Sophie Ecclestone is an English cricketer who plays for the England women’s cricket team. She has also played for Lancashire, North West Thunder, Manchester Originals and Sydney Sixers cricket teams.
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Sophie Ecclestone was born on Thursday, 6 May 1999 (age 24 years; as in 2023) in Chester, Cheshire, England. Their zodiac sign is Taurus. She grew up in the village of Helsby in Cheshire, playing cricket and other outdoor sports with her elder brother, James, and father. It was James who taught him to play both football and cricket. He received his formal cricket training under coach Robin Fisher at Alvenley Cricket Club in Helsby, where his father was the junior coordinator. He attended Helsby High School.
Sophie Ecclestone (second row bottom left) with her teammates in the junior section at Alvenley Cricket Club
At the age of 17, Ecclestone was in the running for selection to play for England as the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup approached. However, before finishing school he had to pass another round of examinations. Therefore, her parents and the then England coach Mark Robinson decided that she would not play for England that summer.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 11″
Hair Color: Medium Blonde
Eye colour: Light brown
Family
parents and siblings
His father, Paul Ecclestone, was the junior coordinator at Alvenley Cricket Club. His mother’s name is Elaine Ecclestone. She has a brother, James Ecclestone.
Sophie Ecclestone with her parents
Sophie Ecclestone with her brother James Ecclestone
Husband
He is unmarried.
Fiance
Sophie Ecclestone got engaged to Craig Hitchmo in 2021.
Craig Hitchmoy proposing to Sophie Ecclestone
livelihood
domestic
She joined Alvenley Cricket Club at the age of 7. Ecclestone went through the under-13s, 15s and 17s before debuting for the Cheshire women’s county team in 2013. Later, she joined the Lancashire women’s cricket team and made her first-class debut against Nottinghamshire. 16 years old. Ecclestone plays for Lancashire Thunder in the Women’s Cricket Super League (also known as the Kia Super League).
international
After performing well at domestic level, he was quickly included in the England academy team. She was also in the England Development Program before being selected for the England Academy Winter Team in 2016, where they toured Sri Lanka. During that tour, he took 16 wickets for the Academy in a triangular series against Australia A and Sri Lanka A, including four wickets in the match against the latter team at Panagoda. On 3 July 2016, she made her International T20I debut against Pakistan at the County Ground, Bristol during Pakistan Women’s tour of England. During the match, he took his first wicket with a full toss.
England captain Heather Knight presents her cap to Sophie Ecclestone ahead of the Twenty20 match against Pakistan in Bristol
On 8 October 2016, she made her ODI debut against West Indies Women at the Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica during England Women’s tour of the West Indies. He played an important role in his team’s victory. On 9 November 2017, she made her Test debut against Australia Women at North Sydney Oval, Sydney during the Women’s Ashes 2017/18. In 2017, Ecclestone won the Lancashire Cricket Board’s Young Player of the Year award. She was named in England’s squad for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20. England reached the final in the tournament; However, they lost to Australia. She took 10 wickets in 5 matches during the 2018 England Women’s triangular series, which included South Africa and New Zealand. England won the series. Ecclestone was named Player of the Series for being the bowler taking the most wickets.
Sophie Ecclestone bowling during England’s T20 tri-series against New Zealand (2018)
He was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in February 2019. The same year, the ECB named her in England’s squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women’s Ashes. In January 2020, she was named in England’s squad for the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia. On 1 March 2020, during the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, she became the youngest woman to take 50 wickets in WT20I cricket, which she achieved in 34 matches; This was also his 100th wicket in international cricket. By the end of the World Cup, she became the world number one bowler in women’s Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket, taking eight wickets in the tournament at an average of 6.12 and an economy rate of just 3.23. In December 2021, Ecclestone was named in England’s squad to tour Australia for the Women’s Ashes competition. In February 2022, she was named in England’s squad for the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, where her phenomenal performances made her the world number one bowler in women’s ODIs. She finished the tournament as the leading wicket-taker. On 31 March 2022, Ecclestone claimed a six-wicket haul in WODIs with 6/36 in the World Cup semi-final match against South Africa.
Sophie Ecclestone in action during the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final against South Africa in New Zealand
In July 2022, he was named in England’s squad for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
Women’s T20 Challenge
In 2020, she represented the Trailblazers in the Women’s T20 Challenge, an Indian women’s cricket Twenty20 tournament. IPL Trailblazers defeated IPL Supernovas by 16 runs in the final and won their first title.
Sophie Ecclestone as a Trailblazers player during their match against Team Velocity in the Women’s T20 Challenge (2020)
In the 2022 Women’s T20 Challenge, she played for the IPL Supernovas, who defeated IPL Velocity by 4 runs in the final.
Fairbreak Invitational T20
He represented Team Spirit in the 2022 Fairbreak Invitational T20 tournament. She was the highest wicket taker in the tournament. The tournament was won by the Tornadoes, who defeated the Falcons by 8 wickets in the final.
Sophie Ecclestone as part of Team Spirit at the 2022 Fairbreak Invitational T20 Tournament
Hundred
In April 2022, he was bought by Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.
Sophie Ecclestone is representing Manchester Originals in the 2022 season of The Hundred
Women’s Premier League (WPL)
In 2023, she was signed by UP Warriors for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) for Rs 1.8 crore.
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- In December 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named him the Emerging Player of the Year.
- In 2020, Sophie Ecclestone became the youngest woman to take 50 wickets in Twenty20 Internationals.
- Ecclestone was named the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for June 2021.
Favorite
- Football Club: Everton FC
- Footballer: Dominic Calvert-Lewin
- Cricket Stadium: Emirates Old Trafford in Stratford, England
- Film series: Harry Potter
Facts/General Knowledge
- His batting style is right-handed batsman, and his bowling style is slow left-arm orthodox.
- In 2022, Alvenley Cricket Club recognized Sophie Ecclestone as a life member.
- Sophie Ecclestone has a dog named Rex.
- In 2020, at the age of just 20, she became the world number one ranked T20I bowler. Ecclestone was the first England bowler to achieve this distinction since Anya Shrubsole in 2016 and the first England spinner to do so since Danielle Hazell in 2015.
- An avid football fan, she enthusiastically supports Everton Football Club.
- Her jersey number for England Women is #19.
- During an informal cricket match he had sent all the boys of the opposition team packing. Not only this, he bowled the school headmaster on the very first ball. Talking about this in an interview, he said,
I got him out on the very first ball – I knocked all three stumps out of the ground,” recalls the left-arm spinner. “He was a little surprised. I don’t think he was expecting any girls to come to the club – he certainly didn’t realize I could actually play cricket. All the boys were laughing.”
- In an interview, she had said that if she had not become a cricketer, she would have become a PT teacher.
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