Davina Perrin
English cricketer
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Davina Sarah Tamanda Perrin (born 8 September 2006) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Warwickshire and Northern Superchargers. She plays as a right-handed batter.[1][2]
Wolverhampton, England
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| Full name | Davina Sarah Tamanda Perrin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 September 2006 Wolverhampton, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Staffordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | Central Sparks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Birmingham Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Warwickshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
Perrin was born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.[1] Her father, David, played minor county cricket for Staffordshire; her own cricket club is Fordhouses in Wolverhampton.[3] In 2024, she graduated with a sport BTEC for which she had studied at Edgbaston.[3] Perrin has five siblings.[4]
Domestic career
Perrin made her county debut in 2021, for Staffordshire against Worcestershire.[5] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the fourth-highest run-scorer across the entire competition, with 242 runs at an average of 34.57.[6] She made 87 from 75 deliveries in Staffordshire's victory over Berkshire.[7]
Perrin was selected for the Central Sparks Academy in 2021, and scored a century during an intra-squad multi-day game in September.[8][9] Later that month, Perrin was added to the full Central Sparks squad, and made her debut for the side on 10 September, in a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Sunrisers.[10] She played four matches overall for the side that season, scoring 92 runs including a best of 43 made against South East Stars.[11][12]
In 2022, Perrin scored 137 runs at an average of 27.40 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, as well as playing six matches in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[13][14] In a Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match against Sunrisers, Perrin scored 45 opening the batting and took 3/26 from her 5 overs.[15] She also signed for Birmingham Phoenix in the 2022 season of The Hundred, becoming the youngest player in the competition at 15 years old.[3][16] However, she did not play a match for the side.[3][17]
At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Perrin had signed her first professional contract with Central Sparks.[18] By entering into that contract, she became only the third Black female professional cricketer in the UK;[3] "When I step on to that pitch, I'm representing girls of ethnic minorities who are underrepresented across the game, particularly the professional game," she later told The Guardian.[3] She has also been involved with Ebony Rainford-Brent's ACE (African Caribbean Engagement) programme.[3]
In 2023, Perrin played 15 matches for Central Sparks, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[19][20] She was again in the Birmingham Phoenix squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match.[21][22] In 2024, she played 23 matches for Central Sparks, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring three half-centuries.[23][24]
In the 2025 season of the Hundred, Perrin scored an unbeaten 72 against Trent Rockets in the group stage,[25] and later made the first century – 101 off 43 balls – of the season in the Eliminator against London Spirit. Perrin reached her century in 42 balls, a record for the women's competition.[26]
She was named 2025 Professional Cricketers' Association Women's Young Player of the Year.[27]
International career
In October 2022, Perrin was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[28] She played four matches in the tournament, scoring 36 runs and taking two wickets.[29] As of 2024[update], she had ambitions to play for the England senior team.[3]