26 Facts About Freya Davies

Freya Ruth Davies was born on 27 October 1995 and is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Welsh Fire and England as a right-arm fast-medium bowler.

Freya Davies made her Sussex debut in 2010 at the age of fourteen, and played her first match for England in 2019.

When Freya Davies was a young child, her father, and her older brother Jack, both played for the family's local cricket club, Chichester.

At the age of 8, Freya Davies decided to join in, and played her first hard-ball game with Jack's under-11 team.

Freya Davies was attracted to fast bowling, because "that seemed like the most fun"; at 10 and 11 she was tall for her age, which helped.

Freya Davies attended Chichester High School for Girls, Brighton College and the University of Exeter.

In 2010, Freya Davies made her county debut for Sussex, against Middlesex.

Freya Davies took her first wicket a day later in her third match, dismissing the then England captain Charlotte Edwards, thanks in part to a catch by Sarah Taylor that Davies later described as "unbelievable".

Freya Davies soon became a regular player in Sussex's side, and was part of their team in three title wins: the 2013 Women's County Championship and the 2012 and 2015 T20 Cups.

Freya Davies played every game for Western Storm in the Women's Cricket Super League from its inception in 2016 until its conclusion in 2019, helping her side to two titles, in 2017 and 2019.

Freya Davies was the leading wicket-taker in the 2019 competition, with 19 wickets, and the second highest wicket-taker across the four years of the competition, with 37.

In October 2019, Freya Davies was named as one of the first two players signed for London Spirit in The Hundred.

Freya Davies played two matches in the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy for the South East Stars, but failed to take a wicket.

In March 2023 Freya Davies was bought by Welsh Fire in the Hundred auction.

Freya Davies was retained by Welsh Fire for the 2024 competition and finished as the fourth highest wicket taker, with the fourth best economy rate, despite bowling the majority of her deliveries in the powerplay and at the death.

Freya Davies finished as the highest placed England bowler in the PCA's Women's Hundred Bowlers' Standings, second only to Marizanne Kapp.

In December 2023, it was announced that Freya Davies had joined Southern Vipers from South East Stars.

In February 2019, although uncapped at the time, Freya Davies was one of twenty-one cricketers to be awarded a central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Freya Davies played all three T20Is on the tour, and returned an economy rate of just 4.58.

Freya Davies played two T20Is on the tour, taking three wickets at an average of 14.66.

Freya Davies played two matches in the 2020 Australia women's Tri-Nation Series, and was in England's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, but did not play a match.

On 18 June 2020, Freya Davies 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.

In 2021, Freya Davies was named in the squad for England's tour of New Zealand.

In June 2021, Freya Davies was named in England's Test squad for their one-off match against India.

In December 2021, Freya Davies was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.

In June 2022, Freya Davies was named in England's Women's Test squad for their one-off match against South Africa.