Slowly but surely, female players are beginning to really make their mark on the men’s game in North Wales cricket.
This season Llandudno Lions made a groundbreaking move in appointing Wales international Hannah Thornton as second team captain.
Meanwhile, at Bangor CC, a young bowler named Bethan Hughes is really hitting the heights for the second team, taking 29 wickets so far in 2019 and establishing herself in the league’s 10 top achievers with the ball.
Bethan, 18, took part in a Q and A with Grassroots North Wales this week.
Full Name
Bethan Hughes
Date of Birth
12/06/2001
Current team
Bangor C.C
Age when first took up cricket
9
Style of batting
Right handed
Style of bowling
Right arm medium
Highest batting score
57*
Best bowling figures
6/16
Most runs in a season
242
Most wickets in a season
37
Most catches in a game
2
Favourite away ground
Colwyn Bay
Strengths to your play
Bowling variations
Weaknesses to your play
Hitting boundaries
Favourite county
Lancashire
Favourite international team
England
Batting idol
Eoin Morgan
Bowling idol
James Anderson
Most memorable game played in
This year against Marchwiel and Wrexham when I took career best figures
Most memorable game seen
4th day of the First Test of the 2015 Ashes in the Swalec Stadium
Representative cricket played
Eryri junior teams, Wales girls U13, U15 and U17 and Wales women development Xl
Highlight of your cricket career to date
Getting to the ECB County Championship Finals with Wales girls U17
Ambitions in cricket
Win Division Two with Bangor 2nds, and to take 50 wickets in a season
World Cup Final 2019 – best one-day match ever?
100%
Other sports you play
Tennis, hockey, netball
Advice to young female cricketers
Have fun, practice, and believe in yourself