Kent Women cricket team
Encyclopedia
The Kent Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket
team for the English ceremonial county of Kent
. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship
, which they won in 2006 and 2007.
Kent regained the LV County Championship title in 2009, beating Sussex in their final game at Tonbridge.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team for the English ceremonial county of Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship
Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship is the women's domestic cricket league in the British Isles...
, which they won in 2006 and 2007.
Honours
- Women's County ChampionshipWomen's County ChampionshipThe Women's County Championship is the women's domestic cricket league in the British Isles...
- Winners 2006 & 2007, runners-up 2004, 2005 & 2008
Current squad
The current Kent Women squad is as follows, with international players listed in bold:| Name | Nat | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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| Tammy Beaumont Tammy Beaumont Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer. She opens the batting for Kent Women, and keeps wicket.She made her debut for Kent in early 2007, batting at number five and scoring 13 not out. Her first match for the county as wicket-keeper came two months later as Kent hosted Nottinghamshire,... |
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11 March 1991 (age 20) | Right-handed | ||
| Charlotte Edwards Charlotte Edwards Charlotte Marie Edwards MBE is an English cricketer and current captain of the England women's team.... |
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17 December 1979 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right arm leg spin Leg spin Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action, causing the ball to spin from right to left in the cricket pitch, at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left, that... |
Club captain Captain (cricket) The captain of a cricket team often referred to as the skipper is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player... |
| Lydia Greenway Lydia Greenway Lydia Sophie Greenway is an English cricketer . She is a left-handed batsman and an occasional off spin bowler. She has appeared for England in seven Tests and 32 ODI's. In the first Test against South Africa in August 2003 she put on a world record 203 for the fourth wicket with Claire Taylor... |
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6 August 1985 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin Off spin Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side... |
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| Natalie Lane | |
16 January 1985 (age 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| Susie Rowe | |
14 April 1987 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| All-rounders | |||||
| Charlotte Anneveld |  |
30 December 1982 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| Lynsey Askew Lynsey Askew Lynsey Riann Frances Askew is an English cricketer who has played for England in One-Day International matches and international Twenty20 cricket.... |
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3 September 1986 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| Emily Drumm Emily Drumm Emily Cecilia Drumm MNZM is a cricketer, who has captained New Zealand in 41 women's one-day internationals, winning 28 of them, losing 12 and with one no result.... |
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15 September 1974 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace/leg spin Leg spin Leg spin is a type of spin bowling in the sport of cricket. A leg spinner bowls right-arm with a wrist spin action, causing the ball to spin from right to left in the cricket pitch, at the point of delivery. When the ball bounces, the spin causes the ball to deviate sharply from right to left, that... |
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| Wicket-keepers | |||||
| Karen Baker | |
29 November 1989 (age 22) | Right-handed | ||
| Bowlers | |||||
| Deanna Cooper | |
20 June 1993 (age 18) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| Emily Gerke | |
25 December 1990 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right arm medium pace | |
| Sarah Kennett | |
12 November 1990 (age 21) | Right-handed | Slow left arm orthodox Left-arm orthodox spin Left-arm orthodox spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket.Left-arm orthodox spin is bowled by a left arm bowler using the fingers to spin the ball from right to left of the cricket pitch... |
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| Jo Watts Jo Watts Joanna Karen Watts is an England cricketer who played seven women's one-day internationals in 2005. An off break bowler, she claimed 4 wickets for 16 runs in two ODIs on tour against Sri Lanka.-External links:*... |
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18 May 1987 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right arm off spin Off spin Off spin is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket which is bowled by an off spinner, a right-handed spin bowler who uses his or her fingers and/or wrist to spin the ball from a right-handed batsman's off side to the leg side... |
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Kent regained the LV County Championship title in 2009, beating Sussex in their final game at Tonbridge.