Alexa Stonehouse

Alexa Stonehouse
Personal information
Full name
Alexa Kate Stonehouse
Born (2004-12-05) 5 December 2004 (age 20)
Ashford, Kent, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2021–2024Kent
2021–2024South East Stars
2022–presentTrent Rockets
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 31 45
Runs scored 405 87
Batting average 15.00 17.40
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 51 22*
Balls bowled 1,014 551
Wickets 33 22
Bowling average 24.42 28.27
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/27 3/13
Catches/stumpings 1/– 14/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2024

Alexa Kate Stonehouse (born 5 December 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Trent Rockets. She plays as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium bowler.[1][2]

Early life

Stonehouse was born on 5 December 2004 in Ashford, Kent.[2]

Domestic career

Stonehouse made her county debut in 2021, for Kent against Middlesex in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] She played four matches that season as her side won the South East Group of the competition.[4] She took four wickets for Kent in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including best bowling figures of 3/27.[5]

In 2021, Stonehouse was named in the South East Stars academy squad.[6] Later that year, in June, it was announced that Stonehouse had signed a contract with the senior team, and made her debut for the side a day later, in the opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, against Lightning.[7][8] She went on to play five matches in the tournament, taking two wickets, as the South East Stars emerged victorious.[9] She played 13 matches for South East Stars in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking seven wickets.[10][11] She was also in the Trent Rockets squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[12] She also played for England A against South Africa in June 2022.[13] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Stonehouse had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars.[14]

In 2023, she played 14 matches for South East Stars, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking nine wickets and scoring one half-century.[15][16] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred, taking 4 wickets.[17] In 2024, she played 17 matches for South East Stars, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 22 wickets with a best bowling of 4/27.[18][19]

International career

In October 2022, Stonehouse was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[20] She took six wickets in her five matches at the tournament, at an average of 11.33.[21]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Alexa Stonehouse". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Alexa Stonehouse". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Kent Women v Middlesex Women, 3 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Six Surrey Players in SE Stars Academy". Kia Oval. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  7. ^ "South East Stars". Twitter. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Lightning v South East Stars, Group A, Nottingham, June 26 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  12. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Five new faces as England Women begin new era of Test cricket". ESPNcricinfo. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  14. ^ "11 Contracts Handed Out For The South East Stars". Kia Oval. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  16. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Trent Rockets (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  20. ^ "England Women U19 announce squad for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023". England and Wales Cricket Board. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  21. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.