# Elspeth Fowler > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elspeth_Fowler > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elspeth_Fowler.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elspeth_Fowler > Source revision: 1319985552 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Spanish cricketer (born 1992)}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Elspeth Fowler | female = true | image = | country = Spain | fullname = Elspeth Marinha Compton Fowler | nickname = [Hermione Granger](/source/Hermione_Granger) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|8|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Northampton](/source/Northampton), England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm [medium](/source/Fast_bowling) | role = | club1 = [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_Women_cricket_team) | year1 = 2010 | club2 = [Cambridgeshire](/source/Cambridgeshire_Women_cricket_team) | year2 = 2016 | international = true | T20Idebutdate = 5 May | T20Idebutyear = 2022 | T20Idebutagainst = Austria | T20Icap = 3 | lastT20Idate = 29 Many | lastT20Iyear = 2025 | lastT20Iagainst = Italy | columns = 1 | column1 = [WT20I](/source/Women's_Twenty20_International) | matches1 = 22 | runs1 = 186 | bat avg1 = 18.60 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 44 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 13/0 | date = 30 May 2025 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/elspeth-fowler-1037327 ESPNCricinfo }} '''Elspeth Marinha Compton Fowler''' (born 14 August 1992) is an English-born [cricket](/source/cricket)er resident in [Spain](/source/Spain), who plays for the [Spanish women's national cricket team](/source/Spain_women's_national_cricket_team) as a right-handed [batter](/source/Batting_(cricket)). In May 2022, she [captained](/source/Captain_(cricket)) Spain in its debut [Women's Twenty20 International](/source/Women's_Twenty20_International) (WT20I) against [Austria](/source/Austria_women's_national_cricket_team). ==Early life and education== Born at [Northampton](/source/Northampton), [England](/source/England),{{cite web |title=Elspeth Fowler profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/elspeth-fowler-1037327 |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=7 May 2022}} she was raised at [Chesham](/source/Chesham), [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire).{{cite web |title=Cambridge University Cricket Club - Player Profiles: Elspeth Fowler |url=http://w.cucc.net/pages/players-display-206 |website=[Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) |access-date=7 May 2022}} At the age of 8, she first attended Sunday morning sessions at her local cricket club, where she was enthused by the coaches.{{cite web |title=A Magical Welcome – Elspeth Fowler – La Manga CC |url=https://cricketspain.es/es/a-magical-welcome-elspeth-fowler-la-manga-cc/ |website=[Cricket España](/source/Cricket_Spain) |access-date=7 May 2022 |date=2020 |archive-date=25 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925140654/https://cricketspain.es/es/a-magical-welcome-elspeth-fowler-la-manga-cc/ |url-status=dead }} From 2003 until 2010, Fowler attended [Chesham High School](/source/Chesham_High_School) (''now'' [Chesham Grammar School](/source/Chesham_Grammar_School)).{{cite web |title=Elspeth Fowler |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/elspeth-fowler-637a48b7/?originalSubdomain=es |website=linkedin.com |publisher=[LinkedIn](/source/LinkedIn) |access-date=7 May 2022}} In 2005, she played for Buckinghamshire Girls Under-13 team, and then from 2006 through 2008 she progressed through the County Girls Under-17 and Under-19 teams.{{cite web |title=Player Statistics: Elspeth Fowler |url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/player_stats/batting/1198445?rule_type_id=179 |website=ECB/Play-Cricket.com |access-date=8 May 2022}} In 2010, Fowler went up to [Pembroke College, Cambridge](/source/Pembroke_College%2C_Cambridge), where she read Modern and Medieval Languages, graduating in 2014 as [BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) (proceeding [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxford%2C_Cambridge%2C_and_Dublin))). Fowler played for the [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club), being awarded [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge_University) [half blue](/source/Cambridge_Blue)s in 2011, 2012 and 2014; she also represented her college at basketball and played in the [Cambridge Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonia](/source/Cambridge_Philharmonic_Society). ==Domestic career== In 2010, Fowler was selected to play for [Buckinghamshire CCC](/source/Buckinghamshire_Women_cricket_team) 1st XI. In 2016, she played two [Women's Twenty20 Cup](/source/2016_Women's_Twenty20_Cup) matches for [Cambridgeshire CCC](/source/Cambridgeshire_Women_cricket_team). Since 2019, she has played for the La Manga Torrevieja Cricket Club, in the [region](/source/regions_of_Spain) of [Murcia](/source/Region_of_Murcia), [southeastern Spain](/source/Geography_of_Spain). In November 2019, while touring with the LMTCC men's team in [Cártama](/source/C%C3%A1rtama), she helped bowl the team to victory in a weekend tournament. In 2020, Fowler was appointed Director of Women's Cricket for [Cricket Spain](/source/Cricket_Spain), in which capacity she is involved in training women cricketers.