Rachel Valerie Hawkins (née Scholes; born 31 January 1992) is a Scottish former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She played for Scotland between 2012 and 2019, including appearing in 16 Twenty20 Internationals in 2018 and 2019. She played domestic cricket for Nottinghamshire.[1][2]

Rachel Hawkins
Personal information
Full name
Rachel Valerie Hawkins
Born (1992-01-31) 31 January 1992 (age 32)
Manchester, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 11)7 July 2018 v Uganda
Last T20I7 September 2019 v Netherlands
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008–2011Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 16 43 58
Runs scored 63 773 745
Batting average 7.87 20.34 18.62
100s/50s 0/0 0/5 0/2
Top score 16* 94* 61*
Balls bowled 340 1,176 849
Wickets 16 25 31
Bowling average 14.62 28.76 21.19
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/10 2/6 4/10
Catches/stumpings 2/– 11/– 12/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 April 2022

International career

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Hawkins played in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.[3] In June 2018, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[4] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Scotland against Uganda in the World Twenty20 Qualifier on 7 July 2018, where she was named the player of the match.[5] She was the leading wicket-taker for Scotland in the tournament, with eight dismissals in five matches.[6]

In May 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain.[7] In August 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[8]

In September 2020, Hawkins announced her retirement from cricket.[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Rachel Hawkins". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Rachel Hawkins". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "ICC announces umpire and referee appointments for ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "2nd Match, Group B, ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier at Amstelveen, Jul 7 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  6. ^ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2018 - Scotland Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Squads announced for ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Global Game: Scotland seamer Rachel Hawkins retires". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Rachel Hawkins announces retirement from international cricket". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
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