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Kelly Castle

Kelly Shannon Castle (born 4 September 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Essex. She plays as an all-rounder, bowling right-arm medium and batting right-handed.[1][2]

Kelly Castle
Personal information
Full name
Kelly Shannon Castle
Born (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 27)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2011–presentEssex
2020–2024Sunrisers
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 72 84
Runs scored 652 894
Batting average 11.64 15.68
100s/50s 0/1 0/2
Top score 52 75
Balls bowled 1,882 1,205
Wickets 48 57
Bowling average 26.70 19.42
5 wickets in innings 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 5/18 3/6
Catches/stumpings 16/– 25/–
Source: CricketArchive, 19 October 2024

Early life

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Castle was born on 4 September 1997 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.[2] She attended King Edmund School in Rochford and Anglia Ruskin University.[3][4]

Domestic career

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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] She played six matches in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 42 runs and taking three wickets.[14][15] 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.[16][17][18]

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.[19][20] In December 2020, it was announced that Castle was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[21] 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.[22][23] She also scored her maiden List A half-century in the tournament, 52 against Lightning.[24] She also captained the side in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.[25]

Ahead of the 2022 season, Castle became the Sunrisers captain in all formats.[26] 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.[27][28] In 2023, she played 18 matches for Sunrisers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, taking 15 wickets.[29][30] She stepped down as captain of the side in June 2023.[31]

In October 2024, she signed a professional contract for Essex Women ahead of the 2025 women's domestic cricket restructure.[32][33]

Castle was part of the England Development Programme at Under-15 level.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Kelly Castle". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Kelly bowls them over with apprenticeship". Echo. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
  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 Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  15. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  16. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Bowling for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Suffolk Women v Essex Women, 2 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  20. ^ "Bowling for Sunrisers/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  21. ^ "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  22. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  23. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  24. ^ "Michaela Kirk, Teresa Graves guide Lightning to keep Sunrisers winless". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Kelly Castle Takes on Sunrisers T20 Captaincy". Sunrisers Cricket. 25 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  26. ^ "Kelly Castle: Benefits of professional cricket are even greater than I imagined". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  27. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  28. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  29. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  30. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Sunrisers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  31. ^ "Sunrisers Statement: Captaincy Update". Sunrisers Cricket. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  32. ^ "Essex Women announce new player signings". Essex County Cricket Club. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  33. ^ "Essex Women announce first professional players". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  34. ^ "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Kelly Castle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
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