{{cite web |title=Ladies training session with Rico and Elspeth in Montjuic |url=https://www.cricketcatala.cat/2020/10/12/ladies-training-session-with-rico-and-elspeth-in-montjuic/ |website=Cricket Catala |access-date=8 May 2022 |language=en |date=12 October 2020}} In July 2021, she made her captaincy debut, at the helm of LMTCC's Development XI, in a 40-over match against Torre-Pacheco CC at the [La Manga Club Ground](/source/La_Manga_Club_Ground).{{cite news |last1=Atkinson |first1=Andrew |title=Tom Vine and Alfie Court break LMTCC's record bowling figures |url=https://theleader.info/2021/07/21/tom-vine-and-alfie-court-break-lmtccs-record-bowling-figures/ |access-date=8 May 2022 |work=The Leader (Spain) |date=21 July 2021}} Also in 2021, she played for Team White in Cricket Catalonia's Women's T10 tournament.{{cite web |title=Elspeth Fowler - Federacio Catalana de Criquet |url=https://cricclubs.com/CricketCatala/viewPlayer.do?playerId=2120990&clubId=9868#parentHorizontalTab1 |website=cricclubs.com |access-date=8 May 2022 |archive-date=15 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815213747/https://cricclubs.com/CricketCatala/viewPlayer.do?playerId=2120990&clubId=9868#parentHorizontalTab1 |url-status=dead }} ==International career== On 5 May 2022, Fowler made her WT20I debut for, and also [captained](/source/Captain_(cricket)), Spain against [Austria](/source/Austria_women's_national_cricket_team) in the first match of the [2022 France Women's T20I Quadrangular Series](/source/2022_France_Women's_T20I_Quadrangular_Series), held at Dreux Sport Cricket Club, [Dreux](/source/Dreux), France.{{cite news |last1=Atkinson |first1=Andrew |title=LaManga Torrevieja CC star Elspeth Fowler Spain Womens National Cricket captain |url=https://theleader.info/2022/05/02/lamanga-torrevieja-cc-star-elspeth-fowler-spain-womens-national-cricket-captain/ |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=The Leader (Spain) |date=2 May 2022}}{{cite web |author1=Women's CricZone Staff |title=Jersey and Austria register wins on the opening day of quadrangular series |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/jersey-and-austria-register-wins-on-the-opening-day-of-quadrangular-series |website=Women's CricZone |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=en |date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=18 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118204038/https://www.womenscriczone.com/jersey-and-austria-register-wins-on-the-opening-day-of-quadrangular-series |url-status=dead }} The match was also Spain's first ever WT20I,{{cite web |url=https://cricketspain.es/spanish-womens-team-head-to-france-for-international-tournament/ |title=Spanish women's team head to France for international tournament |work=Cricket España |date=19 April 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date=4 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220504175420/https://cricketspain.es/spanish-womens-team-head-to-france-for-international-tournament/ |url-status=dead }} and Fowler top-scored hitting 26 runs off 36 balls.{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of Austria Wmn vs Spain Wmn 2nd Match 2022 - Score Report |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-t20i-quadrangular-series-in-france-2022-1310205/austria-women-vs-spain-women-2nd-match-1310211/full-scorecard |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} The following day, 6 May 2022, against [Jersey](/source/Jersey_women's_national_cricket_team), Fowler scored 29 runs off 46 balls.{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of Jersey Women vs Spain WMN 3rd Match 2022 - Score Report |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-t20i-quadrangular-series-in-france-2022-1310205/jersey-women-vs-spain-women-3rd-match-1310212/full-scorecard |access-date=7 May 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}{{cite web |author1=Women's CricZone Staff |title=Jersey register third win of the quadrangular series |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/jersey-register-second-win-of-the-quadrangular-series |website=Women's CricZone |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=en |date=6 May 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240809032024/https://www.womenscriczone.com/jersey-register-second-win-of-the-quadrangular-series |url-status=dead }} She did even better in a second match against Austria on 7 May 2022, with 44 in 50 balls,{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of Austria Wmn vs Spain Wmn 6th Match 2022 