Tammy Beaumont

English cricketer

Tammy Beaumont

MBE
Beaumont during the Women's Ashes Test, 2017
Personal information
Full name
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont
Born (1991-03-11) 11 March 1991 (age 33)
Dover, Kent, England
NicknameTambo, Tamwarr, Tamzo, Tams, Titch
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatter; occasional wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 150)11 August 2013 v Australia
Last Test14 December 2023 v India
ODI debut (cap 109)4 November 2009 v West Indies
Last ODI14 September 2023 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.12
T20I debut (cap 23)9 November 2009 v West Indies
Last T20I22 January 2022 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007–presentKent
2016–2017Surrey Stars
2016/17–2017/18Adelaide Strikers
2018–2019Southern Vipers
2019/20Melbourne Renegades
2020–presentThe Blaze
2020/21Sydney Thunder
2021London Spirit
2022–presentWelsh Fire
2022/23Sydney Thunder
2023/24–presentMelbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 9 109 99 230
Runs scored 524 3,650 1,721 7,440
Batting average 37.42 40.10 23.90 39.78
100s/50s 1/2 9/18 1/10 13/46
Top score 208 168* 116 168*
Catches/stumpings 10/– 29/4 14/4 95/33
Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2023

Tamsin Tilley Beaumont MBE (born 11 March 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze, Welsh Fire, Melbourne Renegades and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously played for Surrey Stars, Adelaide Strikers, Southern Vipers, Sydney Thunder and London Spirit.

Beaumont was part of England's winning 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup team, and was the leading run-scorer in the tournament. She was subsequently named player of the tournament, and awarded an MBE in recognition of her achievements. In 2019, she was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. She is also one of only two women in history to score a century in all three international formats, and holds the record for the highest individual score by an English woman in Test cricket (208).

Early life and education

Beaumont was born in Dover, Kent.[1] She began playing cricket in nearby Sandwich,[2][3] where she also attended Sir Roger Manwood's School.[4] When she was eight years old, her mother, Julie, secured her very first selection in a cricket team.[1] Beaumont's brother, Michael, was captain of an Under-11 side coached by her father, Kevin, a research scientist. As Beaumont later explained to Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2019:[1]

"My mum tells the story quite proudly ... They were struggling for numbers. I sat on dad's armchair, looked at his notes and said: 'But I bowl better than him and I bat better than him! Why can't I play?' Dad looked at mum, who said: 'She’s right.' So then they had to pick me."

Before long, Beaumont, her brother and her father were all taking the field for the Sandwich Town Second XI, for which her father played as an off spin bowler.[1][2] According to Beaumont:[1]

"Michael was a very good fielder, so he'd be at cow corner and I'd be keeping ... The number of times it was 'stumped or caught Beaumont, bowled Beaumont' was ridiculous."

As a child, Beaumont suffered from food allergies that slowed her growth. She was therefore not selected for Kent's Under-11 cricket team. On her mother's initiative, she took up gymnastics with the aim of building up her muscles, and eventually became a National Schools Gymnastics Champion.[1][5][6] After leaving school, she studied chemistry and sports science at Loughborough University.[1]

Domestic career

In early 2007, Beaumont made her debut for Kent, batting at number five and scoring 13 not out.[7] Her first match for the county as wicket-keeper came two months later as Kent hosted Nottinghamshire, and Beaumont claimed two stumpings and a run out.[8] Later that summer, she was named in the England Development Squad side for the European Championship. She played in two matches, against Netherlands and Ireland, and made 7 & 8 respectively.[9][10]

Beaumont continued to make regular appearances for Kent through the 2008 and 2009 seasons, and scored her maiden century in August 2009, hitting 136 off 144 balls to help set up a 184 run victory for Kent against the visiting Surrey side.[11] The following month she was called up to the England squad to tour the West Indies, as Sarah Taylor withdrew from the squad to focus on her studies.[12] She made her international debut in the first One Day International of the tour, at Basseterre, on 4 November 2009.

