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Danni Wyatt-Hodge
Personal information
Full name
Danielle Nicole Wyatt-Hodge
Born (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 168)22 June 2023 v Australia
Last Test14 December 2023 v India
ODI debut (cap 116)1 March 2010 v India
Last ODI18 July 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.28
T20I debut (cap 25)4 March 2010 v India
Last T20I9 December 2023 v India
T20I shirt no.28
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2005–2012Staffordshire
2011/12Victoria
2013–2015Nottinghamshire
2015/16Victoria
2015/16–2019/20Melbourne Renegades
2016–presentSussex
2016Lancashire Thunder
2017–presentSouthern Vipers
2018Supernovas
2019–2020Velocity
2021–presentSouthern Brave
2022/23Brisbane Heat
From 2025Royal Challengers Bangalore
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 2 105 151 230
Runs scored 129 1,841 2,602 5,437
Batting average 32.25 23.60 22.05 29.54
100s/50s 0/1 2/5 2/13 9/23
Top score 54 129 124 129
Balls bowled – 918 759 5,245
Wickets – 27 46 152
Bowling average – 28.51 15.54 20.45
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 2
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 3/7 4/11 7/41
Catches/stumpings 1/– 24/– 35/– 68/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2023

Danielle Nicole Wyatt-Hodge (née Wyatt; born 22 April 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut against India in Mumbai on 1 March 2010.[1][2]

Early career

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Wyatt-Hodge is a right-handed opening/middle order batter and off break bowler. She played for Staffordshire Ladies and Meir Heath Women in the Northern Premier League, having moved from Gunnersbury at the end of the 2012 season, as well as men's club cricket for her local club Whitmore.

In 2010, she was awarded an MCC Young Cricketers contract which enables her cricketing development via training at the MCC on a daily basis. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.[3]

Career

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Wyatt was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England.[4][5][6]

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.[7]

Wyatt batting for England during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Wyatt batting for England during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

In March 2018, during the 2018 Women's T20I Tri Nations Series in India; in a match against India, she scored her 2nd WT20I century in her career as her knock of 124 runs powered England to register the highest ever successful chase by any team in a WT20I match (199/3).[8][9][10][11] With this century, she became the second female cricketer to score 2 centuries in WT20Is after Deandra Dottin and also registered the second highest individual score in a WT20I just behind Meg Lanning's 126.[12][13][14] Her innings of 124 runs is also the highest individual score set by an opener in a WT20I match and she also recorded the second fastest century by a player in a WT20I innings (52 balls) just after Deandra Dottin's 38-ball century.[15][16]

In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[17][18]

In November 2018, she was named in the Melbourne Renegades' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[19][20] In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.[21][22] In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.[23][24]

In December 2019, in England's opening match against Pakistan in Malaysia, Wyatt scored her first century in a WODI match.[25] During the same tour, she also played her 100th WT20I match against Pakistan.[26] In January 2020, she was named in England's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[27]

On 18 June 2020, Wyatt was named in a squad of 24 players to begin training ahead of international women's fixtures starting in England following the COVID-19 pandemic.[28][29]

In February 2021, she went on England's tour of New Zealand, helping them complete a 2–1 WODI series win and a 3–0 WT20I series win.[30] She was also drafted by Southern Brave for the inaugural season of The Hundred.[31]

In December 2021, Wyatt was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.[32] In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[33] In April 2022, she was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[34]

In July 2022, she was named in England's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[35]

In June 2023, Wyatt was again named in an England Test squad for the 2023 Women's Ashes series against Australia.[36] She made her Test debut in that match, on 22 June 2023.[37]

She was named in the England squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[38]

On 30 October 2024, she was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore from UP Warriorz to play for 2025 season WPL.[39][40] She was picked up by the Warriorz for INR 30 lakhs at WPL 2024 auction but didn't feature for the UP franchise.[41]

Wyatt-Hodge was named in England's squad for their multi-format tour to South Africa in November 2024.[42][43]

She joined the newly professional Surrey Women's team ahead of the restructured domestic set-up for the 2025 season.[44][45]

International centuries

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One Day International centuries

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Danni Wyatt's One Day International centuries[46]
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 110 72  Pakistan Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kinrara Academy Oval 2019[47]
2 129 92  South Africa New Zealand Christchurch, New Zealand Hagley Oval 2022[48]

T20 International centuries

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Danni Wyatt's T20 International centuries[49]
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 100 73  Australia Australia Canberra, Australia Manuka Oval 2017[50]
2 124 75  India India Mumbai, India Brabourne Stadium 2018[51]

