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Teresa Graves (cricketer)
Teresa Monika Graves (born 10 October 1998) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Nottinghamshire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Yorkshire, Yorkshire Diamonds, The Blaze and Trent Rockets.[1][2] Early lifeGraves was born on 10 October 1998 in Halifax, West Yorkshire.[2] Her twin sister, Yvonne, also plays for Nottinghamshire.[3] Domestic careerGraves made her county debut in 2014, for Yorkshire against Berkshire.[4] Graves became more of a regular for the side from 2016, and in 2017 she took 7 wickets in the County Championship, including her List A best bowling of 3/25 against Sussex.[5][6] In 2018, Graves moved to Nottinghamshire. She hit 116 runs for them that season in the Twenty20 Cup, including her Twenty20 high score of 45, as well as taking 4 wickets.[7][8] In 2021, she scored 88 runs for the side as they won the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup.[9] She was Nottinghamshire's second-highest run-scorer and joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 114 runs and six wickets.[10][11] Graves was in the Yorkshire Diamonds squad in the Women's Cricket Super League in 2016 and 2017, but did not play a match for the side.[12][13] In 2020, Graves played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all six matches, scoring 114 runs at an average of 19.00 and taking 3 wickets at an average of 25.00.[14] She hit her List A high score of 65 in Lightning's final match of the tournament, a victory over Central Sparks.[15] In 2021, Graves scored 103 runs and took 9 wickets for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, including her List A best bowling figures of 4/39, taken against Sunrisers.[16][17] She was also ever-present for the side throughout the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and played two matches for the Trent Rockets in The Hundred.[18][19] She played nine matches for Lightning in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 51 runs and taking three wickets.[20][21] In February 2023, it was announced that Graves had signed her first professional contract with Lightning, now known as The Blaze.[22] She played seven matches for the side in 2023, all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 118 runs including one half-century.[23] In 2024, she played 17 matches for The Blaze, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking two wickets with a high score of 33.[24][25] Graves left The Blaze when her contract expired in October 2024.[26] References
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