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-t20i-quadrangular-series-in-france-2022-1310205/austria-women-vs-spain-women-6th-match-1310215/full-scorecard |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}{{cite web |author1=Women's CricZone Staff |title=Unbeaten Jersey make it four-in-four to win Quadrangular T20I trophy in France |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/jersey-finish-the-quadrangular-in-france-unbeaten-to-win-the-trophy |website=Women's CricZone |language=en |date=7 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date=8 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508043511/https://www.womenscriczone.com/jersey-finish-the-quadrangular-in-france-unbeaten-to-win-the-trophy |url-status=dead }} and in Spain's final match of the tournament, against [France](/source/France_women's_national_cricket_team) on 8 May 2022, with 42[*](/source/not_out) in 58 balls.{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of France Women vs Spain WMN 7th Match 2022 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/women-s-t20i-quadrangular-series-in-france-2022-1310205/france-women-vs-spain-women-7th-match-1310216/full-scorecard |access-date=9 May 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}{{cite web |author1=Women's CricZone Staff |title=Hosts France outclass Spain and Austria to finish on a high |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/france-outshine-spain-and-austria-to-end-with-a-bang |website=Women's CricZone |access-date=9 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=18 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118205703/https://www.womenscriczone.com/france-outshine-spain-and-austria-to-end-with-a-bang |url-status=dead }} She finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, with 141 runs, and with a WT20I batting average of 47.00.{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=Rob |title=France Quad-Series Review |url=https://www.talkinaboutwomenscricket.com/t20/france-quad-series-review/ |website=Talkin' About Women's Cricket |access-date=28 May 2022 |date=10 May 2022}}{{cite web |title=All-round records {{!}} Women's Twenty20 Internationals {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/1037327.html?class=10;template=results;type=allround;view=match |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=9 May 2022}} The Spanish team did not win any matches but, according to Cricket Spain's website, "... took positives from all the four games they played in."{{cite web |url=https://cricketspain.es/spain-women-complete-first-ever-t20i-ranking-competition/ |title=Spain women complete first ever T20I ranking competition |work=Cricket España |date=6 May 2022 |access-date=9 May 2022 |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522045627/https://cricketspain.es/spain-women-complete-first-ever-t20i-ranking-competition/ |url-status=dead }} ==Off the field== Since 2016, Fowler works in [Murcia](/source/Murcia) as an account manager for G's Group,[https://www.gs-fresh.com/about-us www.gs-fresh.com] a fresh produce business headquartered in [East Anglia](/source/East_Anglia), [England](/source/England).{{cite web |title=G's Group |url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/g-sgroup/ |website=linkedin.com |publisher=LinkedIn |access-date=7 May 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Barker |first1=Michael |title=G's targets French organic market |url=https://www.fruitnet.com/eurofruit/gs-targets-french-organic-market/170158.article |website=Fruitnet |access-date=7 May 2022 |language=en |date=10 October 2016}} Fowler's [cricketing nickname](/source/List_of_nicknames_used_in_cricket), [Hermione Granger](/source/Hermione_Granger), came courtesy of her then-new teammates at La Manga Torrevieja in 2019. While on cricket tours, she is accompanied by her mascot, a [stuffed toy](/source/stuffed_toy) [monkey](/source/monkey) named ''Crookshanks''. == See also == * [Cricket España](/source/Cricket_Espa%C3%B1a) * [Spain Women Twenty20 International cricketers](/source/List_of_Spain_women_Twenty20_International_cricketers) ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{Cricinfo}} {{Current national women's cricket captains}} {{Portal bar|Biography|Cricket|Spain|Sports}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fowler, Elspeth}} Category:Living people Category:1992 births Category:Cricketers from Northamptonshire Category:Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Category:Women cricket captains Category:Buckinghamshire women cricketers Category:Cambridgeshire women cricketers Category:Spain women Twenty20 International cricketers Category:English women cricketers Category:International XI women cricket captains Category:21st-century English sportswomen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Elspeth Fowler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elspeth_Fowler) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elspeth_Fowler?action=history)). 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