Tara Gabriella Norris (born 4 June 1998) is an American cricketer who currently plays for Sussex, North West Thunder, Southern Brave and the United States. She plays as a left-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Loughborough Lightning and Southern Vipers.[1][2]
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| Full name | Tara Gabriella Norris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 24) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 19) | 18 October 2021 v Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 October 2021 v Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–present | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Southern Vipers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Loughborough Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Southern Vipers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Southern Brave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She made her Twenty20 International debut on 18 October 2021, for the United States against Brazil in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier.[3]
Norris was born on 4 June 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is half-Italian.[4]
Norris made her county debut in 2014, for Sussex against Warwickshire. She did not bat or bowl.[5] A year later, she was part of the Sussex squad that won the 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[6] In the 2018 Women's County Championship, Norris had a strong season, taking 10 wickets at an average of 10.30 as her side was promoted from Division 2.[7] In 2019, Norris again had a successful county season, being Sussex's second-leading wicket-taker in both competitions, and hitting her maiden county half-century, scoring 59* opening the batting in a T20 victory over Warwickshire.[8][9][10] She was Sussex's joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 7 wickets at an average of 11.71.[11] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Norris took eight wickets at an average of 7.87, including Twenty20 best bowling figures of 4/11, taken against Surrey.[12][13]
In 2017, Norris also played for Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League. She played one match, bowling three overs and dismissing Jenny Gunn for her maiden KSL wicket.[14] Ahead of the 2018 season, she moved to Loughborough Lightning, but did not play for them until 2019. Across her three appearances, she bowled three overs for no wicket.[15]
In 2020, Norris returned to Southern Vipers for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 7 matches, including her side's 38-run victory in the Final over Northern Diamonds. She took 12 wickets at an average of 17.91, including taking 4/45 in a match against Western Storm.[16][17] She was the joint-third leading wicket-taker across the whole tournament.[18] In 2021, she was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 13 wickets at an average of 13.30.[19] She achieved her Twenty20 best bowling in the tournament against Lightning, taking 4/14 from her 3.5 overs.[20] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Norris took 11 wickets at an average of 30.09, including taking her List A best bowling figures, again 4/14, against North West Thunder.[21] In the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Norris hit her List A best of 40* as part of an unbroken stand of 78 for the eighth wicket with Emily Windsor to help her side recover from 109/7 to win the match, and the tournament, by 3 wickets with two balls to spare.[22] She also played six matches for Southern Brave in The Hundred, taking 3 wickets at an average of 22.66.[23] In 2022, Norris took two wickets in four appearances in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was Southern Vipers' leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 12 wickets at an average of 19.75.[24][25] She was again in the Southern Brave squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[26] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Norris had joined North West Thunder.[27]
In September 2021, Norris was named in the United States squad for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier.[28] She made her Twenty20 International debut in the first match of the tournament, against Brazil on 18 October 2021.[3] She went on to play five of USA's six matches in the tournament as they qualified for the 2022 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, taking 4 wickets at an average of 7.75.[29] In October 2021, she was named in the American team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[30]
Norris has also appeared for various England Development and Academy teams, including touring South Africa in 2018.[31]
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