1. Sophie Ecclestone was born on 6 May 1999 and is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire, North West Thunder, Manchester Originals, UP Warriorz and England.
25 Facts About Sophie Ecclestone
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In July 2021, Ecclestone was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for June 2021.
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Sophie Ecclestone was named as one of the 2025 Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
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Sophie Ecclestone was born in Chester, Cheshire, and raised in Helsby, a village in the same county.
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Sophie Ecclestone considers that her brother James, who taught her how to play both football and cricket, has been the biggest influence on her career.
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Sophie Ecclestone received her formal cricketing education at Alvanley Cricket Club in Helsby, where her father was the junior coordinator, and she was the only girl on the club's pathway.
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Sophie Ecclestone joined the club's junior section at seven years of age, and entered the Cheshire U13s pathway just two years later.
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When Sophie Ecclestone made her debut for the Alvanley boys' first team, James was one of her teammates.
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Sophie Ecclestone was so nice to me for the rest of school after that.
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Meanwhile, in 2013, Sophie Ecclestone started playing for the Cheshire women's county team.
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Sophie Ecclestone was then spotted by Lancashire, for which she signed and made her top-level domestic debut in 2015 at the age of 16.
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Since passing those exams, Sophie Ecclestone has been a fixture in the England team.
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On 1 March 2020, in England's final group match of the tournament, Sophie Ecclestone took her 50th wicket in WT20Is, and her 100th wicket in international cricket.
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Sophie Ecclestone became the youngest woman to take 50 wickets in WT20I cricket, which she achieved in 34 matches.
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Sophie Ecclestone was the first England bowler to hold that distinction since Anya Shrubsole in 2016, and the first England spinner to do so since Danielle Hazell in 2015.
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Sophie Ecclestone told The Cricketer in June 2020 that when the news was released, it was both overwhelming and the fulfilment of a dream she had had for several years.
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On 18 June 2020, Sophie Ecclestone 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.
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In February 2021, during England's tour of New Zealand, Sophie Ecclestone took her 100th international wicket.
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In June 2021, Sophie Ecclestone was named as in England's Test squad for their one-off match against India.
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In December 2021, Sophie Ecclestone was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.
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Sophie Ecclestone was named in the England squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
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Sophie Ecclestone won the Women's Cricket Award at the 2024 Cricket Writers' Club Awards.
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Sophie Ecclestone was named in England's squad for their multi-format tour to South Africa in November 2024.
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Sophie Ecclestone was named in the England squad for the 2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia.
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Sophie Ecclestone told BBC Sport in 2020 that she had an ambition to become a pilot.