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Abigail Johanna Freeborn (born 12 November 1996) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Staffordshire, Central Sparks and Birmingham Phoenix. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Sussex, Yorkshire and Leicestershire, as well as Loughborough Lightning and Lightning in regional cricket and Trent Rockets in The Hundred.[1][2]

Early life

Freeborn was born on 12 November 1996 in Eastbourne, East Sussex.[2] She attended Loughborough University.[3]

Domestic career

Freeborn made her county debut in 2013, for Sussex in a match against Surrey. She kept wicket and made one stumping, but did not bat.[4] She soon became a regular for Sussex, and she was a part of their 2013 Women's County Championship and 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup title victories.[5][6]

Freeborn joined Yorkshire on loan for the 2019 season. She achieved her List A high score of 58 that season, off just 40 deliveries against Surrey.[7] In 2021, it was announced that she has joined Leicestershire, but she did not play for them that season.[8] She joined Staffordshire ahead of the 2022 season.[9] She scored 83 runs at an average of 20.75 in six matches for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[10]

Freeborn was also part of Loughborough Lightning's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League from 2017 to 2019. She was part of the side that reached the semi-final in 2019, and had a high score of 16* in a victory over Lancashire Thunder in 2017.[6][11]

In 2020, Freeborn played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She scored 167 runs at an average of 33.40 in five matches, with a top score of 40 in a victory over Central Sparks.[12][13] In December 2020, it was announced that Freeborn was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[14] In 2021, she scored 105 runs at an average of 15.00 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, as well as being ever-present for the Trent Rockets in The Hundred.[15][16] Her best performances came in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, where she was Lightning's leading run-scorer, with 161 runs.[17] She made her Twenty20 high score of 61 in a match against South East Stars, as well as becoming the first wicketkeeper in the tournament to make four dismissals in an innings, all stumpings, in the same match.[18] At the end of the season it was announced that Freeborn had moved to Central Sparks, and signed a professional contract with her new side.[19] She scored 163 runs in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, including 52 made against Western Storm.[20][21] She was also Central Sparks' leading run-scorer in the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 227 at an average of 45.40.[22] She made what was at the time her List A high score against North West Thunder, scoring 72 from 72 deliveries.[23] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred, and scored 45* in her side's victory over Manchester Originals.[24][25]

In 2023, she played 20 matches for Central Sparks, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, and scored her maiden List A century, with 107* against Sunrisers.[26][27][28] She also moved to Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, playing seven matches and scoring 43 runs.[29]

References

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External links

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