46 Facts About Kathryn Bryce

Kathryn Emma Bryce was born on 17 November 1997 and is a Scottish cricketer and the current captain of the national women's cricket team.

Kathryn Bryce plays for the Warriors team in FairBreak Invitational T20 tournaments.

In December 2020, Bryce was named the ICC Associate Cricketer of the Decade.

Kathryn Bryce was born in Edinburgh, into a cricket-loving family, and, together with her sister Sarah, developed an enthusiasm for all sports at an early age.

At that time, Edinburgh had no other girls' school teams, and so Kathryn Bryce's school played against many University teams, made up of similarly inexperienced players.

Kathryn Bryce left school in 2015, and has since been included in the school's sporting Wall of Fame.

At Scotland, Kathryn Bryce has been team captain since April 2018, and her sister is her deputy.

In 2017, after leaving school, Kathryn Bryce won the third of a hat-trick of Women's Scottish Cup winner's medals with the GWC girls' 1st XI team.

Kathryn Bryce has played women's club cricket for the Watsonian club for many years.

In July 2019, Kathryn Bryce played and enjoyed her first match for Watsonians men's first XI, when she took the field in an CSL Eastern Premier Division clash with Stoneywood-Dyce at Myreside.

Kathryn Bryce had previously turned out for the men's second XI.

In 2015, Kathryn Bryce played only three matches in that year's Women's County Championship, in which Scotland finished last in Division 2 and was relegated to Division 3.

In 2017, when Kathryn Bryce first relocated to England to attend Loughborough University, Warwickshire's Division One county team captain Marie Kelly was a student there.

Kathryn Bryce scored 241 runs at 30.13 including a half-century against Nottinghamshire, as Warwickshire powered its way to third place in Division One.

Kathryn Bryce played four T20 Cup Division 2 matches for Scotland A, scoring a total of 114 runs with a top score of 50*.

In 2018, Kathryn Bryce again played for Scotland A in the Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 2.

In 2019, Kathryn Bryce was added to the Loughborough Lightning squad for the final season of the Women's Cricket Super League regional franchise competition.

Kathryn Bryce was described by Women's CricZone as a "good find".

Over a six-week period that year, Kathryn Bryce took advantage of the amendment to become a regular opening bowler in the competition, and took a total of eight wickets.

Kathryn Bryce then took 14 wickets for Lightning, with an economy of 3.88, in six matches in the inaugural 50-over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy competition.

Kathryn Bryce claimed a 5-wicket haul, and made 71*, but even that effort was not enough to overcome very strong opponents.

Kathryn Bryce was the only player in that season's RHF Trophy to score two centuries, 109* against Thunder and 104 against Sunrisers in what turned out to be Lightning's only wins.

Kathryn Bryce was recruited by Trent Rockets for The Hundred in 2021.

Kathryn Bryce did not play a prominent role in either season.

Kathryn Bryce made her international debut for Scotland's national team in 2011 at just 13 years of age, in a Women's County Championship match.

Kathryn Bryce was named as Scotland's new captain in April 2018, replacing Abbi Aitken.

Kathryn Bryce had a few nerves in taking the reins, but was able to draw on her considerable experience as captain of the U17s, and call for advice from her predecessor, who remained in the squad.

In July 2018, Kathryn Bryce led the Scottish team at the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in the Netherlands.

In that match, which was Scotland's first ever WT20I, Kathryn Bryce took a wicket and two catches, and was batting in partnership with her sister when Scotland reached its nine wicket victory.

Kathryn Bryce guided Scotland to victory in her team's second matches against the Netherlands and Germany, with 34 and 65 runs, respectively.

Kathryn Bryce had to miss that tournament, due to commitments with Loughborough Lightning in the English domestic Super League competition.

Kathryn Bryce was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 168 runs in five matches.

In September 2020, Kathryn Bryce told Women's CricZone that in the last few years the Scotland team had been rebuilding after losing several senior players.

Also in May 2021, Kathryn Bryce led Scotland in the team's post-COVID-19 return to international competition, in a bilateral series against Ireland at Stormont in Belfast.

Kathryn Bryce was the first Associate woman to be nominated and the first Associate player to win the award.

Kathryn Bryce then led Scotland to victory in the 2021 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier, which was scheduled to take place in Scotland, but later moved to the La Manga Club, Spain, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and held in August 2021.

In January 2022, Kathryn Bryce captained Scotland's team in the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia, and finished second in the tournament's table of wicket takers, with 7 wickets.

Kathryn Bryce then missed Scotland's next matches, during a home bilateral series against Ireland in September 2022; her sister stood-in as captain.

At the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier in Abu Dhabi, Kathryn Bryce captained Scotland to their maiden qualification for the finals to be held in Bangladesh later in the year, scoring the game-winning runs and earning player of the match honors in the deciding match against Ireland.

Kathryn Bryce captained the Scotland squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.

Kathryn Bryce has played for the Warriors team in two FairBreak Invitational T20 competitions.

Kathryn Bryce had previously played in a match organised by FairBreak Global in England in July 2019.

Kathryn Bryce topped the tournament's wicket tally, with 13 wickets overall.

Kathryn Bryce is an all-rounder who bowls swinging right-arm medium pacers and bats right-handed.

Kathryn Bryce is a swing bowler rather than an out-and-out quick - to the extent that [her sister] Sarah stands up to the stumps while keeping to her, but manages to get the ball tailing late.

Kathryn Bryce achieved Grade 8 in both clarinet and violin, was a member of several orchestras and sang in choirs.