Saskia Meg Horley (born 23 February 2000) is an Australian

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er who plays for

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and

Sydney Thunder The Sydney Thunder are an Australian franchise professional cricket team, competing in Australia's domestic Twenty20 cricket competition, the Big Bash League. Along with the Sydney Sixers, the Thunder are the successors of the New South Wal ...

. She played in four matches for Sydney Thunder in the

2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season The 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season or WBBL, 05 was the fifth season of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL), the semi-professional women's Twenty20 domestic cricket competition in Australia. The tournament moved to a standalone calendar ...

. In 2022, she played for

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbourin ...

in the

Women's Twenty20 Cup The Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Women's County T20, is a women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Until the end of the 2019 season, teams were organised in tie ...

. In August 2022, Horley was named in

's squad for their series against Ireland in September 2022. She qualifies for Scotland through her mother, who was born in

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, and she holds a British passport. In March 2023, it was announced that she had signed for Sunrisers for the first five rounds of the

2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The 2023 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was the fourth edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, an English women's cricket 50-over domestic competition, which took place between 22 April and 24 September 2023. It featured eight teams playing in ...

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2000 births Living people Cricketers from Sydney Australian women cricketers Australian expatriate sportspeople in England Scotland women Twenty20 International cricketers Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers New South Wales Breakers cricketers Middlesex women cricketers Sunrisers women's cricketers Australian people of Scottish descent Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Naturalised sports competitors Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-cricket-bio-2000s-stub