Katharine Victoria Winks (born 16 March 1978) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler and left-handed batter. She appeared in seven One Day Internationals for England between 1998 and 2000. She primarily played domestic cricket for West and Somerset.

Katharine Winks
Personal information
Full name
Katharine Victoria Winks
Born (1978-03-16) 16 March 1978 (age 46)
Bristol, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 77)18 July 1998 v Australia
Last ODI1 February 2000 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992–1999West
2000Somerset
Career statistics
Competition WODI WFC WLA
Matches 7 4 59
Runs scored 24 91 487
Batting average 12.00 22.75 14.75
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 15 31* 46
Balls bowled 222 456 2,776
Wickets 2 5 51
Bowling average 60.00 35.80 28.41
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/15 2/39 4/13
Catches/stumpings 1/– 1/– 7/–
Source: CricketArchive, 6 January 2021

Early life edit

Winks was born on 16 March 1978 in Bristol, England.[1]

Domestic career edit

Winks played for West of England in the Women's Area Championship and latterly the Women's County Championship between 1992 and 1999. After West of England were abolished, she played for Somerset in 2000. She also made four appearances for Midwest Women, including three in the Women's Territorial Tournament and one tourist match against New Zealand.[2][3]

International career edit

Winks appeared for various England youth teams including Junior England, England Under-20s, England Under-21s and England Under-23s before making her senior debut in a One Day International against Australia at Hove on 18 July 1998.[4] She bowled two overs for 10 runs and scored 2 runs before being run out.[5] In total she played in seven One Day Internationals, with her final appearance coming against Australia at Bradman Oval, Bowral on 1 February 2000.[6] In total she took two wickets at an average of 60 runs.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Katharine Winks". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Women's List A Matches played by Katharine Winks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Women's First-Class Matches played by Katharine Winks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Teams Katharine Winks played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ "3rd ODI, Brighton, Jul 18 1998, Australia Women tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Australia Women v England Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Katharine Winks". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

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