Saskia Meg Horley (born 23 February 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Scotland, New South Wales and Sydney Thunder.[1][2] She played in four matches for Sydney Thunder in the 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season.[3] In 2022, she played for Middlesex in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[4]

Saskia Horley
Personal information
Full name
Saskia Meg Horley
Born (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24)
St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 32)12 April 2024 v Papua New Guinea
Last ODI12 August 2024 v Netherlands
T20I debut (cap 21)5 September 2022 v Ireland
Last T20I7 May 2024 v Sri Lanka
T20I shirt no.13
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019/20–presentNew South Wales
2019/20Sydney Thunder
2022–presentMiddlesex
2022/23–presentSydney Thunder
2023Sunrisers
Career statistics
Competition WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 17 25 26
Runs scored 323 694 399
Batting average 20.18 7.50 23.11
100s/50s 0/2 1/5 0/2
Top score 61* 100 61*
Balls bowled 120 469 126
Wickets 6 13 6
Bowling average 23.66 27.38 25.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/13 4/24 3/13
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2022

In August 2022, Horley was named in Scotland's squad for their series against Ireland in September 2022.[5] She qualifies for Scotland through her mother, who was born in Edinburgh, and she holds a British passport.[6] In March 2023, it was announced that she had signed for Sunrisers for the first five rounds of the 2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[7]

In September 2024 she was named in the Scotland squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Saskia Horley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Complete squad lists for WBBL05". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Women's Big Bash League, 2020/21 - Sydney Thunder Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ "2 May 2022 @ 11:00: Middlesex Women v Hertfordshire Women". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Scotland host Ireland in 3 match series". Cricket Scotland. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Saskia Horley returns to the WNCL after impressive Scotland debut". ABC News. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Sunrisers Sign Saskia Horley". Sunrisers Cricket. 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Scotland squad named for ICC Women's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
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