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Full name | Kelly Shannon Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | 4 September 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011–present | Essex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020–present | Sunrisers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Castle was born on 4 September 1997 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She attended Anglia Ruskin University. [2] [3]
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]
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Full name | Kelly Shannon Castle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England | 4 September 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Castle was born on 4 September 1997 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She attended Anglia Ruskin University. [2] [3]
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]