Danielle Gibson

Danielle Gibson (Danielle Rose Gibson) is a professional English cricketer who currently plays for Gloucestershire, Western Storm, London Spirit, and Adelaide Strikers. She was born on 30 April 2001 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. An all-rounder, she plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She made her international debut for England in July 2023, in a T20I against Australia. She has previously played for Wales.

She started in 2014, making her county debut for Gloucestershire against Oxfordshire. However, in that match, she didn't score any runs and didn't get a chance to bowl. In the following season, she had a good performance, scoring 73 runs in a List A match against Buckinghamshire and taking 3 wickets in the same game.

In 2016, during the Women's County Championship, Gibson emerged as Gloucestershire's leading wicket-taker with 13 wickets. She continued to excel in 2017, taking her first county five-wicket haul with figures of 5/17.

She then moved to Wales in 2018 and became one of their leading wicket-takers in the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2018. In 2019, she scored her first half-century for Wales. Gibson also played for Western Storm in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2017 and 2019, where she made significant contributions as a bowler.

In 2020, she played for Western Storm in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and continued to represent them in 2021, taking wickets in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup. She also played for London Spirit in The Hundred, both as a batswoman and a bowler.

Danielle Gibson continued her strong performances for Western Storm in 2022, being their second-highest run-scorer in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and also taking wickets. In 2023, she was named vice-captain of Western Storm and led the team in some matches.

In September 2023, she was drafted by Adelaide Strikers for the 2023–24 Women's Big Bash League season. Gibson has represented various England Academy and Development teams since 2014. She has had a diverse and successful domestic cricket career.

Danielle Gibson Career

Danielle Gibson's international cricket career began in 2023 when she was named in the England squad as a traveling reserve for the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. In June 2023, she was selected in the England squad for a Test match against Australia.

Her international debut came in July 2023 when she played her first T20 International (T20I) for England against Australia. She played all three matches in the series, where she took two wickets.

Danielle Gibson was also named in the One Day International (ODI) squad for the same series, but she did not get a chance to play.

Later in the summer of 2023, she was included in England's squad for their series against Sri Lanka. During this series, she participated in all three T20Is, contributing with one wicket and scoring 21 runs from 15 deliveries in the third T20I match.