Kent Women cricket team

The Kent Women’s cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English county of Kent. They play in Division One of the Women's County Championship, which they have won a record seven times, most recently in 2016. The team is a part of Kent County Cricket Club, one of the 18 first-class cricket playing counties.

As of 2016 the team is based for most home matches at the County Cricket Ground, Beckenham, with a single match played at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury during the 2016 season. In the past the team has also played matches at the Polo Farm in Canterbury, a ground also used by Kent men's Second XI and Academy sides. As well as winning the 2016 County Championship the team also won the 2016 Women's County Twenty20 Championship.

Canterbury Christ Church University are the team's official sponsors.

Honours

Kent Women have won the Women's County Championship a record seven times and been runner-up five times. The team has won the Women's Twenty20 Championship three times.^[1]

• Women's County Championship (7) – 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016
  Runners-up: 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2015
• Women's County Twenty20 Championship (3) – 2011, 2013, 2016

Current squad

As of 23 May 2016

The Kent Women's squad includes former England captain Charlotte Edwards who is the club captain for the county. It also features current or former England internationals Tammy Beaumont, Deanna Cooper, Natasha Farrant, Lydia Greenway, Lauren Griffiths and Laura Marsh^[2][3] as well as New Zealand international captain Suzie Bates.^[4][5] Edwards was named one of Wisden's five Cricketers of the Year in 2014 and Bates was named as Wisden's Leading Women's Cricketer of the World in 2016.^[6][7]

No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
9	Lottie Bryan	England	(1995-11-20) 20 November 1995	Right-handed	–
23	Charlotte Edwards	England	(1979-12-17) 17 December 1979	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Club captain
20	Lydia Greenway	England	(1985-08-06) 6 August 1985	Right-handed	Right arm off spin	Vice-captain
All-rounders
19	Suzie Bates	New Zealand	(1987-09-16) 16 September 1987	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast	Overseas player
24	Alice Davidson-Richards	England	(1994-05-29) 29 May 1994	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
61	Grace Gibbs	England	(1995-05-01) 1 May 1995	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
7	Laura Marsh	England	(1986-12-05) 5 December 1986	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
Wicket-keepers
2	Tammy Beaumont	England	(1991-03-11) 11 March 1991	Right-handed	–
14	Lauren Griffiths	England	(1987-02-14) 14 February 1987	Right-handed	–
17	Emily Thompson	England	(1997-12-12) 12 December 1997	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
6	Megan Belt	England	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997	Right-handed	Right arm off spin
53	Natasha Farrant	England	(1996-05-29) 29 May 1996	Left-handed	Left arm medium-fast
10	Phoebe Franklin	England	(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998	Right-handed	Right arm medium pace
11	Jenni Jackson	England	(1991-04-18) 18 April 1991	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
18	Hannah Jelfs	England	(1989-11-24) 24 November 1989	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast
8	Charlotte Pape	England	(1995-01-04) 4 January 1995	Right-handed	Right arm medium-fast

References