Katherine Fraser (cricketer)
Katherine Fraser (born 9 April 2005) is a Scottish cricketer. In May 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Scotland against Germany on 29 June 2019. At the age of 14 years and 81 days, she was the youngest female cricketer to represent Scotland in a WT20I match. At the time of her international debut, Fraser was a third year pupil at The Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh.
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| Full name | Katherine Fraser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 2005 Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 31) | 12 April 2024 v Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 April 2024 v United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 15) | 29 June 2019 v Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 September 2022 v Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023–present | Northern Diamonds | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 January 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In August 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series. She played in Scotland's first match of the series, against Thailand on 8 August 2019. She finished the tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with nine dismissals from six matches. Later the same month, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. On her selection for the tournament, Fraser said it was "really really exciting" and that "it's a great opportunity".
In January 2022, she was named in Scotland's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. In April 2022, it was announced that she would be training with Northern Diamonds for the upcoming season. Fraser is captaining the Scotland under-19 team at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa during January 2023.