Emma Corney
English cricketer
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Emma Victoria Corney (born 15 September 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. A right-handed batter she also bowls right-arm medium.[1][2]
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| Full name | Emma Victoria Corney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2024 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Somerset (squad no. 21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
Domestic career
Corney made her county debut for Devon in 2019, against Wales.[4] In her fourth match, she hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 55 against Middlesex.[5] She was Devon's leading run-scorer in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 165 runs including her Twenty20 high score of 44, as well as taking 2 wickets.[6][7]
In 2020, Corney played for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, taking two wickets with a best of 1/16 against Sunrisers.[8][9] She played two matches for the side in 2021, as well as being part of the Academy squad throughout the season.[10][11][12] In 2022, she played two matches for Western Storm, both in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 52 runs in two innings.[13]
In April 2023, it was announced that Corney had signed her first professional contract with Western Storm.[14] She played 13 matches for the side that season, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was the side's second-highest run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 296 runs including two half-centuries.[15][16] In 2024, she played 15 matches for Western Storm, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with a high score of 46.[17][18]