English cricketer
Scarlett Talulla Ava Hughes (born 18 June 2002) is an English cricketer who currently plays for The Blaze. She plays as a wicket-keeper and left-handed batter. She has previously played for Essex and Sunrisers.[1][2]
Early life
Hughes was born on 18 June 2002 in Cambridge.[2] She was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 10 years old.[3][4]
Domestic career
Hughes made her county debut in 2017, for Essex against Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire in the County Championship.[5] She became a regular for the side in 2019, and made 12 dismissals that season.[6][7] She scored 63 runs for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including scoring 46 against Surrey.[8][9] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she was the 7th highest run-scorer across the whole competition with 233 runs, including two half-centuries and her Twenty20 high score, of 70 against Cambridgeshire.[10][11] She played three matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 47 runs.[12]
Hughes was named in the Sunrisers squad for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, but did not play a match for the side that season.[13] She was moved to the side's Academy squad for the 2021 season.[14] She returned to the Sunrisers squad in 2022.[15] She made her debut for the side on 14 May 2022, against South East Stars in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[16] She played seven matches for the side overall in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 20 runs.[17][18] She was included in the Sunrisers squad for 2023, but did not play a match.[19]
In December 2023, it was announced that Hughes had signed for The Blaze.[20]
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