Emily Louise Arlott (born 23 February 1998) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and

Birmingham Phoenix Birmingham Phoenix are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Birmingham. The team represents the historic counties of Warwickshire and Worcestershire in the newly founded The Hundred competition, which began its inaugural sea ...

. She plays primarily as a right-arm

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bowler. In June 2021, Arlott received her maiden call-up to the

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, ahead of their home series against India.

Early life

Arlott was born on 23 February 1998 in

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. She has worked as a Cricket Community Coach.

Domestic career

Arlott made her county debut in 2013, for

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

against

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, taking one wicket in a 30 run victory. Arlott was a regular in Worcestershire's team in subsequent seasons, and was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2015 Women's County Championship, taking 8 wickets at an average of 32.62. 2019 was a breakthrough year for Arlott, taking 19 wickets for Worcestershire across both formats after recovering from an ankle injury during the off-season. She was her side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the

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, with 12 wickets taken at an average of 18.66 (including her List A best bowling of 4/25). She was subsequently named as Worcestershire's Players' Player of the Year. She took five wickets for the side in the

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, at an average of 25.50. In 2020, Arlott played for the

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in the

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. She took three wickets across the six matches she played. In December 2020, it was announced that Arlott was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. In 2021, she took 11 wickets for the Sparks in the

, including her

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best bowling figures and maiden five-wicket haul of 5/29 against

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, which included a

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. In the

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, Arlott took 3 wickets at an average of 33.33. She also played for

in The Hundred, taking 6 wickets at an average of 25.00. At the end of the season, Arlott was named in the first ever PCA Women's Team of the Year. She played 12 matches for Central Sparks in 2022, across the

and the

, taking 15 wickets. She scored her maiden

half-century in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 63 against Sunrisers. She also played for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, and was the side's leading wicket-taker, with 9 wickets at an average of 11.11. In 2023, she played 12 matches for Central Sparks, across the

and the

, taking 17 wickets, including taking 4/23 in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Sunrisers. She also played seven matches for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, taking seven wickets at an average of 16.85. In 2024, she played 20 matches for Central Sparks, across the

and the

, taking 23 wickets.

International career

In June 2021, Arlott was named as in England's

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squad for their one-off match against India. Later the same month, Arlott was also named in England's

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(WODI) squad, also for their series against India. In December 2021, Arlott was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the

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. She played two matches on the tour, taking one wicket. In June 2022, Arlott was named in England's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against South Africa. However, she was later ruled out of the Test match after she did not recover from

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