37 Facts About Maia Bouchier

Maia Emily Bouchier is an English cricketer who currently plays for Hampshire, Southern Brave and Melbourne Stars.

Maia Bouchier plays as a right-handed batter and bowls occasional right-arm medium pace.

Maia Bouchier has previously played for Middlesex, Southern Vipers, Auckland and Western Australia.

Maia Bouchier made her international debut for the England women's cricket team in September 2021.

Maia Bouchier attended Rugby School and then Oxford Brookes University.

Maia Bouchier became a regular in the side from 2016, and had her most successful season for Middlesex in 2018: she was their leading run-scorer in the Championship, with 172 runs at 34.40, and was ever-present as her side won the Twenty20 Cup.

Maia Bouchier hit what was at the time her List A high score in the Championship, scoring 76 against Somerset.

Maia Bouchier had a successful first season with the club, hitting two half-centuries and ending the season as the side's highest run-scorer in the Twenty20 Cup.

Maia Bouchier played for Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2018 and 2019.

Maia Bouchier played all 11 matches for the side in 2019, helping them reach Finals Day and hitting 114 runs overall, with a best of 40 against Lancashire Thunder.

Maia Bouchier continued playing for Southern Vipers in the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

Maia Bouchier appeared in all 7 matches, including her side's 38-run victory in the Final over Northern Diamonds.

Maia Bouchier scored 183 runs at an average of 30.50, as well as taking 1 wicket, the key dismissal of Lauren Winfield-Hill in the Final.

Maia Bouchier scored one half-century, 50* in a victory over Western Storm.

In October 2020, it was announced that Maia Bouchier had been suspended from bowling due to an illegal elbow extension in her action, and would have to undergo remedial work.

Maia Bouchier was cleared to resume bowling in competitive cricket in July 2021.

In 2021, Maia Bouchier scored 195 runs at an average of 32.50 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as her side defended their title, as well as scoring 104 runs at an average of 52.00 in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

Maia Bouchier played for Southern Brave in The Hundred, scoring 92 runs with a strike rate of 143.75.

Maia Bouchier played five matches for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 128 runs including one half-century.

Maia Bouchier scored 268 runs at an average of 38.28, including one half-century, for Southern Brave in The Hundred.

Maia Bouchier was most successful in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield, scoring 273 runs at an average of 45.50 with two half-centuries.

Maia Bouchier played all 12 matches for the side, scoring 185 runs with a high score of 42, made against Hobart Hurricanes.

In February 2022, it was announced that Maia Bouchier had joined Western Australia for their Women's National Cricket League campaign.

Maia Bouchier played six matches for the side in the tournament, scoring 130 runs including making her List A high score, with 79 against Queensland.

However, Maia Bouchier was ruled out of the first WT20I match of the three-match series after being identified as a possible COVID-19 contact.

Maia Bouchier made her WT20I debut in the next match, on 4 September 2021, for England against New Zealand, scoring 25 from 24 balls.

Maia Bouchier was later added to the WODI squad ahead of the third match of the series, but was released before the fifth match to enable her to play in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final.

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

Maia Bouchier appeared in one match on the tour, the first WT20I, but did not bat.

Maia Bouchier played every match across the two series, including making 21* to see England to victory over Sri Lanka in the Commonwealth Games.

In January 2023, Maia Bouchier was named in England's squad for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, although she did not play a match at the tournament.

Maia Bouchier was named in England's squad for the T20I series during the 2023 Women's Ashes, but did not play a match.

Maia Bouchier made her One Day International debut during the 1st ODI of the series, and scored 95 from 65 deliveries during the 3rd ODI.

Maia Bouchier scored her first century in ODIs for England against New Zealand on 30 June 2024.

Maia Bouchier was named in the England squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

Maia Bouchier was named in England's travelling party for the their multi-format tour to South Africa in November 2024, including her first inclusion in a Test match squad.

Maia Bouchier was named in the England squad for the 2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia.