Kelly Castle

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Kelly Castle
Personal information
Full nameKelly Shannon Castle
Born (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 23)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentEssex
2020–presentSunrisers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 47 44
Runs scored 454 426
Batting average 11.35 15.77
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 47 48
Balls bowled 1,098 624
Wickets 27 31
Bowling average 24.62 16.22
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 5/18 3/6
Catches/stumpings 7/– 10/–
Source: CricketArchive, 16 March 2021

Kelly Shannon Castle (born 4 September 1997) is an English cricketer who is the currently plays for Essex and Sunrisers. She is club captain of Essex, and captains Sunrisers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. She plays as an all-rounder, bowling medium pace and batting right-handed.[1][2][3]

Early life[]

Castle was born on 4 September 1997 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She attended Anglia Ruskin University.[2][4]

Domestic career[]

Castle made her county debut in 2011, for Essex against Middlesex. She scored a duck and did not bowl.[5] This was the only game she played in 2011, and played one more in 2012 before becoming more of a regular in the side from 2013 onwards. In 2015 she took her maiden county five-wicket haul, 5/18 against Scotland, and overall took 10 wickets at 14.80 in the County Championship.[6][7] She was also her side's leading wicket-taker in the 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking 13 wickets at an average of 8.61.[8] In 2017, Castle hit her List A high score of 47, opening the batting in a victory over the Netherlands.[9] She was named as Essex's Twenty20 captain in 2018, and became captain in both formats in 2019.[10][11] In the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Castle was her side's leading wicket-taker, with 7 wickets at an average of 12.42, and hit her Twenty20 high score of 48, in a win against Devon.[12][13]

In 2020, Castle played for Sunrisers in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 6 matches, scoring 85 runs at an average of 17.00 and taking one wicket.[14][15] In December 2020, it was announced that Castle was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[16] In June 2021, it was announced the Castle was taking on the Sunrisers captaincy for the upcoming T20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[3]

Castle was part of the England Development Programme at Under-15 level.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Kelly Castle". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kelly Castle Takes on Sunrisers T20 Captaincy". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ^ "ESSEX WOMENS STAR COMPLETES STINT OFF THE FIELD". Essex Cricket. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Essex Women v Middlesex Women, 3 August 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Essex Women v Scotland Women, 30 August 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Essex Women v Netherlands Women, 28 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Women's List A Matches Played by Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Devon Women v Essex Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Bowling for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.

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