Anya Shrubsole MBE (born 7 December 1991) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed lower-order batter.

[11] Facing Berkshire in the Women's County Championship, Shrubsole claimed two wickets in her six overs after opening the bowling alongside Steph Davies, helping Somerset to a four-wicket victory.

[15] Her performances in the County Championship brought her fewer wickets than in the previous season, the young bowler claiming two in the competition.

[16] In contrast, she improved significantly on her highest batting total, posting a score of 41 not out during a big victory over Surrey in July.

With Somerset defending 206, she opened the bowling for her county, claiming seven wickets – including those of Surrey's top six batters.

[30] The Rubies won all six matches in the Super Fours, during which Shrubsole claimed two wickets, though her bowling was expensive: her Economy of 4.21 was the worst on the team.

[33][34] She then travelled with the Development Squad to compete in the 2007 Women's European Championship, playing all three of England's matches as they remained undefeated to win the tournament.

[36] Nine days later, Shrubsole took three wickets on her Twenty20 International debut against South Africa, and was subsequently named player of the match.

[41] Shrubsole was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 World Cup held in England, and was voted player of the game in the final at Lord's with a match-winning 6/46.

[55] On 18 June 2020, Shrubsole 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.

After England's World Cup semi-final victory against South Africa in 2017, her teammate Jenny Gunn explained to ESPNcricinfo that "We call her 'Hoof' because she sometimes walks like a show pony with her feet ..."[65] Media related to Anya Shrubsole at Wikimedia Commons