Sophie Le Marchand

Sophie Jane Le Marchand (born 2 October 1988) is an English cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper batsman.

In 2006, Le Marchand was selected to take part in the Super Fours—a competition in which the England selectors place the 48 leading players into four teams—for the first time.

In the Twenty20 tournament, she was selected as a specialist batsman, with England's national women's team player Jane Smit keeping wicket for the Emeralds.

[19] In 2008, Le Marchand moved from Worcestershire to Somerset, allowing her to compete in Division Two of the Women's County Championship.

[22] Promoted to open the innings alongside her captain Steph Davies for the start of the 2009 campaign, Le Marchand scored two half-centuries in her first four matches of the season before being moved back down the order.

[25] During the 2010 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Le Marchand claimed three stumpings during Somerset's victory over neighbours Devon, the second time she had achieved this feat in her career, having previously done so during the 2008 Super Fours for the Rubies against the Emeralds.

[26][27] Le Marchand made her international debut in early August 2006, appearing for England A in a 50-over contest against the touring India women.

[33] Le Marchand played in all three matches during the England Development Squad's successful Women's European Championship campaign in 2007.

[35][36] In 2016 Le Marchand was playing cricket for Bath Ladies and football for the successful Leyton Orient Women's team.

Le Marchand playing for Somerset in 2010