The Kent Women cricket team is the women's representative
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
Kent
Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...
Beckenham
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, as well as the
St Lawrence Ground
The St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury, Kent. It is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club and since 2013 has been known as The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, due to commercial sponsorship. It is one of the oldest grounds ...
and Polo Farm, both in
Canterbury
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. They are captained by
Tammy Beaumont
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont (born 11 March 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze, Welsh Fire, Sydney Thunder and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously pla ...
Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup,Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 8 and 3 titles respectively.Reid J (ed) (2016) ''2016 Kent County Cricket Club Annual'', Kent County Cricket Club, p.3. They are partnered with the regional side South East Stars.
History
1935–1996: Early History
Kent Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women. 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
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and
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. Kent joined the
Women's Area Championship
The Women's Area Championship was a women's cricket competition organised by the Women's Cricket Association that ran from 1980 until 1996. It operated as a 55-over limited overs cricket competition, with teams organised into a number of groups, ...
in 1980, and played in the competition until 1996 (including one title win, in 1986), after which they joined the
Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup,1997
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, their first season in the County Championship, Kent finished 5th in Division One with just one win. Over the next few seasons, Kent were a consistently mid-table side, plus one season in Division Two, in 2002. A steady improvement after their promotion, however, eventually led them to their first Championship title, in 2006. They retained their title in 2007, going unbeaten in both seasons. Key to their success was
England
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Charlotte Edwards
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, who played for Kent from 2000 to 2016. 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
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: the further times they won the Championship were in 2009, 2011,
2012
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,
2014
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,
2016
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and
2019
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. In 2016, Kent bowlers Megan Belt, Tash Farrant and Charlotte Pape were the first, third and fourth leading wicket-takers respectively, whilst
Tammy Beaumont
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont (born 11 March 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze, Welsh Fire, Sydney Thunder and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously pla ...
was the leading run-scorer. Kent batters Fran Wilson,
Tammy Beaumont
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont (born 11 March 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze, Welsh Fire, Sydney Thunder and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously pla ...
and Maxine Blythin were all in the top ten leading run-scorers in
2019
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.
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
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and
2016
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. They also reached the semi-finals of the competition in
2013
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and
2012
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, losing to Berkshire both times. In 2011, however, they beat Berkshire by 8 wickets after bowling them out for just 73. In 2013, Kent beat Sussex in the final by 8 wickets, whilst in 2016 they won the title by topping Division One, with five wins from seven games. In
2021
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, 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. In
2022
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, they finished second in their group in the Twenty20 Cup, going on to lose in the final against Sussex. 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.
Players
Current squad
Players listed below are named as Kent squad players on the team's website. Other players may play matches for the side. denotes players with international caps.
Notable players
Players who have played for Kent and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
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Betty Archdale
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Audrey Disbury
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Mary Pilling
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Charlotte Edwards
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Sarah Burke
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Lynsey Askew
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Tammy Beaumont
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont (born 11 March 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze, Welsh Fire, Sydney Thunder and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously pla ...
Alice Davidson-Richards
Alice Natica Davidson-Richards (born 29 May 1994) is an English cricketer who plays for Kent, South East Stars and Northern Superchargers. A right-handed batter and right-arm pace bowler, she made her county debut for Kent in 2010. She made he ...
Women's Area Championship
The Women's Area Championship was a women's cricket competition organised by the Women's Cricket Association that ran from 1980 until 1996. It operated as a 55-over limited overs cricket competition, with teams organised into a number of groups, ...
:
** Champions (1) – 1986
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County Championship
The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
2012
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,
2014
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,
2016
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,
2019
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2013
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,
2016
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** Group winners (1) –
2021
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