Katherine Elizabeth Speed (born 5 October 2001) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex. 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 23)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2016–presentEssex
2020–2021Huntingdonshire
2021–2024Sunrisers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 7 28
Runs scored 68 349
Batting average 11.33 15.86
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 30 33
Balls bowled 53
Wickets 3
Bowling average 16.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/5
Catches/stumpings 1/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Domestic career

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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 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] She played four matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 47 runs and taking one wicket.[8][9]

In 2021, Speed was selected in the Sunrisers squad for their upcoming season.[10] She made her debut for the side on 29 May, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[11] She was ever-present in Sunrisers' 2021 Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign, scoring 60 runs including her Twenty20 high score of 26*.[12][13] She played four matches for Sunrisers in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[14][15] She was again in the Sunrisers squad in 2023 and 2024, but did not play a match in either season.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Katherine Speed". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Katherine Speed". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Nottinghamshire Women v Essex Women, 30 May 2016". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 3C - 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches played by Katherine Speed". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Player Statistics/Katherine Speed". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Meet the Squad..." Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Sunrisers v South East Stars, Chelmsford, May 29 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Sarah Taylor proves Diamonds are forever with matchwinning innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Squad/First Team". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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