| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Kira Meghan Chathli | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 July 1999 Southwark, Greater London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–present | Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Oval Invincibles | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,18 October 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kira Meghan Chathli (born 29 July 1999) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Surrey and Oval Invincibles. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. [1] [2]
Chathli was born on 29 July 1999 in Southwark,Greater London. [2]
Chathli made her county debut in 2013,for Surrey against Essex. [3] She played irregularly for the side over the following seasons,most notably taking 3 catches and making 2 stumpings in 4 matches in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup before becoming a regular in the team in 2019. [4] [5] In the 2019 Women's County Championship,she scored 107 runs at an average of 17.83,including her List A high score of 35,made against Kent. [6] [7] In 2020,Chathli top scored with 28* to guide her side to their first London Cup victory over Middlesex. [8] Chathli helped Surrey win by four wickets with one ball to spare with a "calculated" innings,including two scoop shots for four in the penultimate over. [9] In 2021,Chathli scored 104 runs at an average of 17.33,including her Twenty20 high score of 36,in the Twenty20 Cup. [10] She played four matches for Surrey in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. [11]
In 2021,Chathli was selected as part of the South East Stars squad for their upcoming season. [12] She made her debut for the side on 12 June 2021,against Northern Diamonds. [13] She went to play four matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,as well as being ever-present as the side won the Charlotte Edwards Cup,taking four catches and making three stumpings across the season. [14] [15] She played every match for South East Stars in 2022,across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,and scored her maiden List A half-century,scoring 61 against Sunrisers. [16] [17] [18] She was also ever-present throughout the victorious The Hundred campaign of Oval Invincibles. [19] At the end of the 2022 season,it was announced that Chathli had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars. [20]
In 2023,she played 20 matches for South East Stars,across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup,scoring 280 runs in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy including two half-centuries. [21] [22] She also played three matches for Oval Invincibles in The Hundred. [23] In 2024,she played six matches for South East Stars,all in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy,scoring 251 runs including three half-centuries,at an average of 50.20. [24] [25]