Foxes Focus - Flora Davies

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Name: Flora Davies        

Team: U13 and U15

Discipline: Right-handed batter, seam bowler

Years at Leicestershire: 4 years

 

About you - shutter mode

Describe yourself in three words. Competitive, friendly and chatty!

Where are you from? Quorn

What is a fun fact about you? My grandfather was a professional footballer

Do you have any pets? No

What is your favourite food? Pasta

If you could travel anywhere in the world [before COVID-19], where would you go? Hawaii

 

Life as a Leicestershire County Cricket Club Player

Summarise Leicestershire CCC in three words: Fun, supportive and instructive

When did you first get into playing cricket? Aged 4 with my brothers in the garden

What is your favourite memory on the pitch? First 50 in U11s county

What is your favourite memory with your teammates? All Singing Let it Go in the changing room with the U13 team last year!

Who is your favourite cricket player? Past or present Anya Shrubsole

Who are you most looking forward to watching on the pitch this season? Anya Shrubsole

 

Women’s Big Cricket Month

The ECB have launched a campaign to celebrate Women’s Big Cricket Month across September to showcase stories in the women’s game and encourage more women and girls to play, watch or attend cricket across the next 12 months.

What encouraged you to first start playing cricket? Watching my brothers

Do you have a female role model within cricket you look up to? Heather Knight

The ECB are encouraging women and girls to share their cricket stories to encourage more into playing, watching or attending cricket in the next year. If you could share one story, what would it be? Listening to England win the World Cup in the car and how nobody knew the rules or who had won until the end!

What would you say to a woman or girl who is looking into playing cricket for the first time? Just play and have fun.

 

A bit more about you

What is your favourite holiday destination? At home or abroad? La Manga

Apart from cricket, do you watch any other sports? Tennis and football

If you could invite any 3 celebrities to dinner who would it be and why? Donna Vekic as she was very kind when I was her ball girl at a tennis tournament, Rebel Wilson to make me laugh and Heather Knight to share her cricket journey.

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? Seeing my friends and playing lots of sport.

 

The impact of COVID-19

How has the lockdown and delay to the season impacted you as a player and a captain? Not so many matches or training

How did you keep in touch with teammates, with coaches? Were you playing cricket in your garden? We all keep in touch on social media. I played cricket in the garden and at the local park with my brothers.

What have you been up to during the lockdown? On-line schooling, keeping fit and keeping in touch with friends.

What was your first training session back like? Really good to be back playing and seeing my friends.

Looking ahead to next season, what are you most looking forward to next season? Improving and playing lots of cricket

Do you have any team goals yet? To do the best we can and have fun.