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 is 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 is the successor to the Speed Blitz Blues, ...

. She played in four matches for Sydney Thunder in the

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. In 2022, she played for

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in the

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. 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

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. In September 2024 she was named in the Scotland squad for the

2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup The 2024 Women's T20 World Cup was the ninth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup. Originally scheduled to be hosted in Bangladesh from 3 to 20 October 2024, it was later relocated to the United Arab Emirates for the same dates due to political ...

. Horley was among the four player shortlist for the ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2024.

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* 2000 births Living people Cricketers from Sydney Australian women cricketers Australian expatriate cricketers in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Scotland women Twenty20 International cricketers Scotland women One Day 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