Katie Louise Midwood (born 1 October 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Leicestershire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She has previously played for Worcestershire, Essex and Sunrisers.[1][2]

Katie Midwood
Personal information
Full name
Katie Louise Midwood
Born (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 30)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingSlow left-arm orthodox
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2014–2019Leicestershire
2017Worcestershire (on loan)
2020–2022Essex
2020–2021Sunrisers
2022Lightning
2023–presentLeicestershire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 47 44
Runs scored 695 693
Batting average 20.44 36.47
100s/50s 0/2 0/3
Top score 70* 63*
Balls bowled 894 504
Wickets 21 25
Bowling average 31.00 16.36
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/5 4/7
Catches/stumpings 4/– 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 1 October 2021

Domestic career edit

Midwood made her county debut in 2014, for Leicestershire against Hampshire.[3] In her sixth match for the side, she achieved her List A high score, hitting 70* in a victory over Derbyshire.[4] The following season, she was the side's leading run-scorer, with 235 runs at an average of 39.16, as Leicestershire were promoted to Division 2 of the County Championship.[5] Midwood spent much of the 2017 season with Worcestershire as the side gained promotion in the Twenty20 Cup.[6][7] Midwood returned to Leicestershire for the next two seasons, before moving to Essex ahead of the 2020 season, and made her debut for her new side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[8][9] She played six matches in the tournament, scoring 33 runs and taking 4 wickets.[10][11] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Midwood scored 157 runs and took eight wickets, including returning figures of 4/7 against Cambridgeshire.[12][13][14] She re-joined Leicestershire ahead of the 2023 season.[15]

In 2020, Midwood played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in five matches, scoring 57 runs at an average of 14.25 and taking 2 wickets.[16][17] In 2021, it was announced that Midwood would also be taking on the role of Sports Science Consultant at Sunrisers.[18] She played just one match for the side that season, against Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 10* and bowling eight overs with figures of 1/42.[19][20] Ahead of the 2022 season, Midwood joined Lightning, but did not play a match for the side that season.[21]

References edit

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Katie Midwood". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Katie Midwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Leicestershire Women v Hampshire Women, 4 May 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Derbyshire Women v Leicestershire Women v 20 July 2014". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Leicestershire Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's List A Matches played by Katie Midwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Katie Midwood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Sunrisers Cricket Squad". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Sussex Women v Essex Women, 25 April 2021 @ 11:00". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Cambridgeshire Women v Essex Women, 18 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Durham Cricket - T20 Match Preview - 09/06/2023". Leicestershire County Cricket Club. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Bowling for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Sunrisers Unveil Coaching Team & SSSM Staff". Sunrisers Cricket. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  20. ^ "Loughborough, Jun 12 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Lighting v Sunrisers". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  21. ^ "Lightning: 2022 team guide". the Cricketer. Retrieved 2 October 2022.

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