Josie Groves

Josie Groves
Personal information
Full name
Josephine Paige Groves
Born (2004-09-05) 5 September 2004 (age 20)
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–2024Northamptonshire
2021–presentThe Blaze
2023–presentTrent Rockets
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 22 47
Runs scored 115 257
Batting average 10.45 13.52
100s/50s 0/1 0/1
Top score 55 68
Balls bowled 792 625
Wickets 25 40
Bowling average 28.48 14.35
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/39 3/7
Catches/stumpings 7/– 9/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Josephine Paige Groves (born 5 September 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for The Blaze. She plays as a right-arm leg break bowler.[1][2]

Domestic career

Groves made her county debut in 2019, for Northamptonshire against Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire.[3] She took 5 wickets for her side in the Twenty20 Cup that season, at an average of 15.20.[4] She again took 5 wickets for Northamptonshire in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including best figures of 3/14 taken against Derbyshire.[5][6] She took seven wickets for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, at an average of 11.42.[7] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she took 10 wickets at an average of 5.00, and scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century, with 68 against Suffolk.[8][9][10]

Groves was named as part of the Lightning Academy for the 2021 season, and took 4/19 for the side in a match against Central Sparks Academy.[11] She was added to the full squad in August 2021, and made her debut for the side on 10 September, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12] She went on to play eight matches for Lightning in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking eight wickets.[13][14] She also scored her maiden half-century, against Southern Vipers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 55 from 39 deliveries.[15] In February 2023, it was announced that Groves had signed her first professional contract with Lightning, now known as The Blaze.[16]

In 2023, she played nine matches for The Blaze, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and took 12 wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at an average of 20.50, including taking 3/39 in the final against Southern Vipers.[17][18][19] She was also signed by Trent Rockets for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[20] In 2024, she played 20 matches for The Blaze, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 17 wickets.[21][22]

International career

In October 2022, Groves was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[23] She played five matches in the tournament, taking three wickets at an average of 18.00.[24]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Josie Groves". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Josie Groves". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire Women, 19 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Derbyshire Women, 9 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Northamptonshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  9. ^ "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Northamptonshire Women v Suffolk Women, 14 May 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Lightning Academy v Central Sparks Academy, 18 August 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  12. ^ "Beckenham, Sep 10 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: South East Stars v Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  13. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Georgia Adams, Ella McCaughan ensure depleted Vipers are too strong for Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Trio Awarded Contracts With The Blaze". 1 February 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  17. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Windsor ties knot on Southern Vipers domestic double". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  20. ^ "The Hundred 2023: Squads in full". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  22. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - The Blaze/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.