Ilenia Elisa J "Lenny" Sims (born 10 February 2002) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire and Lightning. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler.[1][2]
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Full name | Ilenia Elisa J Sims | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2015–present | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Lightning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 3 October 2022 |
Sims was born on 10 February 2002. She studies at Loughborough University. Her great-great-uncle is former England cricketer Harold Larwood.[3]
Sims made her county debut in 2015, for Staffordshire against Derbyshire.[4] 2018 was her most successful season for the side, as she took 8 wickets at an average of 13.37 in the County Championship, and was the joint-fourth leading wicket-taker across the whole Twenty20 Cup, with 14 wickets at an average of 9.64.[5][6] This included her maiden county five-wicket haul, taking 5/8 in a Twenty20 against Cumbria.[7] In 2019, Sims took 9 wickets in the County Championship at an average of 12.66, including her List A best bowling figures of 3/15.[8] In 2021, Sims made her Twenty20 high score, hitting 32 opening the batting against Somerset.[9] She took six wickets for Staffordshire in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, at an average of 23.33.[10]
In 2020, Sims played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in one match, scoring 1* in a defeat to North West Thunder.[11][12] After not being included in the Lightning squad in 2021, she returned to the side in 2022, but did not play a match.[13]
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