Katherine Fraser (born 9 April 2005) is a Scottish cricketer.[1][2] In May 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.[3] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Scotland against Germany on 29 June 2019.[4] At the age of 14 years and 81 days, she was the youngest female cricketer to represent Scotland in a WT20I match.[5][6] At the time of her international debut, Fraser was a third year pupil at The Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh.[7]
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| Full name | Katherine Fraser | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 2005 Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 31) | 12 April 2024 v Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 12 August 2024 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 15) | 29 June 2019 v Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 13 October 2024 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Northern Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In August 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series.[8] She played in Scotland's first match of the series, against Thailand on 8 August 2019.[9] She finished the tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with nine dismissals from six matches.[10] Later the same month, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[11] On her selection for the tournament, Fraser said it was "really really exciting" and that "it's a great opportunity".[12]
In January 2022, she was named in Scotland's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[13] In April 2022, it was announced that she would be training with Northern Diamonds for the upcoming season.[14] Fraser is captaining the Scotland under-19 team at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa during January 2023.[15]
In September 2024 she was named in the Scotland squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Katherine Fraser". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Emerging Players to Watch Under 21: Women Part 1". Emerging Cricket. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Squads announced for ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "5th Match, ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Region Qualifier at Cartagena, Jun 29 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Internationals: Individual Records - Youngest Players". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Katherine Fraser ready for her next challenge". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Katherine Fraser on playing international cricket for Scotland at age 14". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ "Squad selected for women's T20I quadrangular". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "2nd Match, Women's T20I Quadrangular Series (in Netherlands) at Deventer, Aug 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Women's T20I Quadrangular Series (in Netherlands), 2019: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "Scotland's 14-year old Katherine Fraser keen to make history". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Scotland's women aim to start 2022 on a high at Commonwealth Games qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Diamonds sign all-rounders Leigh Kasperek and Yvonne Graves". Northern Diamonds. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Scotland's Fraser on the World Cup & Verma's wicket". BBC Sport. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Scotland squad named for ICC Women's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 3 October 2024.