Grace Elizabeth Scrivens (born 10 November 2003) is an English

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er who currently plays for

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and

London Spirit London Spirit are a franchise 100-ball cricket side based in North London. The team represents the historic counties of Middlesex, Essex and Northamptonshire in The Hundred, which took place for the first time during the 2021 English and Welsh ...

. An

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, she is a left-handed

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and right-arm

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bowler. She previously played for Sunrisers.

Early life

Scrivens was born on 10 November 2003 in

Domestic career

Scrivens made her county debut in 2018, for

against

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. In her second match, she hit 24 * from 17 balls in a

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against

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to help her side to a 5 wicket victory. In 2019, she was part of the Kent squad that won the

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. In 2021, she was Kent's leading run-scorer as they won the South East Group of the

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, with 191 runs at an average of 47.75, as well as taking 4 wickets. She hit 94 * from 62 balls in a match against

, which was named the Women's Moment of the Year at the end of season Kent Cricket Awards. Scrivens was also voted the Players' Player of the Year. In the

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, she was the third-highest run-scorer across the entire competition, with 265 runs including three half-centuries. In 2020, Scrivens played for Sunrisers in the

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. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 137 runs at an average of 22.83 and taking 3 wickets. She hit her

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high score in her final game of the tournament, scoring 72 against

Western Storm Western Storm were a women's cricket team that represented South West England and Wales, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic cricket. They primarily played their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton, the County Ground, Bristol ...

. In 2021, she scored 161 runs and took 4 wickets in the

, as well as scoring 92 runs and taking 5 wickets 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 ...

. Scrivens top-scored with 34 * in the side's only victory that season, over Western Storm. She also played two matches for

in The Hundred. At the end of the 2021 season, it was announced that Scrivens had signed a professional contract with Sunrisers. In April 2022, she was bought by the

for the 2022 season of The Hundred. Scrivens was ever-present for Sunrisers in 2022, across the

and the

. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, she scored 141 runs as well as taking seven wickets, the joint most for her side. In a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against

, she scored 56 with the bat and took 4/33 with the ball. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Scrivens was the tournament's joint-leading wicket-taker, with 13 wickets at an average of 14.69, and the tournament's third-highest run-scorer, with 297 runs at an average of 49.50 including four half-centuries. She took a four-wicket haul and scored a half-century against

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, as well as taking 4/20 from 10 overs against

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and scoring half-centuries against Western Storm,

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and

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. She was also ever-present for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 57 runs and taking three wickets. At the end of the season, Scrivens was awarded Sunrisers' Player of the Year, Batter of the Year, Bowler of the Year and Supporters' Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Player of the Competition awards. She was also nominated for the PCA Women's Young Player of the Year award. In 2023, she was Sunrisers' leading run-scorer in the

, with 398 runs at an average of 39.80. She scored her maiden

century in September 2023, scoring 107 against

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. She was also named

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of Sunrisers in September 2023. She played four matches for London Spirit in The Hundred, scoring 38 runs. In 2024, she played 26 matches for Sunrisers, across the

and the

, and was the side's leading run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy with 553 runs including one century as she captained the side to the title. The domestic structure of Women's cricket changed for the 2025 season and Scrivens moved to Essex, a newly professional women's side, along with many of her Sunrisers teammates. It was announced in January 2025 that she would be the captain of Essex.

International career

In October 2022, Scrivens was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup. She was later named as captain of the side. She was ever-present for the side as they reached the final, scoring 293 runs at an average of 41.85 and taking 9 wickets. She ended the tournament as the second-highest run-scorer across the competition, scoring three half-centuries including the tournament's highest score, 93 against

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. Against

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, she took 4/2 from her four overs. She was subsequently named Player of the Tournament.

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