Fiona Urquhart

Scottish cricketer

Fiona Urquhart

Personal information

Full name|

Fiona Elaine Urquhart

Born|  (1987-08-20) 20 August 1987 (age 37)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm fast-medium
Role| All-rounder
International information
National side|

* Scotland (2000–2017)

ODI debut (cap 10)| 10 August 2001 v England
Last ODI| 26 July 2003 v Ireland
Career statistics
| Competition | ODI

|

Matches | 8
Runs scored | 41
Batting average | 5.85
100s/50s | 0/0
Top score | 16
Balls bowled | 269
Wickets | 4
Bowling average | 54.00
5 wickets in innings | 0
10 wickets in match | 0
Best bowling | 2/19
Catches/stumpings | 0/–

Source: Cricinfo, 22 October 2015

Fiona Elaine Urquhart (born 20 August 1987) is a Scottish former international cricketer who debuted for the Scottish national side in 2000.[1] An all-rounder, she has appeared in all eight of the One Day International (ODI) matches that Scotland has played to date. In April 2017, she announced her retirement from international cricket.[2]

## Early life

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Urquhart was born in Aberdeen.[1] She began her career at the city's Stoneywood Dyce Cricket Club.[3]

## Career

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She was first called up to the national squad shortly before her thirteenth birthday, playing two matches against English county teams (Durham and Yorkshire) during the 2000 season.[4] The following year, Urquhart was selected in the Scottish squad for the 2001 European Championship, where Scotland was appearing at ODI level for the first time.[5] She went on to play in all three of her team's matches, going runless and wicketless against England and Ireland, but taking 2/19 against the Netherlands and also scoring nine runs.[6] At the time of her ODI debut, Urquhart was 13 years and 355 days old, making her the second-youngest debutant after Pakistan's Sajjida Shah. Two other players, Lucy O'Reilly and Elena Tice, have since played at younger ages, both representing Ireland.[7]

At the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the Netherlands, Scotland's next major international tournament, Urquhart again appeared in all of her team's matches. She took 1/26 against Pakistan and 1/8 against Japan, but was wicketless in the other matches. Her highest score, 16 runs from fourth in the batting order, came in the opening match against the Netherlands.[5] The IWCC Trophy is Scotland's most recent ODI tournament to date, with Urquhart being one of only three players (along with Kari Anderson and Kathryn White) to feature in every ODI played by the team.[8] At the 2005 and 2007 European Championships, Scotland's next major events, Urquhart appeared in all but one match, although she had little success in either year.[4]

In January 2008, aged 20, Urquhart was appointed captain of Scotland for the 2008 World Cup Qualifier in South Africa.[9] However, at the tournament itself, a finger injury meant she was only able to appear in the matches against Ireland and Zimbabwe, with Kari Anderson taking over as skipper in the remaining games.[4] In the Women's County Championship, where Scotland debuted later in the year, Anderson and Urquhart rotated the captaincy duties. However, Anderson was appointed sole captain for the 2009 season, and Urquhart has only since captained the team in her absence. During the 2009 County Championship, Urquhart put in some of her best bowling performances, taking 4/19 against Worcestershire and 3/30 against Staffordshire.[10] A few years later, in 2012, she scored her maiden County Championship half-century, making 50 runs exactly against Northamptonshire.[11]

Urquhart spent the 2013–14 Northern Hemisphere off-season playing in Australia, appearing for Campbelltown-Camden in the Sydney grade cricket competition.[12] She returned for the 2014–15 season, but switched to the Sydney Cricket Club, which plays in the same league. Urquhart remained in Australia after the season's end, and in July 2015, it was announced that she had been appointed head coach of the club's women teams for the 2015–16 season, while continuing on as a player.[13] Despite not having played in any of Scotland's matches in English domestic competitions, she was selected in the national squad for the 2015 World Twenty Qualifier late in the year.[14]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Fiona Urquhart profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
2. ^ "Fiona Urquhart calls time on Scotland career". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
3. ^ Scotland / Players / Fiona Urquhart – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
4. ^ a b c Women's miscellaneous matches played by Fiona Urquhart – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
5. ^ a b Women's ODI matches played by Fiona Urquhart – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
6. ^ Netherlands Women v Scotland Women, Women's European Championship 2001 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
7. ^ Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Individual records (captains, players, umpires) / Youngest players – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
8. ^ Records / Scotland Women / Women's One-Day Internationals / Most matches – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
9. ^ (24 January 2008). "Urquhart to lead Scotland in Qualifiers" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
10. ^ Women's limited-overs matches played by Fiona Urquhart – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
11. ^ Northamptonshire Women v Scotland Women, LV Women's County Championship 2012 (Division Three) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
12. ^ (November 2013). "Fiona Urquhart – Blog From Down Under #1" – Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
13. ^ Thomas Mullen (2 July 2015). "Fiona Urquhart appointed" Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Sydney Cricket Club. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
14. ^ (28 October 2015). "Scotland Announce Women’s Squad for WWT20Q" Archived 24 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine – Cricket Europe. Retrieved 28 October 2015.