Press. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey Women vs Guernsey Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey crush Italy for victorious start to T20 World Cup qualifying". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey Women vs Italy Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey bounce back from Germany loss with win over Turkey in ICC Women's World Cup qualifier". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey lose to Germany but beat Turkey". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey Women vs Turkey Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Squad save their best for last". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "Jersey Miles ahead in inter-insular win". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Jersey women win inter-insular". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Jersey beat Guernsey to win inter-island T20 title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Five Jersey women selected for Roses". Jersey Evening Post. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
- ^ "Five Jersey women selected for British and Irish Roses". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Cricket buggy engineer wins prestigious scholarship". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 17 November 2024.