Tara Norris
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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.jpg) Norris at Wankhede Stadium in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tara Gabriella Norris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1998 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 15) | 17 October 2024 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 28 October 2024 v Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 19) | 18 October 2021 v Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 October 2021 v Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014–present | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Southern Vipers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Loughborough Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2022 | Southern Vipers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Southern Brave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Delhi Capitals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | North West Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | London Spirit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Melbourne Renegades | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tara Gabriella Norris (born 4 June 1998) is an American cricketer who currently plays for Sussex and London Spirit. She plays as a left-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Loughborough Lightning, Southern Vipers, North West Thunder and Southern Brave.[1][2][3]
Norris was born in the United States and played for the United States women's national cricket team at the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier.[4]
Norris was born on 4 June 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, and is half-English and half-Italian.[5][6] She spent her early years in Spain, before moving to England at the age of eight. She attended Portslade Aldridge Community Academy and began playing for Horsham Cricket Club at a young age.[7]
Domestic career
Norris made her county debut in 2014, for Sussex against Warwickshire. She did not bat or bowl.[8] A year later, she was part of the Sussex squad that won the 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[9] In the 2018 Women's County Championship, Norris had a strong season, taking 10 wickets at an average of 10.30 as her side was promoted from Division 2.[10] In 2019, Norris again had a successful county season, being Sussex's second-leading wicket-taker in both competitions, and hitting her maiden county half-century, scoring 59* opening the batting in a T20 victory over Warwickshire.[11][12][13] She was Sussex's joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 7 wickets at an average of 11.71.[14] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Norris took eight wickets at an average of 7.87, including Twenty20 best bowling figures of 4/11, taken against Surrey.[15][16]
In 2017, Norris also played for Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League. She played one match, bowling three overs and dismissing Jenny Gunn for her maiden KSL wicket.[17] Ahead of the 2018 season, she moved to Loughborough Lightning, but did not play for them until 2019. Across her three appearances, she bowled three overs for no wicket.[18]
In 2020, Norris returned to Southern Vipers for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 7 matches, including her side's 38-run victory in the Final over Northern Diamonds. She took 12 wickets at an average of 17.91, including taking 4/45 in a match against Western Storm.[19][20] She was the joint-third leading wicket-taker across the whole tournament.[21] In 2021, she was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 13 wickets at an average of 13.30.[22] She achieved her Twenty20 best bowling in the tournament against Lightning, taking 4/14 from her 3.5 overs.[23] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Norris took 11 wickets at an average of 30.09, including taking her List A best bowling figures, again 4/14, against North West Thunder.[24] In the final of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Norris hit her List A best of 40* as part of an unbroken stand of 78 for the eighth wicket with Emily Windsor to help her side recover from 109/7 to win the match, and the tournament, by 3 wickets with two balls to spare.[25] She also played six matches for Southern Brave in The Hundred, taking 3 wickets at an average of 22.66.[26] In 2022, Norris took two wickets in four appearances in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and was Southern Vipers' leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 12 wickets at an average of 19.75.[27][28] She was again in the Southern Brave squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[29] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Norris had joined North West Thunder.[30] In 2023, she was Thunder's second-leading wicket-taker in both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 10 and 9 wickets respectively.[31][32] She also scored her maiden List A half-century, with 51* against Southern Vipers.[33] She also played for London Spirit in The Hundred, taking two wickets in her six matches.[34] In 2024, she played 19 matches for North West Thunder, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 13 wickets.[35][36]
In February 2023, she was signed by Delhi Capitals ahead of the inaugural season of the Women's Premier League.[37] She played five matches for the side as they reached the final of the tournament, taking 7 wickets at an average of 12.71.[38] In her first match of the tournament, she took a five-wicket haul, with 5/29 against Royal Challengers Bangalore.[39]
International career
In September 2021, Norris was named in the United States squad for the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Qualifier.[40] She made her Twenty20 International debut in the first match of the tournament, against Brazil on 18 October 2021.[4] She went on to play five of USA's six matches in the tournament as they qualified for the 2022 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier, taking 4 wickets at an average of 7.75.[41] In October 2021, she was named in the American team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[42]
Norris has also appeared for various England Development and Academy teams, including touring South Africa in 2018.[43]
