Abi Norgrove
English cricketer
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Abigale Emma Molly Norgrove (born 17 January 2006) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Oxfordshire. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler.[1][2]
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England
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| Full name | Abigale Emma Molly Norgrove | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 2006 Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Southern Vipers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
Norgrove was born on 17 January 2006 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.[2]
Domestic career
Norgrove made her county debut in 2019, for Oxfordshire against Wiltshire in the Women's County Championship, taking 2/12 from 4 overs.[3] She also played four matches in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 30 runs and taking two wickets.[4][5] She was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with five wickets at an average of 13.80, and again took five wickets in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[6][7]
Norgrove was named in the Southern Vipers Academy squad between 2021 and 2023.[8][9][10] In August 2022, she scored 136* in a match against Northern Diamonds Academy.[11] She was first named in a matchday squad for the senior team on 1 July 2023, and made her debut for the side the following day, against Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[12][13] She played five matches overall for the side that season, scoring 83 runs with a high score of 48.[14] In 2024, she played ten matches for Southern Vipers, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 205 runs including one half-century.[15][16]