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Katie Ann Levick (born 17 July 1991) is an English cricketer who has played for Yorkshire, Yorkshire Diamonds, Northern Diamonds and Northern Superchargers. She is a leg spin bowler, and is the leading wicket taker in Women's County Championship cricket.

Katie Levick

Personal information
Full name	Katie Ann Levick
Born	(1991-07-17) 17 July 1991 (age 31) Sheffield, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–present	Yorkshire
2016–2019	Yorkshire Diamonds
2020–present	Northern Diamonds
2021–present	Northern Superchargers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 104 116 Runs scored 215 111 Batting average 7.67 4.44 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 30* 13 Balls bowled 4,986 2,329 Wickets 159 138 Bowling average 17.29 16.11 5 wickets in innings 3 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 6/25 5/15 Catches/stumpings 19/– 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 October 2022

Personal life

Levick is from Sheffield.[1][2] Levick studied at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2012.[1] She later worked as a teacher,[1] and as of 2020, she was a marketing manager for Yorkshire CCC's coaching department.[3]

Career

Levick played club cricket for Upper Haugh Cricket Club in Rotherham, alongside her brother.[1][2] The club had no girls team, so she played on the boys team.[2] At the age of 16, Levick debuted for Yorkshire Women.[1] She has taken 190 wickets in the Women's County Championship, more than any other player.[1][4] Levick took 20 wickets in the 2015 season at an average of 9 runs per wicket. She was the second highest wicket taker in the competition, behind Sarah Clarke.[5] In 2018, Levick took 20 wickets for Yorkshire Women in the County Championship and Twenty20 tournaments.[6]

From 2011 to 2012, Levick was a member of the England Academy squad, but after graduating from university, she left the Academy to find paid work.[1] Levick played in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2016 and 2019, representing the Yorkshire Diamonds.[2] She took 29 wickets, more than any other non-international cricketer, at an economy rate of 6.60.[1][2] In 2019, Levick was named The Guardian's Women's Cricketer of the Year.[1][4]

In 2020, Levick played for the Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[4] She took eight wickets in the group stages of the tournament,[7] including taking 3/22 from 10 overs in the Diamonds' match against North West Thunder.[8] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final against Southern Vipers, Levick took 3/49 from 8 overs, including the wicket of Georgia Adams.[9] Levick signed for the Northern Superchargers for The Hundred.[2] The 2020 season of The Hundred was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[3] but Levick was retained by the Superchargers for the 2021 season.[10] In October 2020, Levick tested positive for COVID-19, and later suffered the effects of long COVID. At one point, she was unsure if she would be able to play cricket again, though she later returned to action in the 2021 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[11] At the end of the 2021 season, it was announced that Levick had signed a professional contract with Northern Diamonds.[12]

In April 2022, she was signed by the Northern Superchargers for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[13] She was the leading wicket-taker in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 15 wickets at an average of 9.06.[14]

References

External links

• Katie Levick at ESPNcricinfo
• Katie Levick at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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