Maxine Blythin
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Full name | Maxine Blythin | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 25 August 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
2019–present | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 23 March 2021 |
Maxine Blythin (born 25 August 1994) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent. She plays as a right-handed batter. She previously played for South East Stars.[1][2]
Early life[]
Blythin was born on 25 August 1994 and grew up near Canterbury.[2][3] Blythin is transgender, and transitioned to female in her teenage years.[4]
Domestic career[]
Blythin made her county debut in 2019, for Kent against Nottinghamshire in a County Championship match, in which she scored 43.[5] Blythin went on to be Kent's third-highest Championship run-scorer that season, scoring 165 runs at an average of 33.00, including her maiden county half-century, scoring 51* against Hampshire.[6][7] Blythin then went on to be Kent's leading run-scorer in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 175 runs at an average of 29.16.[8] Blythin was subsequently named the Kent Women Club Player of the Year for 2019.[9]
In 2020, Blythin played for South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in two matches, scoring 56 runs with a top score of 50 against Western Storm.[10][11]
References[]
- ^ "Player Profile: Maxine Blythin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Player Profile: Maxine Blythin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Maxine Blythin: Transgender player grateful for 'supportive' cricket family". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Maxine Blythin: Transgender cricketer reveals birth condition". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Kent Women v Nottinghamshire Women, 5 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Kent Women v Hampshire Women, 19 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Stevens bags top prize at Kent Cricket Awards". Kent Cricket. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Western Storm v South East Stars, 11 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "South East Stars Averages/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
External links[]
- Maxine Blythin at ESPNcricinfo
- Maxine Blythin at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Transgender and transsexual women
- Transgender and transsexual sportspeople
- Kent women cricketers
- South East Stars cricketers
- LGBT sportspeople from England