Ryana MacDonald-Gay

Ryana MacDonald-Gay
Personal information
Full name
Ryana Lucelle MacDonald-Gay
Born (2004-02-12) 12 February 2004
Maidstone, Kent, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 170)15 December 2024 v South Africa
Last Test30 January 2025 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 148)7 September 2024 v Ireland
Last ODI11 September 2024 v Ireland
Only T20I (cap 67)15 September 2024 v Ireland
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–2024Kent
2021–2024South East Stars
2022–2025Oval Invincibles
2026–presentManchester Super Giants
2025–presentSurrey
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 2 1 35 60
Runs scored 17 – 419 202
Batting average 17.00 – 19.04 13.46
100s/50s 0/0 – 0/2 0/0
Top score 17 – 54* 40*
Balls bowled 66 12 1,233 730
Wickets 1 1 50 51
Bowling average 52.00 25.00 20.20 17.50
5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/30 1/25 5/31 4/16
Catches/stumpings 1/– 0/– 17/– 16/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2024

Ryana Lucelle MacDonald-Gay (born 12 February 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Manchester Super Giants. She plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler.[1][2]

Early life

MacDonald-Gay was born on 12 February 2004 in Maidstone, Kent.[2]

Domestic career

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 2024, she played 21 matches for South East Stars, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 29 wickets with a best bowling of 5/31.[20][21]

MacDonald-Gay was named Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the 2024 Cricket Writers' Club Awards.[22][23]

On 27 May 2026, MacDonald-Gay took 6/11 against Durham in a T20 Blast match at The Oval to record the best bowling figures in women's domestic T20 cricket.[24][25]

International career

In October 2022, MacDonald-Gay was selected in the England Under-19 squad for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[26] She played six matches in the tournament, taking four wickets and scoring 72 runs.[27]

On 25 June 2024, MacDonald-Gay received her first call-up to the senior England squad for a home three-match one-day international series against New Zealand.[28][29]

After not playing in the New Zealand series, MacDonald-Gay made her One Day International debut for England against Ireland at Stormont in Belfast on 7 September 2024, taking 1/30 in the eight overs she bowled.[30]

She received a late call-up into the Test match squad for England's multi-format tour of South Africa in November 2024.[31][32] MacDonald-Gay was selected in the starting XI to make her Test match debut on 15 December 2024.[33][34] Having taken two wickets during the game, she was included in the England squad for the Test match part of the 2025 Women's Ashes series in Australia.[35][36]

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Ryana MacDonald-Gay". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Player Profile: Ryana MacDonald-Gay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Kent Women v Sussex Women, 2 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bowling for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Kent Women v Surrey Women, 24 April 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Hampshire Women v Kent Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Six Surrey Players in SE Stars Academy". Kia Oval. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "50 Over One Day, 4 August 2021, Reigate Priory CC, Surrey: South East Stars Academy v Western Storm Academy". NV Play. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Group A, Birmingham, Aug 30 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Central Sparks v South East Stars". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  12. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  14. ↑ "Bryony Smith century blasts South East Stars into home play-off clash". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  15. ↑ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Oval Invincibles (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  16. ↑ "11 Contracts Handed Out For The South East Stars". Kia Oval. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  17. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Oval Invincibles (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "MacDonald-Gay hands Invincibles first victory of campaign". ESPNCricinfo. 9 August 2023. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  20. ↑ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  21. ↑ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  22. ↑ "Atkinson & Ecclestone win Cricket Writers' Club awards". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  23. ↑ "Gus Atkinson wins Bob Willis Trophy after stunning Test summer". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  24. ↑ "Unbeaten Blaze, Surrey & Somerset win in T20 Blast". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  25. ↑ "Ryana MacDonald-Gay six-for seals Surrey win in low-scoring thriller". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 May 2026.
  26. ↑ "England Women U19 announce squad for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2023". England and Wales Cricket Board. 18 October 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  27. ↑ "Records/ICC Women's Under-19 T20 World Cup, 2022/23 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  28. ↑ "MacDonald-Gay receives first England call-up". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  29. ↑ "England call Ryana MacDonald-Gay into ODI squad to face New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  30. ↑ "Cross leads youthful England to win over Ireland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
  31. ↑ "Smale & Macdonald-Gay join England in South Africa". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  32. ↑ "England Women squad update: Seren Smale and Ryana MacDonald-Gay". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  33. ↑ "Bouchier, Sciver-Brunt centuries drive England at Bloemfontein". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  34. ↑ "Ryana MacDonald-Gay and Maia Bouchier make their Test Debut against South Africa". Female Cricket. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  35. ↑ "England Women name squads for 2025 Women's Ashes". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  36. ↑ "Cross back as England name Women's Ashes squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
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