I started playing cricket when I was about 6 years old. I had an older brother and I was that annoying younger sister who wanted to do everything my older brother did! When he started playing cricket I decided I wanted to give it a go and be better at it than him so I went and tried it and absolutely loved it. I didn’t get to play women’s cricket until I was a little bit older. I got selected for the England team when I was 19 and I’ve played ever since then.

My day-to-day job is to be a professional cricketer. I spend a lot of my time training to prepare myself for international cricket games. We’re very lucky because we get to travel all over the world and go to loads of different countries to play cricket. I’ve recently been made Captain so that involves a little bit more responsibility and thinking, but I’m really enjoying it so far.

Probably the biggest risk I ever took was after uni… I finished my degree and wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do. I was still playing for England but it wasn’t really a professional job back then. I took the decision to carry on with my cricket and did as much as I could to work along side that. Luckily it paid off because cricket became a profession for women cricketers in the next few years. It was a risk that worked out well!

Back at school I was a slightly shy tomboy. I loved my sport and also loved being at school and hanging out with my mates. I was reasonably shy and spent a lot of my spare time outside of school playing cricket and following sport.