Kent_Women_cricket_team

Kent Women cricket team

Kent Women cricket team

English cricket team

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.

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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

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Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Honours

See also

References

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    "Kent Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Megan Belt Completes New Kent Captaincy Structure". Kent Cricket. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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    Hathrill appointed Kent Women Head Coach, Kent County Cricket Club, 2019-11-20. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    Reid J (ed) (2016) 2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual, Kent County Cricket Club, p.3.
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    "South East Stars". Kia Oval. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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    "Kent Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "Kent Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "Women's Area Championship 1980". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "Women's Area Championship 1986". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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    "WCA News Vol. 2 No. 8 Spring 1987". Women's Cricket History. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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    "Women's County Championship 1997 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  14. [14]
    "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2006". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "Charlotte Edwards Player Profile". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  16. [16]
    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "Berkshire Women v Kent Women, 2011 Women's T20 Final". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "Sussex Women v Kent Women, 2013 Women's T20 Final". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 1 - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    "Women's County T20 South East Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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    "Women's County T20 Group 6 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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    "Sussex to join London Championship for second edition of women's 50-over competition". The Cricketer. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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    "Women's London Championship (50 Overs) – 2021/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 6 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  29. [29]
    "Kent Women Squad". Kent Cricket. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  30. [30]
    "Kent Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  31. [31]
    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  32. [32]
    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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