Grace Wetherall
Jersey cricketer (born 2006)
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Grace Wetherall (born 11 November 2006) is a cricketer who plays for the Jersey women's cricket team. She is the first player to score a WT20I half-century batting at number eight. As of March 2026 she remains the only person to achieve this feat.
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| Born | 11 November 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Medium fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 11) | 31 May 2019 v Guernsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 4 September 2025 v Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 September 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cricket career
Aged 12, Wetherall played in Jersey's first officially recognised WT20I against neighbours Guernsey for the 2019 T20 Inter-Insular Cup on 31 May 2019, although she neither batted nor bowled in the match at College Field, Saint Peter Port.[2][3]
Later that year she was in the Jersey team that finished second at the France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[4]
Wetherall was among the Jersey contingent which went one better and lifted the trophy at the 2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series.[5][6][7]
She was part of the squad which represented the island in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier. During the tournament Wetherall made her first WT20I half-century, scoring 57 not out against Germany in an unbroken partnership of 101 with Analise Merritt, which was a new world record for a seventh wicket stand in the format. Wetherall's innings came off 40 balls and featured nine 4s and a 6 and made her the first player batting at number eight to score a WT20I 50.[8][9][10][11] She also took WT20I career-best bowling figures of 3/15 against France as Jersey finished third in the six-team event, narrowly missing out on progressing to the next stage of qualification.[8][12][13]
At the three-match 2023 WT20I Inter-Insular Cup with Guernsey, Wetherall played a key role as Jersey swept to a 3–0 victory. She made 21 in first game, took 2/8 from three overs in the second and then blasted 48 off just 30 balls in the third contest.[14][15]
During Jersey's tour of Northern Ireland in June 2024, Wetherall registered bowling figures of 6/18 in the second of two T20 matches against Ireland Women’s U19 Academy.[16]
In August 2024, Wetherall was among the British and Irish Roses squad selected to take on Team Europe in the inaugural Meltl Shield, a nine-match T10 competition, held at Roma Cricket Ground in Rome, Italy.[17]
Wetherall was named in the Jersey squad for the T10 European Cricket Championship (ECC) in Spain and a two-match T20 series against Gibraltar in December 2024.[18][19] At the ECC event, she scored 15 not out to steer the islanders to a seven-wicket win over Spain in the group stage.[20] In the first match of the Gibraltar series, Wetherall took 2/9 off her four overs.[21][22]
She was part of the Jersey squad for the 2025 Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier Division Two in Rome.[23][24] Wetherall recorded her career-best figures of 4/17 in the islanders' second match of the tournament against Germany.[25]
Wetherall was named player of the match at the annual WT20I Inter-Insular Cup on 5 July 2025, after scoring 68 off 43 balls including three 6s and seven 4s as Jersey defeated Guernsey to retain the trophy at the King George V Sports Ground in Castel.[26]
She spent the 2025/26 winter season playing grade cricket in Australia for North Sydney Bears.[27]