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| Full name | Kelly Shannon Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 1997 Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–present | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 20 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kelly Shannon Castle (born 4 September 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex and Sunrisers. She plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed.[1][2]
Early life
Castle was born on 4 September 1997 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She attended Anglia Ruskin University.[2][3]
Domestic career
Castle made her county debut in 2011, for Essex against Middlesex. She scored a duck and did not bowl.[4] 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.[5][6] 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.[7] In 2017, Castle hit her List A high score of 47, opening the batting in a victory over the Netherlands.[8] She was named as Essex's Twenty20 captain in 2018, and became captain in both formats in 2019.[9][10] 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.[11][12] She played six matches in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 42 runs and taking three wickets.[13][14] In the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, she scored her first two half-centuries, including 75 against Suffolk, scoring 167 runs overall as well as taking four wickets.[15][16][17]
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.[18][19] In December 2020, it was announced that Castle was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[20] Castle was ever-present for the side in the 2021 season, and was the side's leading wicket-taker in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 10 wickets at an average of 21.10.[21][22] She also scored her maiden List A half-century in the tournament, 52 against Lightning.[23] She also captained the side in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[24]
Ahead of the 2022 season, Castle became the Sunrisers captain in all formats.[25] She played eleven matches for the side that season, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and was the side's joint-leading wicket-taker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, with 7 wickets at an average of 16.85.[26][27] In 2023, she played 18 matches for Sunrisers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 15 wickets.[28][29] She stepped down as captain of the side in June 2023.[30]
Castle was part of the England Development Programme at Under-15 level.[31]
References
- ^ "Player Profile: Kelly Castle". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "ESSEX WOMENS STAR COMPLETES STINT OFF THE FIELD". Essex Cricket. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Essex Women v Middlesex Women, 3 August 2011". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Essex Women v Scotland Women, 30 August 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/NatWest Women's Twenty20 Cup 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Essex Women v Netherlands Women, 28 May 2015". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Women's List A Matches Played by Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Devon Women v Essex Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Suffolk Women v Essex Women, 2 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Bowling for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Michaela Kirk, Teresa Graves guide Lightning to keep Sunrisers winless". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Kelly Castle Takes on Sunrisers T20 Captaincy". Sunrisers Cricket. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Kelly Castle: Benefits of professional cricket are even greater than I imagined". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ "Sunrisers Statement: Captaincy Update". Sunrisers Cricket. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
- ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
External links
- Kelly Castle at ESPNcricinfo
- Kelly Castle at CricketArchive (subscription required)
This page was last edited on 23 January 2024, at 09:00