Mollie Joy Robbins (born 4 October 1998) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Gloucestershire and Western Storm. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]
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Full name | Mollie Joy Robbins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 24) Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–present | Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 8 October 2022 |
Robbins was born on 4 October 1998 in Bristol.[2] In 2022, she was appointed Head Coach of Thornbury Cricket Club's women's team.[3]
Robbins made her county debut in 2013, for Gloucestershire against Derbyshire.[4] The following season, 2014, she was Gloucestershire's joint-leading wicket-taker in the County Championship, with 6 wickets at an average of 14.83.[5] Robbins soon became a regular in Gloucestershire's side, with strong seasons coming in the 2016 and 2017 Championships, where she took 7 wickets in each season, including a best bowling of 4/2 in a 2017 match against Wiltshire.[6][7][8] In the 2019 Women's County Championship, Robbins took 14 wickets, the second-highest tally across the whole competition, including her maiden five-wicket haul, 5/19 against Dorset.[9][10] She also achieved her T20 high score that season, scoring 47 from 40 balls against Wiltshire.[11] In 2021, she helped her side to winning the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, taking 2 wickets and scoring 41 runs.[12][13] She took four wickets at an average of 30.00 in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[14]
In 2021, Robbins was selected in the Western Storm squad for their upcoming season.[15] She played four matches for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, without taking a wicket.[16] She was again in the Western Storm squad in 2022, but did not play a match.[17]
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