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Bryony Smith
Bryony Frances Smith (born 12 December 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey, South East Stars, Trent Rockets and Hobart Hurricanes.[1] A right-handed batter who bowls off spin, she made her county debut for Surrey in 2014. She has played eight T20Is and one ODI for England, making her debut in 2018.[2][3][4] Early lifeSmith was born on 12 December 1997 in Sutton, Greater London. She has worked as a secondary school teacher.[5] Domestic careerSmith made her Surrey debut in 2014 in a County Championship match against Warwickshire, making 13 runs batting at 7.[6] She made 60* in her second match, a victory against Yorkshire.[7] Smith quickly became a regular in Surrey's side, with her best seasons coming in 2018 and 2019, in which she hit 256 runs at 42.66 and 347 runs at 57.83, respectively.[8][9] In 2019, she was the third highest run-scorer in the whole tournament.[10] Smith played every season of the Women's Cricket Super League for the Surrey Stars, including their title winning season in 2018.[11] In 2020, Smith played three games for the South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and took 3/25 in a match against Sunrisers.[12][13] In 2021, Smith took 14 wickets and scored 162 runs in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, making her the leading wicket-taker and sixth-highest run-scorer in the competition, as well as captaining the side through to winning the title.[14][15] She also scored 252 runs and took 12 wickets in the 2021 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, placing her eighth on both the leading run-scorer and leading wicket-taker lists.[16][17] She was also ever-present for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, scoring 137 runs and taking 4 wickets.[18] In April 2022, she was signed by the Trent Rockets for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[19] She scored 118 runs for the side with a top score of 63, as well as being the side's leading wicket-taker, with 9 wickets at an average of 13.88.[20] She was also South East Stars' leading run-scorer in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 226 with a top score of 114.[21] She was Stars' leading run-scorer in the 2023 Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 256 runs at an average of 36.57.[22] She played for Hobart Hurricanes in the 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season, scoring 90 runs in 13 matches.[23] International careerIn March 2018, Smith was named in the England squad for the upcoming tri-series against India and Australia.[24] She played three matches in the tournament, scoring 16 runs in total.[4] In February 2019, she was awarded a rookie contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.[25] In June 2019, she was added to England's squad for the third Women's One Day International (WODI) against the West Indies, and made her WODI debut in that match.[26] She did not bat, but took her maiden international wicket, dismissing Natasha McLean.[27] On 18 June 2020, Smith was named in a squad of 24 players to begin training ahead of international women's fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic, but did not play a match that summer.[28][4] In December 2021, Smith was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes.[29] In July 2022, she was named in England's squad for their T20I series against South Africa and for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[30] References
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