Danni Wyatt-Hodge

Danielle Nicole Wyatt-Hodge (née Wyatt; born 22 April 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut against India in Mumbai on 1 March 2010.^[1][2]

Danni Wyatt-Hodge

Personal information
Full name	Danielle Nicole Wyatt-Hodge
Born	(1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33) Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off break
Role	Batting all-rounder
International information
National side	England (2010–present)
Test debut (cap 168)	22 June 2023 v Australia
Last Test	14 December 2023 v India
ODI debut (cap 116)	1 March 2010 v India
Last ODI	18 July 2023 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	28
T20I debut (cap 25)	4 March 2010 v India
Last T20I	9 December 2023 v India
T20I shirt no.	28
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005–2012	Staffordshire
2011/12	Victoria
2013–2015	Nottinghamshire
2015/16	Victoria
2015/16–2019/20	Melbourne Renegades
2016–present	Sussex
2016	Lancashire Thunder
2017–present	Southern Vipers
2018	Supernovas
2019–2020	Velocity
2021–present	Southern Brave
2022/23	Brisbane Heat
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA Matches 2 105 151 230 Runs scored 129 1,841 2,602 5,437 Batting average 32.25 23.60 22.05 29.54 100s/50s 0/1 2/5 2/13 9/23 Top score 54 129 124 129 Balls bowled – 918 759 5,245 Wickets – 27 46 152 Bowling average – 28.51 15.54 20.45 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 2 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 3/7 4/11 7/41 Catches/stumpings 1/– 24/– 35/– 68/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 December 2023

Early career

Wyatt-Hodge is a right-handed opening/middle order batter and off break bowler. She played for Staffordshire Ladies and Meir Heath Women in the Northern Premier League, having moved from Gunnersbury at the end of the 2012 season, as well as men's club cricket for her local club Whitmore.

In 2010, she was awarded an MCC Young Cricketers contract which enables her cricketing development via training at the MCC on a daily basis. She is the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014.^[3]

Career

Wyatt was a member of the winning women's team at the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England.^[4][5][6]

In December 2017, she was named as one of the players in the ICC Women's T20I Team of the Year.^[7]

Wyatt batting for England during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup

In March 2018, during the 2018 Women's T20I Tri Nations Series in India; in a match against India, she scored her 2nd WT20I century in her career as her knock of 124 runs powered England to register the highest ever successful chase by any team in a WT20I match (199/3).^{[8][9][10][11]} With this century, she became the second female cricketer to score 2 centuries in WT20Is after Deandra Dottin and also registered the second highest individual score in a WT20I just behind Meg Lanning's 126.^[12][13][14] Her innings of 124 runs is also the highest individual score set by an opener in a WT20I match and she also recorded the second fastest century by a player in a WT20I innings (52 balls) just after Deandra Dottin's 38-ball century.^[15][16]

In October 2018, she was named in England's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.^[17][18]

In November 2018, she was named in the Melbourne Renegades' squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.^[19][20] In February 2019, she was awarded a full central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for 2019.^[21][22] In June 2019, the ECB named her in England's squad for their opening match against Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.^[23][24]

In December 2019, in England's opening match against Pakistan in Malaysia, Wyatt scored her first century in a WODI match.^[25] During the same tour, she also played her 100th WT20I match against Pakistan.^[26] In January 2020, she was named in England's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.^[27]

On 18 June 2020, Wyatt 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.^[28][29]

In February 2021, she went on England's tour of New Zealand, helping them complete a 2–1 WODI series win and a 3–0 WT20I series win.^[30] She was also drafted by Southern Brave for the inaugural season of The Hundred.^[31]

In December 2021, Wyatt was named in England's squad for their tour to Australia to contest the Women's Ashes.^[32] In February 2022, she was named in England's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[33] In April 2022, she was bought by the Southern Brave for the 2022 season of The Hundred.^[34]

In July 2022, she was named in England's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.^[35]

In June 2023, Wyatt was again named in an England Test squad for the 2023 Women's Ashes series against Australia.^[36] She made her Test debut in that match, on 22 June 2023.^[37]

She was named in the England squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[38]

On 30 October 2024, she was traded to Royal Challengers Bangalore from UP Warriorz to play for 2025 season WPL.^[39][40] She was picked up by the Warriorz for INR 30 lakhs at WPL 2024 auction but didn't feature for the UP franchise.^[41]

Wyatt-Hodge was named in England's squad for their multi-format tour to South Africa in November 2024.^[42][43]

She joined the newly professional Surrey Women's team ahead of the restructured domestic set-up for the 2025 season.^[44][45]

Wyatt-Hodge was named in the England squad for the 2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia.^[46][47]

International centuries

One Day International centuries

Danni Wyatt's One Day International centuries[48]
#	Runs	Match	Opponents	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	110	72	Pakistan	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kinrara Academy Oval	2019[49]
2	129	92	South Africa	Christchurch, New Zealand	Hagley Oval	2022[50]

T20 International centuries

Danni Wyatt's T20 International centuries[51]
#	Runs	Match	Opponents	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	100	73	Australia	Canberra, Australia	Manuka Oval	2017[52]
2	124	75	India	Mumbai, India	Brabourne Stadium	2018[53]

Personal life

Wyatt's nickname is "Waggy". In 2015, she explained to sports journalist Clare Balding that "The girls say I’m a wannabe WAG because I’ve dated two footballers!" ^[54] She has supported Port Vale F.C. since she started attending matches at Vale Park with her grandfather at the age of eight.^[55] On 10 June 2024, Wyatt married Georgie Hodge, a football agent, at the Chelsea Old Town Hall in London.^{[56] [57]} They had been dating since 2019 and became engaged in early 2023 in South Africa.^[58]

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Further reading

• Friend, Nick (22 February 2021). "Tammy Beaumont and Danni Wyatt: Two peas in a pod". The Cricketer. London. Retrieved 14 October 2022.

External links

Media related to Danielle Wyatt at Wikimedia Commons

• Danni Wyatt-Hodge at ESPNcricinfo
• Danielle Wyatt-Hodge at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)
• Danni Wyatt-Hodge at Team England
• Danni Wyatt-Hodge at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Danielle Wyatt-Hodge on Instagram