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Katherine Elizabeth Speed (born 5 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex, Huntingdonshire and Sunrisers. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]

Katherine Speed

Personal information
Full name	Katherine Elizabeth Speed
Born	(2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 21)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2016–present	Essex
2020–2021	Huntingdonshire
2021–present	Sunrisers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20 Matches 5 21 Runs scored 20 234 Batting average 5.00 14.62 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 Top score 7* 26* Balls bowled – 41 Wickets – 2 Bowling average – 18.00 5 wickets in innings – 0 10 wickets in match – 0 Best bowling – 1/12 Catches/stumpings 0/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 October 2022

Domestic career

Speed made her county debut in 2016, for Essex against Nottinghamshire, scoring 7*.[3] In 2018, she helped her side to promotion from Division 3C of the Twenty20 Cup.[4] In 2021 she took her maiden county wickets, both against Kent in consecutive games on 9 May.[5]

Speed has also played for Huntingdonshire in the East of England Championship in 2020 and 2021, including hitting 62 from 53 balls in a match against Hertfordshire in the 2020 tournament.[6] In 2022, she only played for Essex, playing two matches in the Twenty20 Cup, scoring 45 runs.[7]

In 2021, Speed was selected in the Sunrisers squad for their upcoming season.[8] She made her debut for the side on 29 May, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[9] She was ever-present in Sunrisers' 2021 Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign, scoring 60 runs including her Twenty20 high score of 26*.[10][11] She played four matches for Sunrisers in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12][13]

References

External links

• Katherine Speed at ESPNcricinfo
• Katherine Speed at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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