38 Facts About Steph Davies

Stephanie Ann Davies was born on 21 October 1987 and is a former international cricketer who represented England in four One Day Internationals as well as Somerset in county cricket.

Steph Davies was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batter.

Steph Davies toured Australia with England Under-19s aged 15 and after two successful European tournaments, she captained the England Under-21s to victory in the 2006 Under-21 European Championships.

Steph Davies soon progressed into the Somerset county side, making her debut that same year, aged 13 against Lancashire.

Steph Davies played four of Somerset's five Women's County Championship matches in 2001, and claimed her first wicket for the side in the third of these, trapping Derbyshire's Jane Morris leg before wicket during an economical spell in which she conceded only five runs off four overs.

Steph Davies progressed quickly into the England development squad, representing them in a 2002 match against British Universities Sports Association.

Steph Davies played a match for Wales, helping her native country defeat Scotland by seven wickets.

Steph Davies had little impact in the competition, claiming two wickets from her nine overs, and scoring eleven runs during her two innings.

Steph Davies played in one of the two matches against the Australia Under-19s side, bowling six overs in which she claimed one wicket.

In 2003, Steph Davies was again selected for the Super Fours competition, appearing in three matches for the Braves without standing out.

Steph Davies played five County Championship matches for Somerset, moving up the batting order; after batting at number four in her first match of the season, she was promoted to open the innings for the remainder of the season.

Steph Davies claimed three wickets during her seven overs as the English side won by seven wickets.

Steph Davies had some success in the 50-over tournament; although she only claimed two wickets in her four matches, she boasted the third lowest economy rate.

Steph Davies continued to open the batting for Somerset, but did not pass 50 runs in a match during her four matches for the county.

Steph Davies played two different roles for England during the tournament; in the first match she was used purely as an opening batsman, scoring 25 runs off 27 balls to help chase down a small Scotland total of 57 in under 10 overs.

Steph Davies was then selected as part of the England Development Squad to compete in the 2005 Women's European Championship in Wales.

Steph Davies finished the tournament as the leading bowler in terms of wickets, bowling average and economy.

The highlight of her bowling came in the match against Scotland, when Steph Davies collected four wickets in 6.2 overs, conceding just five runs during this time.

Steph Davies had a reasonably quiet 2006 domestic season with both bat and ball.

Steph Davies was again selected for the Super Fours, this time playing for the Emeralds.

Steph Davies made 74 runs at 14.80 in five matches with a highest score of 29, but was ineffective with the ball, taking 2 wickets at 74.00.

Steph Davies performed well for England A during a match against the touring Indian side, restricting the visitors to just fifteen runs off her ten overs, taking two wickets as she did so.

Steph Davies was named as captain of the England Under-21 side for the 2006 Women's European Under-21 Championships, and led her side to three large victories to retain the competition title.

Steph Davies finished the tournament near the top of both the batting and bowling averages charts, boosted by her performance against Ireland, in which she took three wickets for just six runs conceded in her bowling duties, and followed it up with a score of 31 as her side chased a low Irish total of 69 to win.

In June 2007, Steph Davies made her first appearance for the senior England side, albeit in a non-international match against an England Cricket Board Invitational XI.

Steph Davies was not required to bat or bowl in the match, which England won by five wickets.

Steph Davies was selected to play in two of the three warm-up matches on the tour, but did not make her ODI debut until the fifth and final match of the series.

Steph Davies bowled six wicket-less overs in this match, and was not required to bat as England chased down the hosts total for the loss of only one wicket.

Steph Davies's bowling was used slightly more in the next match, claiming the wicket of Amy Satterthwaite during her nine overs.

Steph Davies added one more wicket the fourth ODI, but there was no result as the match was washed out, leaving Davies without a batting innings during the series.

In September 2007, Steph Davies started studying Sport and Physical Education at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, meaning that she had to juggle her cricket career with her academic studies in 2008.

Steph Davies played five Somerset's six County Championship matches, her best performance of the season coming against Warwickshire, when she claimed a wicket and scored 25 runs to help her county to victory.

Steph Davies made one appearance in the Super Fours for Rubies.

Steph Davies was named Somerset captain for the 2009 season, taking over from Hannah Lloyd, who continued to play for the side.

Steph Davies finished the season as Somerset's most economical bowler, and her seven wickets meant that she trailed only Izzy Westbury among wicket-takers.

Steph Davies continued to play for both England Academy and MCC Young Cricketers, and represented the academy in two Twenty20 matches against Pakistan prior to the 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20.

Steph Davies continued as captain in 2010, and in Somerset's opening fixture of the season, against Berkshire, she claimed her fourth List A four-wicket haul.

Steph Davies played her last match for Somerset in 2011 against Cheshire.