Joleigh L Roberts is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. She plays primarily as a right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Cornwall and Western Storm.[1][2]

Joleigh Roberts
Personal information
Full name
Joleigh L Roberts
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017–2019Cornwall
2019–presentSomerset
2021Western Storm
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 16 36
Runs scored 191 145
Batting average 31.83 16.11
100s/50s 0/2 0/0
Top score 59* 32*
Balls bowled 643 504
Wickets 16 12
Bowling average 25.06 44.54
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/37 2/14
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Domestic career

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Roberts made her county debut in 2017, for Cornwall against Dorset, in which she took 2/18 from 8 overs.[3] She went on to take 6 wickets in the County Championship that season, the joint-most for her side, at an average of 21.33.[4] She again took 6 wickets in the County Championship, at an average of 20.66.[5] In 2019, she took four wickets apiece in the County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup for Cornwall, whilst also playing one match for Somerset.[6][7][8]

After the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Roberts permanently joined Somerset for the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, in which she took 2 wickets for the side as they won the West Midlands Group of the tournament.[9] She was also named in the Western Storm Academy in 2021, and made her debut for the full team on 10 September the same year, against Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[10][11] In 2022, she was ever-present for Somerset in the Twenty20 Cup, taking two wickets.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Joleigh Roberts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Joleigh Roberts". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Dorset Women v Cornwall Women, 30 April 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowling for Cornwall Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2017". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling for Cornwall Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Bowling for Cornwall Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling for Cornwall Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Somerset Women v Devon Women, 14 July 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Western Storm announce selections for Regional Academy Programme". Western Storm. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Chester-le-Street, Sep 10 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Northern Diamonds v Western Storm". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Bowling for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
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