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Full name | Ryana Lucelle MacDonald-Gay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Maidstone, Kent, England | 12 February 2004|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2023 |
Ryana Lucelle MacDonald-Gay (born 12 February 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, South East Stars and Oval Invincibles. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]
MacDonald-Gay was born on 12 February 2004 in Maidstone, Kent.[2]
MacDonald-Gay made her county debut in 2019, for Kent against Sussex, taking 1/22 from her 3 overs.[3] In 2021, she appeared in six matches as Kent won the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup.[4] In 2022, she was Kent's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup, with 10 wickets at an average of 9.00.[5] She made both her Twenty20 high score and best bowling figures in the competition, scoring 40* against Surrey and taking 4/19 against Hampshire.[6][7]
MacDonald-Gay was named in the South East Stars Academy squad for the 2021 season.[8] On 4 August, she scored 65 in a 70-run victory for the Academy over Western Storm Academy.[9] On 30 August, it was announced that MacDonald-Gay had signed a senior contract with South East Stars, and she made her full debut for the team later that day, in a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Central Sparks.[10] She went on to play two further matches for the side, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, taking two wickets.[11] In 2022, she played five matches for the side, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and made her maiden List A half-century, scoring 54* against Lightning, as well as taking six wickets.[12][13][14] She also played every match in the victorious The Hundred campaign of Oval Invincibles, taking five wickets at an average of 14.20.[15] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that MacDonald-Gay had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars.[16]
In 2023, she was South East Stars' joint-second leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 15 wickets at an average of 23.60.[17] She also took 8 wickets for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred, including taking 4/16 against Manchester Originals.[18][19]
In October 2022, MacDonald-Gay was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[20] She played six matches in the tournament, taking four wickets and scoring 72 runs.[21]