Personal life

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Wyatt's nickname is "Waggy". In 2015, she explained to sports journalist Clare Balding that "The girls say I’m a wannabe WAG because I’ve dated two footballers!" [52] She has supported Port Vale F.C. since she started attending matches at Vale Park with her grandfather at the age of eight.[53] On 10 June 2024, Wyatt married Georgie Hodge, a football agent, at the Chelsea Old Town Hall in London.[54] [55] They had been dating since 2019 and became engaged in early 2023 in South Africa.[56]

References

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  1. ^ "Danni Wyatt thrilled with victorious England debut". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Danni Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  3. ^ "England women earn 18 new central contracts". BBC. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Live commentary: Final, ICC Women's World Cup at London, Jul 23", ESPNcricinfo, 23 July 2017.
  5. ^ World Cup Final, BBC Sport, 23 July 2017.
  6. ^ England v India: Women's World Cup final – live!, The Guardian, 23 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Ellyse Perry declared ICC's Women's Cricketer of the Year". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Records. Women's Twenty20 Internationals. Team records. Highest innings totals batting second". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  9. ^ Sport, Telegraph (25 March 2018). "Danni Wyatt smashes 124 off just 64 balls as England Women claim record-breaking T20 victory over India". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Danni Wyatt smashes ton, England crush India to achieve highest chase in women's Twenty20". www.hindustantimes.com. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Wyatt belligerence powers England in record chase". Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Wyatt's 124 powers England in record chase". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  13. ^ "India women v England women: Danni Wyatt century brings record T20 victory". BBC Sport. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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  23. ^ "Fran Wilson called into England squad for Ashes ODI opener against Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  24. ^ "England announce squad for opening Women's Ashes ODI". Times and Star. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  25. ^ "Beaumont, Wyatt tons underpin comfortable England win". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  26. ^ "Amy Jones, Danni Wyatt fifties propel England Women to victory against Pakistan Women". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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  28. ^ "England Women confirm back to training plans". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  29. ^ "England Women return to training with September tri-series on the cards". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  30. ^ "England Women beat New Zealand to win T20 series 3–0 after 11th victory in a row in the format". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  31. ^ "The Hundred 2021 – full squad lists". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  32. ^ "Heather Knight vows to 'fight fire with fire' during Women's Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  33. ^ "Charlie Dean, Emma Lamb in England's ODI World Cup squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  34. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  35. ^ "Alice Capsey named in England's Commonwealth Games squad, Tammy Beaumont omitted". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  36. ^ "England name Danielle Gibson, Lauren Filer in Ashes Test squad". ESPNcricinfo. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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  39. ^ "UP Warriorz trade Danni Wyatt-Hodge to RCB". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  40. ^ "Danni Wyatt traded to Royal Challengers Bengaluru from UP Warriorz". WPL. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  41. ^ "Danni Wyatt-Hodge traded to RCB from UP Warriorz". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
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  43. ^ "England drop Alice Capsey for South Africa T20Is, include two uncapped players for Test match". Wisden. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
  44. ^ George, Dan. "England batter Wyatt-Hodge makes Surrey move". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  45. ^ "Danni Wyatt-Hodge joins Surrey for new professional era". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  46. ^ "All-round records. Women's One-Day Internationals – Danni Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  47. ^ "Full Scorecard of ENG Women vs PAK Women 1st ODI 2019/20 – Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
  48. ^ "Full Scorecard of ENG Women vs SA Women 2nd Semi Final 2021/22 – Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  49. ^ "All-round records. Women's Twenty20 Internationals – Danni Wyatt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  50. ^ "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs ENG Women 3rd T20I 2017/18 – Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  51. ^ "Full Scorecard of IND Women vs ENG Women 3rd match 2017/18 – Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  52. ^ Balding, Clare (19 February 2015). "Balding bowled over by England's women cricketers". BT Sport. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  53. ^ Baggaley, Mike (27 November 2023). "Recruitment, winning ugly and a pivotal few weeks at Port Vale". Valiant's Substack. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
  54. ^ HT Sports Desk (3 March 2023). "'Mine forever': England's Danielle Wyatt announces engagement; Shafali Verma, other fellow cricketers react". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  55. ^ "Danni Wyatt marriages partner Georgie Hodge". India Today. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  56. ^ "England cricketer Danielle Wyatt gets engaged to girlfriend Georgie Hodge". The Indian Express. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

Further reading

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