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Katherine Fraser (born 9 April 2005) is a Scottish cricketer. In May 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's Qualifier Europe tournament in Spain. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) for Scotland against Germany on 29 June 2019. At the age of 14 years and 81 days, she was the youngest female cricketer to represent Scotland in a WT20I match. At the time of her international debut, Fraser was a third year pupil at The Mary Erskine School in Edinburgh.

In August 2019, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 Netherlands Women's Quadrangular Series. She played in Scotland's first match of the series, against Thailand on 8 August 2019. She finished the tournament as the joint-leading wicket-taker, with nine dismissals from six matches. Later the same month, she was named in Scotland's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland. On her selection for the tournament, Fraser said it was "really really exciting" and that "it's a great opportunity".

In January 2022, she was named in Scotland's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. In April 2022, it was announced that she would be training with Northern Diamonds for the upcoming season. Fraser is captaining the Scotland under-19 team at the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa during January 2023.

In September 2024 she was named in the Scotland squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

Fraser was chosen to captain a Scotland XI at the T10 European Cricket Championship in Spain in December 2024.

References

1. "Katherine Fraser". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
2. "Emerging Players to Watch Under 21: Women Part 1". Emerging Cricket. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
3. "Squads announced for ICC Women's Qualifier Europe 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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6. "Katherine Fraser ready for her next challenge". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
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8. "Squad selected for women's T20I quadrangular". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
9. "2nd Match, Women's T20I Quadrangular Series (in Netherlands) at Deventer, Aug 8 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
10. "Women's T20I Quadrangular Series (in Netherlands), 2019: Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
11. "Match official appointments and squads announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
12. "Scotland's 14-year old Katherine Fraser keen to make history". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
13. "Scotland's women aim to start 2022 on a high at Commonwealth Games qualifier". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
14. "Diamonds sign all-rounders Leigh Kasperek and Yvonne Graves". Northern Diamonds. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original on 29 April 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
15. "Scotland's Fraser on the World Cup & Verma's wicket". BBC Sport. 12 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
16. "Scotland squad named for ICC Women's T20 World Cup". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
17. "FRASER TO LEAD SCOTS IN ECC CAMPAIGN". Cricket Europe. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
18. "FRASER TO LEAD SCOTS IN ECC CAMPAIGN". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

External links

• Katherine Fraser at ESPNcricinfo

v t e Scotland squad – 2024 Women's T20 World Cup
17 Kathryn Bryce (c) 6 Sarah Bryce (vc, wk) 22 Chloe Abel 91 Abbi Aitken-Drummond 18 Olivia Bell 11 Darcey Carter 7 Priyanaz Chatterji 70 Katherine Fraser 13 Saskia Horley 10 Lorna Jack (wk) 23 Ailsa Lister (wk) 9 Abtaha Maqsood 15 Megan McColl 26 Hannah Rainey 72 Rachel Slater Coach: Craig Wallace

• 2005 births
• Living people
• Scottish women cricketers
• Scotland women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Scotland women One Day International cricketers
• People educated at the Mary Erskine School
• Cricketers from Edinburgh
• Northern Diamonds cricketers