Kent Women cricket team

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Kent Women
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Personnel
Captain Megan Belt
CoachDavid Hathrill
ManagerLin Martin
Team information
FoundedFirst recorded match: 1935
Home ground County Ground, Beckenham
History
WCC  wins8
T20 Cup  wins3
Official website Kent Women

The Kent Women cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English county of Kent. They play their home matches at County Cricket Ground, Beckenham, as well as the St Lawrence Ground and Polo Farm, both in Canterbury. [1] They are captained by Megan Belt and are coached by David Hathrill. [2] [3] They are the most successful side in both the Women's County Championship and Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 8 and 3 titles respectively. [4] [5] They are partnered with the regional side South East Stars. [6]

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History

1935–1996: Early History

Kent Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women. [7] Over the following years, Kent were one of the most prolific women's sides, playing various one-off and tourist games, against surrounding counties and national sides such as Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. [8] Kent joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until 1996 (including two title wins, in 1986 and 1987), after which they joined the Women's County Championship. [9] [10] [11]

1997–2019: Women's County Championship

In 1997, their first season in the County Championship, Kent finished 5th in Division One with just one win. [12] Over the next few seasons, Kent were a consistently mid-table side, plus one season in Division Two, in 2002. [13] A steady improvement after their promotion, however, eventually led them to their first Championship title, in 2006. [14] They retained their title in 2007, going unbeaten in both seasons. Key to their success was England captain Charlotte Edwards, who played for Kent from 2000 to 2016. [15] This started an extremely successful era for Kent Women, winning the most titles in Championship history, eight, and only finishing outside the top 3 of Division 1 once, in 2017: the further times they won the Championship were in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2019. [16] In 2016, Kent bowlers Megan Belt, Tash Farrant and Charlotte Pape were the first, third and fourth leading wicket-takers respectively, whilst Tammy Beaumont was the leading run-scorer. [17] Kent batters Fran Wilson, Tammy Beaumont and Maxine Blythin were all in the top ten leading run-scorers in 2019. [18]

Kent Women have also been the most successful side in the history of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, winning the tournament three times, in 2011, 2013 and 2016. [19] They also reached the semi-finals of the competition in 2013 and 2012, losing to Berkshire both times. [20] In 2011, however, they beat Berkshire by 8 wickets after bowling them out for just 73. [21] In 2013, Kent beat Sussex in the final by 8 wickets, [22] whilst in 2016 they won the title by topping Division One, with five wins from seven games. [23]

2020– : Regional Twenty20 Cup

In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, going unbeaten with 6 wins and 2 matches abandoned due to rain. [24] In 2022, they finished second in their group in the Twenty20 Cup, going on to lose in the final against Sussex. [25] Kent have also competed in the Women's London Championship since its first edition in 2020, and won their first London Championship title in 2021. [26] [27] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Kent finished second in their group and reached the group final, but the title was shared due to rain. [28]

Players

Current squad

As of 30 October 2023

Players listed below are named as Kent squad players on the team's website. Other players may play matches for the side. [29] ‡ denotes players with international caps.

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes
Batters
–Lottie AirdFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
–Genevieve JeerFlag of England.svg  England 16 July 2000 (age 23)UnknownUnknown
–Isla McCullochFlag of England.svg  England 3 October 2003 (age 20)UnknownUnknown
–Coco StreetsFlag of England.svg  England 17 February 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Sam WrightFlag of England.svg  England 26 January 2003 (age 21)UnknownUnknown
All-rounders
5 Kalea Moore Flag of England.svg  England 27 March 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm off break
8 Grace Scrivens Flag of England.svg  England 10 November 2003 (age 20)Left-handedRight-arm off break
10 Phoebe Franklin Flag of England.svg  England 18 February 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
13 Ryana MacDonald-Gay Flag of England.svg  England 12 February 2004 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium
24 Alice Davidson-Richards  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 29 May 1994 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast Vice-captain
61 Grace Gibbs Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium
91Chelsey RowsonFlag of England.svg  England 19 August 2001 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Charlotte PapeFlag of England.svg  England 4 January 1995 (age 29)Right-handedRight-arm medium
– Megan Sturge Flag of England.svg  England 3 November 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
2 Tammy Beaumont  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 11 March 1991 (age 33)Right-handed–
9 Sarah Bryce  ‡Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 8 January 2000 (age 24)Right-handed–
–Emily BarrettFlag of England.svg  England 22 August 2007 (age 16)Right-handed–
– Jemima Spence Flag of England.svg  England 6 July 2006 (age 17)Right-handed–
Bowlers
6 Megan Belt Flag of England.svg  England 6 October 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break Captain
11 Kirstie Gordon  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 20 October 1997 (age 26)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
12 Alexa Stonehouse Flag of England.svg  England 5 December 2004 (age 19)Right-handedLeft-arm medium
15Jodie HobsonFlag of England.svg  England 25 November 2000 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
18Hannah JelfsFlag of England.svg  England 24 November 1989 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium
53 Natasha Farrant  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 29 May 1996 (age 27)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
–Olivia BarnesFlag of England.svg  England 28 November 2003 (age 20)UnknownUnknown
– Darcey Carter  ‡Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 31 May 2005 (age 18)Right-handedRight-arm off break
– Matilda Corteen-Coleman Flag of England.svg  England 28 November 2005 (age 18)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
–Alice GrantFlag of England.svg  England 18 October 2003 (age 20)UnknownUnknown
–Sydney GorhamFlag of England.svg  England 19 October 2003 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Elysa Hubbard ‡Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 16 October 1991 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium
–Anna RocheFlag of England.svg  England 3 January 2003 (age 21)UnknownUnknown

Notable players

Players who have played for Kent and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [30]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivision [31] PWLTA/CBPPtsPosNotes
1997 Division 15140031.543.55th
1998 Division 15230036.560.53rd
1999 Division 15230030.554.55th
2000 Division 15230031553rd
2001 Division 15050024.524.56thRelegated
2002 Division 25300228.586.51stPromoted
2003 Division 15320032.568.53rd
2004 Division 15410043.591.52nd
2005 Division 16320136832nd
2006 Division 16500121061stChampions
2007 Division 16500101351stChampions
2008 Division 1641015912nd
2009 Division 1101000002001stChampions
2010 Division 1107300621322nd
2011 Division 1107102561261stChampions
2012 Division 18300524541stChampions
2013 Division 186200471073rd
2014 Division 186002481081stChampions
2015 Division 185111511052nd
2016 Division 187100631331stChampions
2017 Division 17340041716th
2018 Division 17430043833rd
2019 Division 176100461061stChampions

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivision [32] PWLTAbNRRPtsPosNotes
2009 Division 131101+0.9732nd
2010 Division S133000+2.8761stSemi-final
2011 Division S1330002.1761stChampions
2012 Division S132001+2.2352ndSemi-final
2013 Division S132100+0.9942ndChampions
2014 Division 1B43100+2.28123rd
2015 Division 186200–0.10243rd
2016 Division 175200+0.43201stChampions
2017 Division 184400−0.38166th
2018 Division 185300+0.67203rd
2019 Division 184202+0.04183rd
2021 South East86002+1.30261stGroup winners
2022 Group 664200+1.19162ndLost final
2023 Group 662004+3.31122ndShared group winners

Honours

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