Shachi Pai

Pai primarily plays as a right-handed middle-order batter but can also bowl right-arm seam

Date of birth: October 10, 1998

Role: Right-hand middle order bat, right-arm medium

A member of Lancashire's women's team from 2013, Shachi Pai joined Lightning in 2020 after playing for Loughborough University while completing her undergraduate degree.

She balanced her cricketing commitments with a master's in finance and management and went on to make 11 appearances for Lightning.

She returned to the north-west to represent Thunder ahead of the 2022 season, featuring in five Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy matches – with a high score of 48 not out – and a further four Charlotte Edwards Cup matches.

Pai primarily plays as a right-handed middle-order batter but can also bowl right-arm seam.

A superstitious cricketer, she has to wear coloured socks instead of white ones.

Image credit: George Franks (@ggf_photos)