Aimee Aikenhead: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Jersey cricketer (born 2006)}}

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| name = Aimee Aikenhead

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| country = Jersey

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2006|06|22|df=yes}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/aimee-aikenhead-1378740|title=Profile of Aimee Aikenhead|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref>

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| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right arm [[Off spin]]

| role = [[Batsman (cricket)|Batter]]

| international = true

| internationalspan = 2023–present

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| T20Idebutdate = 29 May

| T20Idebutyear = 2023

| T20Idebutagainst = Italy

| T20Icap = 20

| lastT20Idate = 25 August

| lastT20Iyear = 2023

| lastT20Iagainst = Netherlands

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| columns = 1

| column1 =[[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]]

| matches1 = 11

| runs1 = 97

| bat avg1 = 19.40

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| top score1 = 57[[not out|*]]

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| date = 21 June

| year = 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1378740.html Cricinfo

'''Aimee Aikenhead''' (born 22 June 2006) is a [[cricket]]er who plays for the [[Jersey women's cricket team]].

==Career==

Aikenhead was a member of the Jersey squad that came third at the [[2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier]], narrowly missing out on qualification for the next stage.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=cricketinjersey |number=1658850584877838341 |date=17 May 2023 |title=Here are the 14 players selected to represent Jersey at the upcoming @ICC Women's T20 World Cup European Division 2 qualifier}}</ref> She scored her first international runs in the islanders' final match against [[Sweden women's national cricket team|Sweden]], making 13 as the team ended the tournament on a high with a 108-run win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/65787788|title=T20 World Cup qualifier: Jersey thrash Sweden by 108 runs for record victory|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref>

She compiled her first [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]] half-century against [[Guernsey women's cricket team|Guernsey]] in the third match of the [[2023 Women's T20I Inter-Insular Series|2023 Inter-Insular Cup]] at [[King George V Sports Ground]] in [[Castel, Guernsey|Castel]]. Opening the batting, Aikenhead hit seven boundaries in a score of 57 not out off 53 balls as Jersey sealed a 3–0 series victory.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/sport/more/cricket/2023/06/26/jersey-hit-t20-hat-trick/|title=Jersey hit T20 hat-trick|publisher=Jersey Evening Post|access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/jersey-women-in-guernsey-2023-1382634/guernsey-women-vs-jersey-women-3rd-match-1382638/full-scorecard|title=Guernsey Women vs Jersey Women 2023 3rd match|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref>

Aikenhead was one of four players shortlisted for the 2023 Jersey Cricket Women's Cricketer of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jerseyeveningpost.com/sport/more/cricket/2024/02/16/cricket-stars-in-running-for-2023-awards/|title=Cricket stars in running for 2023 awards|publisher=Jersey Evening Post|access-date=2024-06-21}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

* {{cricinfo|id=1378740}}

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[[Category:2006 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:Jersey cricketers]]

[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]