She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.[13] On 9 May 2014 she along with Kathryn Cross and Lauren Winfield joined Chance to Shine Programme as a coaching ambassador.[14] In April 2015, she was named as one of the England women's Academy squad tour to Dubai, where England women played their Australian counterparts in two 50-over games, and two Twenty20 matches.[15]

In November 2016, she was signed by Adelaide Strikers for the second season of WBBL.[16] In 2017, she was re-signed again by Adelaide Strikers for the third season of WBBL.[17]

In 2021, she was drafted by London Spirit for the inaugural season of The Hundred.[18] In April 2022, she was signed by the Welsh Fire for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[19]

In February 2023, she signed for The Blaze ahead of the upcoming season.[20] On 22 April 2023, in a match against Central Sparks, she scored a half-century and reached 7000 runs in Women's List A cricket.[21]

In August 2023, Beaumont became the first woman to score a century in The Hundred, scoring 118 for Welsh Fire. It is also the highest individual score in the history of either the men's or women's competition.[22]

International career

At the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, Beaumont and Sarah Taylor scored the highest partnership for any wicket in Women's Cricket World Cup history, scoring 275 against South Africa.[23] During the same World Cup, she along with Nat Sciver set what was at the time the record 4th wicket partnership (170) in Women's World Cup history.[23] Beaumont went on to win the 2017 World Cup with England, and was voted player of the tournament, as the leading run-scorer, with 410 runs.[24][25][26] Her contribution to England's success was recognised when she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2018 New Year Honours list.[27]

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

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's ODI Team of the Year.[28]

On 20 June 2018, she scored her first century in WT20Is, making 116 against South Africa in the second match of the 2018 England women's Tri-Nation Series.[29] In the same match, England scored 250 runs, a new record for the highest innings total in WT20Is.[30]

In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[31][32] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[33] In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.[34][35]

In March 2019, during the first Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Sri Lanka, Beaumont scored her 1,000th run in WT20I cricket.[36] In April 2019, she was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.[37]

In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.[38][39] In the second WODI of the series, Beaumont scored the first century in a WODI by an England cricketer in the Women's Ashes.[40] In January 2020, she was named in England's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[41]

On 18 June 2020, Beaumont 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.[42][43]

On 2 March 2021, Beaumont overtook Meg Lanning to top the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for batters, and on 9 March she was subsequently named as the ICC's Female Player of the Month for February 2021.[44][45][46]

In June 2021, Beaumont was named as in England's Test squad for their one-off match against India.[47][48] In December 2021, Beaumont was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.[49] In January 2022, she was named as the ICC women's T20I Cricketer of the Year for 2021.[50] In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[51]

On 23 June 2023, she scored her first Test century in the only Test of the 2023 Women's Ashes series. She broke several records, including becoming just the second woman in history (after Heather Knight) and the 25th player overall to score a century in all three international formats.[citation needed] The following day, in the same innings, she finished with a score of 208, setting the highest ever score by an English female cricketer in Test history and becoming the first to score a double century. This eclipsed Betty Snowball's 189, a record that had stood since 1935.[52] Her score of 208 became the fifth highest score in Women's Tests.[53]

International centuries

Test centuries

Tammy Beaumont's Test centuries
# Runs Match Opponents Venue H/A/N Year
1 208 8  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham Home 2023[54]

One Day International centuries

Tammy Beaumont's One Day International centuries[55]
# Runs Match Opponents Venue H/A/N Year
1 104 25  Pakistan New Road, Worcester Home 2016[56]
2 168* 26  Pakistan County Ground, Taunton Home 2016[57]
3 148 39  South Africa County Ground, Bristol Home 2017[58]
4 101 52  South Africa County Ground, Hove Home 2018[59]
5 105 53  South Africa St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Home 2018[60]
6 114 67  Australia Grace Road, Leicester Home 2019[61]
7 107 69  Pakistan Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Neutral 2019[62]
8 102 82  New Zealand St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Home 2021[63]

T20 International centuries

Tammy Beaumont's T20 International centuries[64]
# Runs Match Opponents Venue H/A/N Year
1 124* 53  South Africa County Ground, Taunton Home 2018[65]

Personal life

Beaumont has a long term partner. His name is Callum. Beaumont's England teammate Katherine Brunt has said that "... he is a really great guy."[66]

According to the ECB, Beaumont's nickname is "Tambo",[5] but Kent Cricket lists her nicknames as "Tamwarr", "Tamzo", "Tams", "Titch" and "Squirrel".[67]

Honours

Team

Individual

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Further reading

  • Friend, Nick (22 February 2021). "Tammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt: Two peas in a pod". The Cricketer. London. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

External links

Media related to Tammy Beaumont at Wikimedia Commons

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