English cricketer
Gabrielle Amber Basketter (born 12 April 1993) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Worcestershire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has previously played for Hampshire, Wales and Central Sparks.[1][2]
Early life
Basketter was born on 12 April 1993 in Portsmouth.[2] She also works as Women & Girls' Officer for Warwickshire Cricket Board.[3]
Domestic career
Basketter made her county debut in 2009, for Hampshire against Devon.[4] She was Hampshire's leading run-scorer in the 2011 Women's County Championship, with 215 runs including two half-centuries.[5]
Basketter moved to Wales ahead of the 2013 season, scoring her first half-century for her new side in her third match, against Cheshire.[6] In 2014, she took her career-best Twenty20 bowling figures, with 4/11 in her side's 6 run victory over Devon.[7] She took her List A best bowling figures in 2015, with 4/13 against Durham.[8] In 2017, she scored her maiden List A century, scoring 107* against Somerset, and ended the County Championship as her side's leading run-scorer, with 221 runs.[9][10] In the 2017 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the second-highest run-scorer across the whole competition, with 253 runs at an average of 50.60.[11] The following season, she was the third-highest run-scorer in the same competition, with 274 runs at an average of 45.66, including her maiden Twenty20 century, 100* from 67 balls against Northamptonshire.[12][13] In 2022, she top-scored with 46 as Wales beat eventual group winners Warwickshire in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[14] She also top-scored in the final of that year's West Midlands Regional Cup, scoring 35 as Wales won the competition.[15]
In September 2022, Basketter was added to the Central Sparks squad. She made her debut for the side on 11 September, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[16]
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