Claire Nicholas

Between 2008 and 2010, Nicholas was a key figure as Wales earned three successive promotions in the County Championship

Date of birth: September 8, 1986

Role: Right-arm off-spin, right-hand bat

A two-time Kia Super League winner with Western Storm, off-spinner Claire Nicholas – a teacher on the side – is one of the more experienced players on the domestic circuit, having made her List A debut for Wales in 2005 during a European Championship defeat against the Netherlands, a year after her senior bow in the County Challenge Cup

Between 2008 and 2010, she was a key figure as Wales earned three successive promotions in the County Championship.

She featured three times in the inaugural edition of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking two wickets, and signed a deal to represent Welsh Fire in The Hundred.

However, she then opted out of the 2021 edition after becoming pregnant for a second time but returned late in the regional campaign to feature four times through late August and early September.