The 2021 season was Sunrisers' second season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the new Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. The side finished bottom of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy group stage, losing all seven of their matches. The side recorded their first ever win in their opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, beating Western Storm, but did not win any further matches, finishing bottom of Group B.
The side was captained by Amara Carr in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and Kelly Castle in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and coached by Trevor Griffin. They played three home matches at the County Ground, Chelmsford, two at Fenner's and one apiece at the County Ground, Northampton and Merchant Taylors' School.
Squad Sunrisers announced their initial 18-player squad on 26 May 2021. Florence Miller was promoted to the senior squad from the Academy on 18 August 2021. Age given is at the start of Sunrisers' first match of the season (29 May 2021).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Cordelia Griffith Right-handed Right-arm medium Florence Miller Right-handed Right-arm medium Fran Wilson Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Kelly Castle Right-handed Right-arm medium T20 captain Kate Coppack Right-handed Right-arm medium Naomi Dattani Left-handed Left-arm medium Jo Gardner Right-handed Right-arm medium Alice Macleod Right-handed Right-arm off break Katie Midwood Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Grace Scrivens Left-handed Right-arm off break Katherine Speed Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Amara Carr Right-handed — 50-over captain Mia Rogers Right-handed — Bowlers Gayatri Gole Right-handed Right-arm medium Sonali Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium Emily Thorpe Right-handed Right-arm leg break Mady Villiers Right-handed Right-arm off break Katie Wolfe Right-handed Right-arm medium Emily Woodhouse Right-handed Right-arm off break
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Season standings
Advanced to the final Advanced to the play-off
Fixtures
Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 7 7 0 2 7 7 0 1 6 6 0 2 7 7 0 0 7 7 0 1 7 7 0 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 100 runs.
Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 7 10 0 3 7 0 4 5 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 5 wickets.
Charlotte Edwards Cup Group B
Advanced to the semi-final
Fixtures
Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 4 4 0 1 6 6 0 0 4 3 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 3 3 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 50 runs.
Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 6 5 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 5 wickets.
Season statistics Batting PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Amara Carr 5 5 41 17 8.20 50.61 0 0 3 3 54 25 27.00 110.20 0 0 Kelly Castle 7 7 106 52 17.66 65.83 0 1 6 5 25 15 6.25 69.44 0 0 Kate Coppack 5 3 11 6* 11.00 33.33 0 0 3 – – – – – – – Naomi Dattani 7 7 143 65 20.42 69.41 0 1 6 6 69 22 11.50 85.18 0 0 Jo Gardner 7 7 58 22 9.66 78.37 0 0 4 3 81 42 40.50 112.50 0 0 Gayatri Gole 5 4 36 15 9.00 56.25 0 0 5 3 18 11* 18.00 105.88 0 0 Cordelia Griffith 7 7 273 91 39.00 82.22 0 2 4 4 129 63 32.25 117.27 0 1 Alice Macleod 7 7 214 79 30.57 74.30 0 1 4 4 55 17 13.75 93.22 0 0 Katie Midwood 1 1 10 10* – 52.63 0 0 – – – – – – – – Florence Miller – – – – – – – – 3 3 19 9 6.33 63.33 0 0 Sonali Patel 3 2 6 5* 6.00 33.33 0 0 4 1 1 1* – 33.33 0 0 Mia Rogers 2 2 11 8* – 78.57 0 0 6 4 20 11* 10.00 60.60 0 0 Grace Scrivens 7 7 161 46 23.00 60.07 0 0 6 6 92 34* 18.40 76.66 0 0 Katherine Speed 2 2 3 2 1.50 25.00 0 0 6 4 60 26* 30.00 98.36 0 0 Emily Thorpe 2 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – Mady Villiers 4 4 72 37 18.00 94.73 0 0 2 2 46 36 23.00 135.29 0 0 Fran Wilson 6 6 165 65* 33.00 99.39 0 2 – – – – – – – – Katie Wolfe – – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 1 3 3 3.00 42.85 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Kelly Castle 7 47.4 10 21.10 4.42 3/40 0 6 18.2 2 62.00 6.76 1/14 0 Kate Coppack 5 32.4 3 60.66 5.57 1/14 0 3 8.0 2 17.00 6.25 2/10 0 Naomi Dattani 7 35.5 3 75.00 6.27 2/20 0 6 15.0 3 40.66 8.13 2/24 0 Jo Gardner 7 21.3 1 163.00 7.58 1/35 0 4 10.0 1 73.00 7.30 1/14 0 Gayatri Gole 5 21.2 1 130.00 6.09 1/31 0 5 13.0 2 52.00 8.00 1/27 0 Alice Macleod 7 9.0 2 27.00 6.00 1/5 0 4 – – – – – – Katie Midwood 1 8.0 1 42.00 5.25 1/42 0 – – – – – – – Sonali Patel 3 25.0 7 20.28 5.68 4/40 0 4 13.0 3 38.00 8.76 2/26 0 Grace Scrivens 7 44.0 4 59.75 5.43 1/31 0 6 23.0 5 24.00 5.21 2/23 0 Emily Thorpe 2 10.2 0 – 7.93 – 0 1 4.0 2 8.50 4.25 2/17 0 Mady Villiers 4 30.0 5 31.20 5.20 3/47 0 2 7.0 1 50.00 7.14 1/22 0 Katie Wolfe – – – – – – – 1 3.0 1 23.00 7.66 1/23 0 Emily Woodhouse – – – – – – – 2 2.0 0 – 11.50 – 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Matches Innings Catches Kelly Castle 7 7 1 6 6 0 Kate Coppack 5 5 0 3 3 0 Naomi Dattani 7 7 5 6 6 3 Jo Gardner 7 7 1 4 4 1 Gayatri Gole 5 5 0 5 5 3 Cordelia Griffith 7 7 3 4 4 2 Alice Macleod 7 7 2 4 4 0 Katie Midwood 1 1 0 – – – Florence Miller – – – 3 3 0 Sonali Patel 3 3 2 4 4 1 Mia Rogers 2 – – 6 3 1 Grace Scrivens 7 7 2 6 6 0 Katherine Speed 2 2 0 6 6 3 Emily Thorpe 2 2 1 1 1 0 Mady Villiers 4 4 0 2 2 0 Fran Wilson 6 6 3 – – – Katie Wolfe – – – 1 1 1 Emily Woodhouse – – – 2 2 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Amara Carr 5 5 1 1 3 3 0 2 Mia Rogers 2 2 2 1 6 2 1 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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