Georgie Eva Burton Boyce (born 4 October 1998) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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. She plays as a right-handed batter. She has previously played for

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and

Manchester Originals Manchester Originals are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in the city of Manchester. The team represents the historic county of Lancashire in the newly founded The Hundred competition, beginning in the 2021 season, and playing at Old ...

Early life

Boyce was born on 4 October 1998 in

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Domestic career

Boyce made her county debut in 2013, for

against

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. She did not bat or bowl. She played three matches that season before becoming more of a regular in the next, and she hit her maiden half-century in 2014, scoring 50 * in a successful chase against

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. In 2016, Nottinghamshire were promoted from Division 2 of the

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, with Boyce ending the season as the sides third-highest run-scorer. She was also the team's leading run-scorer in the

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. Boyce was again her side's leading run-scorer in the

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, with a best of 74 coming in a victory over

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. In 2019, Boyce joined

. She was their leading run-scorer in the

, scoring 262 runs at an average of 43.66, which was also the highest of any non-international player across the whole competition. She also achieved what was at the time her highest

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score in the competition, hitting 83 in a 1-run victory over

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. In 2021, she hit 179 runs as her side won the North Group of the

, including 96 * from 73 balls in a match against North East Warriors. In 2022, she was the leading run-scorer across the entire

, with 306 runs including three half-centuries. At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Boyce had left Lancashire. Boyce was part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the

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in 2016 and 2017, but did not play a match for them. She joined

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, and played 9 games for them that season, scoring 98 runs at an average of 12.25. She played 7 matches for them in

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, and scored her WCSL high score of 43 opening the batting against

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. In 2020, Boyce played for

in the

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. She appeared in all 6 matches, scoring 105 runs at an average of 17.50. In December 2020, it was announced that Boyce was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. In 2021, she was Thunder's second-highest run-scorer in the

, with 232 runs including scoring 91 against Sunrisers and 67 against

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. She also scored 87 runs in 6 matches in the

Charlotte Edwards Cup The Charlotte Edwards Cup, initially named the Women's Regional T20, was an English and Welsh women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition, held annually from 2021 to 2024. The tournament was named after England's former captain and most capped ...

. Boyce played for

in The Hundred, appearing in 5 matches and scoring 37 runs. In 2022, she scored 172 runs for North West Thunder in the

, including two half-centuries. She also played four matches for the side in the

, before, in September, joining

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, citing moving closer to home as a big reason for the move. She played two matches for her new side, and scored 70 in Lightning's final match of the tournament, against

South East Stars South East Stars were a women's cricket team that represented the London & South East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They played their home matches at various grounds, including the County Cricket Ground ...

. She was also again in the Manchester Originals squad for The Hundred, but did not play a match. In November 2022, it was confirmed that Boyce had signed a professional contract with Lightning, now known as The Blaze. In 2023, she played 22 matches for The Blaze, across the

and the

, and was the side's leading run-scorer in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 200 runs at an average of 28.57. She also scored her maiden

century in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 104 against Sunrisers. She was signed by

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for The Hundred, but did not play a match. In 2024, she played one match for The Blaze. Boyce has also played for various

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Academy and Development teams, having been part of the national set-up since 2014.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyce, Georgie 1998 births Living people Cricketers from Nottingham Nottinghamshire women cricketers Lancashire women cricketers Loughborough Lightning cricketers Lancashire Thunder cricketers North West Thunder cricketers The Blaze women's cricketers Manchester Originals cricketers 21st-century English sportswomen