Jess Hazell
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| Full name | Jessica Hazell | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 August 2004 Bristol | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–present | Somerset | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Western Storm | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ecb.nvplay.com, April to October 2025 season (inc. loan spell with Glos.) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Jessica Hazell (born 22 August 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter.[1][2]
Early life
Hazell attended Millfield School in Somerset and read Human Biosciences (BSc.) at Exeter University where she gained a First Class Honours Degree (2026).[3][4]
Domestic career
Hazell made her county debut in 2019, for Somerset against Middlesex at the age of 14.[5] She played one further 50 over match for the side that season, and four Women List A T20s. She was ever-present for Somerset in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[6][7]
She was first selected for the Western Storm Academy in 2021, and was subsequently selected in 2022, 2023 and 2024.[8][4] In August 2022, she scored 77 in the academy's victory over Southern Vipers Academy.[9] She made her debut for the senior Western Storm side on 1 May 2024, against South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[10]
In 2025 she was awarded a Rookie Contract with Somerset Women, during their first year of the new Tiered ECB league format for professional women cricketers. In her first proper T20 Vitality Blast innings against Durham Women (04/07/2025) she scored 38 not out. Later in the year she made her Metro Bank debut against Essex at Chelmsford (24/07/2025) and hit 60. This was followed by a 50 against Durham at the Coopers Associate County Ground, Taunton (30/07/2025).
At the end of the 2025 season her contract was extended for a further year whilst she continued her studies at the University of Exeter.
In 2026 and having gained her First Class Honours Degree in Human Biosciences, she was awarded a further extension of her contract to the end of the 2028 season.
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Jess Hazell". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Player Profile: Jess Hazell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Millfield Cricketer Signs for Western Storm Academy". Millfield School. 23 March 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Somerset Players Named in Western Storm Academy and EPP". Somerset County Cricket Club. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Middlesex Women v Somerset Women, 26 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Somerset Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Western Storm announce selections for Regional Academy Programme". Western Storm. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "Southern Vipers Academy v Western Storm Academy, 3 August 2022". NVPlay. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
- ^ "15th Match, Taunton, 1 May 2024, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Western Storm v South East Stars". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
External links
- Jess Hazell at ESPNcricinfo
- Jess Hazell at CricketArchive (subscription required)
https://somersetcountycc.co.uk/players/jess-hazell/
https://somersetcountycc.co.uk/news/first-xi/contract-extension-for-jess/