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Clare Katherine Boycott (born 31 December 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire and Central Sparks. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter.[1][2]

Clare Boycott

Personal information
Full name	Clare Katherine Boycott
Born	(1993-12-31) 31 December 1993 (age 28) Redditch, Worcestershire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–present	Worcestershire
2020–present	Central Sparks
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 90 70 Runs scored 1,443 801 Batting average 22.20 21.07 100s/50s 0/7 0/1 Top score 63* 65 Balls bowled 3,009 1,150 Wickets 77 56 Bowling average 24.92 19.11 5 wickets in innings 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 6/16 3/10 Catches/stumpings 15/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 30 September 2022

Early life

Boycott was born on 31 December 1993 in Redditch, Worcestershire.[2]

Domestic career

Boycott made her county debut in 2008, for Worcestershire against Essex.[3] In the 2009 Women's County Championship, she took 7 wickets at an average of 17.85.[4] In 2011, Boycott scored her first county half-century, hitting 59* against Staffordshire, as well as taking 11 wickets in the County Championship.[5][6]

In 2015, Boycott was Worcestershire's leading run-scorer in the County Championship, with 236 runs at an average of 39.33, including one half-century.[7] In 2016, she hit another half-century, 59 against Leicestershire, and was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 8 wickets at an average of 11.75.[8][9] The following season, Boycott hit her List A high score, 63* against Staffordshire, and was Worcestershire's leading wicket-taker in both formats, with 7 wickets in the Championship and 14 in the Twenty20 Cup, the highest across the whole competition.[10][11][12]

In 2018, Boycott achieved her List A best bowling figures, taking 6/16 against Shropshire, as well as hitting two half-centuries in the County Championship.[13][14] The following season, Boycott hit 61* in a County Championship match against Somerset, and took 14 wickets across the two formats.[15][16][17] In 2021, she made what was at the time her Twenty20 high score, scoring 40 in a match for Worcestershire against Warwickshire.[18] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century, scoring 65 against Berkshire, as well as taking nine wickets in eight matches.[19][20][21] During the 2022 season, Boycott reached the milestone of playing 200 matches for Worcestershire, across age-group and senior cricket.[22]

In 2020, Boycott played for Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches, scoring 53 runs and taking 8 wickets at an average of 20.00, the joint-most for the side.[23] Her best performance with the ball came in the Sparks' victory over North West Thunder, taking 4/40 from 10 overs.[24] She appeared in nine matches for the side in 2021, and took 4 wickets at an average of 20.25 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[25][26] She appeared in one match for the side in 2022, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[27]

References

External links

• Clare Boycott at ESPNcricinfo
• Clare Boycott at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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