Georgia May Hennessy was born on 4 November 1996 and is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium.
25 Facts About Georgia Hennessy
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Georgia Hennessy played for Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Devon, Somerset, Wales, Western Storm and Welsh Fire.
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Georgia Hennessy attends the University of Worcester and plays club cricket for Barnards Green, and was the first woman to hit a century in the Birmingham and District Premier League.
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Georgia Hennessy made her county debut in 2010 for Worcestershire against Surrey.
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Georgia Hennessy remained with Worcestershire until 2012, and in her final season with the club scored her maiden half-century, scoring 66* against Cheshire.
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Georgia Hennessy started strongly for her new side in the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 137 runs, the most for the team that season, including two half-centuries.
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Georgia Hennessy was Warwickshire's leading run-scorer in two consecutive T20 Cups, in 2015 and 2016.
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Georgia Hennessy joined Devon ahead of the 2018 season and made an immediate impression, ending the 2018 Championship season as the side's leading run-scorer, with 174 runs at an average of 34.80.
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Georgia Hennessy only played two Twenty20 matches that season, but still managed to hit 97* in a match against Buckinghamshire.
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In 2019, Georgia Hennessy had a strong Twenty20 Cup, topping both the run-scoring and wicket-taking charts for Devon, with 119 runs and 6 wickets.
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In 2020, Georgia Hennessy moved to Somerset, but did not play for them that year due to the 2020 season's cancellation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Georgia Hennessy made her debut for her new side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 61 and 78 and taking 5 wickets on the opening weekend double-header against Staffordshire.
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Georgia Hennessy ended the season as the second-highest run-scorer across the whole tournament, with 261 runs at an average of 52.20, as Somerset won the West Midlands Group.
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Georgia Hennessy was the side's leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 170 runs including one half-century against Gloucestershire, as well as taking three wickets.
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Georgia Hennessy played for Western Storm in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2016 and 2017.
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Georgia Hennessy was ever-present in both seasons, scoring 45 runs and taking 3 wickets in 2016 and scoring 110 runs in 2017.
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In 2017, Storm won the Super League, and Georgia Hennessy put on a vital partnership of 44 with Stafanie Taylor in the semi-final to help her side on the way to the title.
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In 2020, Georgia Hennessy returned to Western Storm for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
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Georgia Hennessy played all 6 matches, scoring 209 runs at an average of 34.83, as well as taking 11 wickets, the joint-leading wicket-taker for the side.
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In December 2020, it was announced that Georgia Hennessy was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.
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Georgia Hennessy took 2 wickets in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, as well as scoring 102 runs, including 62 made against Sunrisers.
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Meanwhile, for Welsh Fire in The Hundred, Georgia Hennessy scored 58 runs and took 2 wickets in 8 matches.
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Georgia Hennessy played two matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
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Georgia Hennessy was again in the Welsh Fire squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.
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Georgia Hennessy played for Sapphires in the 2012 Super Fours, and was part of various England Development programmes, starting in 2012.