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Alicia Demi Presland (born 28 September 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Northamptonshire. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She previously played for Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, Lincolnshire, Lightning and Trent Rockets.

Early life

Presland was born on 28 September 1999 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

Domestic career

Presland made her county debut in 2015, for Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire against Lincolnshire, in which she took 2/11 from 7 overs. In her third match, she hit her maiden county half-century, scoring 50 against Northumberland. In 2016, Presland played two Twenty20 Cup matches for Cambridgeshire, as the county competes on its own in the Twenty20 format.

Presland joined Northamptonshire ahead of the 2017 season. In her first season with her new side, she was their leading run-scorer in the Twenty20 Cup, with 224 runs at an average of 44.80, including her T20 high score, 78 made against her former side Cambridgeshire. In the 2019 Women's County Championship, Presland achieved her List A high score and best bowling figures, scoring 70 against Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire and taking 3/25 against Hertfordshire. In 2021, Presland joined Lincolnshire for the Twenty20 Cup. She scored 60 off 42 balls on debut for the side, a victory over Leicestershire. She took six wickets for the side in the competition, including taking her T20 best bowling figures of 4/16 against Northamptonshire. She re-joined Northamptonshire during the 2022 season, playing in the East of England Women's County Championship. She played eight matches for Northamptonshire in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking five wickets at an average of 10.00.

In 2020, Presland played for Lightning in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in four matches, taking 5 wickets at an average of 22.80. Her best performance came against Central Sparks, in which she took 3/26 from 10 overs. She was included in the Lightning and Trent Rockets squads in 2021, but did not play a match for either side. In 2022, Presland played one match for Lightning in the Charlotte Edwards Cup as a concussion substitute, and one match in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

References

1. "Player Profile: Alicia Presland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
2. ^ "Player Profile: Alicia Presland". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
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10. "Northamptonshire Women v Lincolnshire Women, 16 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
11. "Northamptonshire Women v Norfolk Women, 12 June 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
12. "Bowling for Northamptonshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
13. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
14. "Central Sparks v Lightning, 11 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
15. "Women's Teams Announce Domestic Signing in The Hundred". The Hundred. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
16. "Thunder v Lightning, 3 June 2022". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
17. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links

• Alicia Presland at ESPNcricinfo
• Alicia Presland at CricketArchive (subscription required)

• 1999 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from Huntingdon
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire women cricketers
• Cambridgeshire women cricketers
• Northamptonshire women cricketers
• Lincolnshire women cricketers
• The Blaze women's cricketers
• 21st-century English sportswomen