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Freya Kemp
Personal information
Full name
Freya Grace Kemp
Born (2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 (age 19)
Westminster, Greater London, England
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLeft-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 141)22 September 2022 v India
Last ODI24 September 2022 v India
T20I debut (cap 56)25 July 2022 v South Africa
Last T20I11 July 2024 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.74
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–presentSussex
2020Southern Vipers
2021–presentSouthern Brave
2022–2024Southern Vipers
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 5 19 24 82
Runs scored 111 124 635 877
Batting average 22.20 17.71 33.42 18.27
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/3 0/4
Top score 65 51* 80 60
Balls bowled 138 234 216 675
Wickets 6 16 8 35
Bowling average 22.50 19.00 22.37 23.57
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 2/7 2/14 2/7 2/11
Catches/stumpings 1/– 2/– 8/– 20/–
Source: CricketArchive, 18 October 2024

Freya Grace Kemp (born 21 April 2005) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex and Southern Brave. An all-rounder, she plays as a left-arm medium bowler and left-handed batter.[1][2] She made her international debut for the England women's cricket team in July 2022. At the end of the 2022 season, Kemp was voted the PCA Women's Young Player of the Year.[3]

Early life

Kemp was born on 21 April 2005 in Westminster, Greater London.[2] She attends Bede's School.[4]

Domestic career

Kemp made her county debut in 2019, for Sussex against Nottinghamshire in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, in which she took 1/12 from 2 overs.[5] She played four matches overall for the side in the competition.[6] She next played for the side in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 131 runs and taking 4 wickets in 6 appearances.[7][8] In the group semi-final, she made her maiden Twenty20 half-century against Surrey, scoring 53* from 27 deliveries.[9]

Kemp was named in the Southern Vipers squad for the 2020 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, but did not play a match for the side that season.[10] She was moved to the side's Academy squad for the 2021 season.[11] She was also included in the Southern Brave squad for the 2021 season of The Hundred, but did not play a match.[12] She was again included in the Southern Brave squad for the 2022 season, as well as returning to the Southern Vipers squad.[13][14] She made her debut for Southern Vipers on 14 May 2022, against North West Thunder in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, where she took 2/13 from her 4 overs.[15] She went on to take 9 wickets for the Vipers in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, at an average of 17.66.[16] She also played two matches for the side in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 46 runs and taking one wicket.[17] In The Hundred, she played all eight matches for Southern Brave, scoring 75 runs and taking one wicket.[18] At the end of the 2022 season, Kemp was voted the PCA Women's Young Player of the Year, primarily for her performances for Southern Vipers and England.[3]

In 2023, she played 15 matches for Southern Vipers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, including scoring 211 runs at an average of 30.14 in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[19][20] She also played nine matches for Southern Brave in The Hundred, with a top score of 41*.[21] In 2024, she played 14 matches for Southern Vipers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring two half-centuries.[22][23]

International career

In July 2022, she was named in England's squad for their T20I series against South Africa and for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[24] Kemp made her WT20I debut on 25 July 2022, during England's home series against South Africa, taking 2/18 from her three overs.[25] She went on to be England's leading wicket-taker at the Commonwealth Games, taking six wickets in five matches, including taking 2/14 against Sri Lanka.[26][27] Later that summer, in England's series against India, Kemp scored her maiden international half-century, scoring 51* in a T20I at Derby, becoming the youngest woman to make a T20I fifty for England in the process.[28] She made her One Day International debut on 21 September 2022 during the same series, bowling her 10 overs for 82 runs, the most ever for an English bowler in WODIs.[29] She played two matches overall in the ODI series, taking three wickets.[30] In November 2022, Kemp was awarded with her first England central contract.[31] In December 2022, Kemp went on England's tour of the West Indies, but was ruled out of the series, and the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup, after suffering a stress fracture in her back.[32] She returned to play for England for their September 2023 series against Sri Lanka, whilst also playing on England's tour of India in December 2023.[33][34][35] She was named in the England squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[36] Kemp was named in England's travelling party for the their multi-format tour to South Africa in November 2024, including her first inclusion in a Test match squad.[37][38]

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Freya Kemp". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Freya Kemp". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b "England stars named cinch PCA Awards winners". Professional Cricketers' Association. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "The teacher who will have two pupils as rivals in cricket's The Hundred". Sussex World. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Nottinghamshire Women v Sussex Women, 23 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Bowling for Sussex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Surrey Women v Sussex Women, 8 May 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Southern Vipers Announce Squad For Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". The Ageas Bowl. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  11. ^ "2021 Southern Vipers Academy Intake Confirmed". The Ageas Bowl. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  12. ^ "The Hundred squads 2021: Full men's and women's player lists". The Cricketer. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  13. ^ "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  14. ^ "Southern Vipers Announce Squad for 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup". The Ageas Bowl. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Group A, Hove, May 14 2022, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Southern Vipers v Thunder". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  18. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2022 - Southern Brave (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  19. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  21. ^ "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Southern Brave (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  22. ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2024 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  23. ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2024 - Southern Vipers/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Alice Capsey named in England's Commonwealth Games squad, Tammy Beaumont omitted". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  25. ^ "3rd T20I (N), Derby, July 25, 2022, South Africa Women tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  26. ^ "Records/Commonwealth Games Women's Cricket Competition, 2022 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  27. ^ "Alice Capsey seals deal after Katherine Brunt sets tone for England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  28. ^ "Smriti Mandhana 79* sees India run down England to level series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  29. ^ "Harmanpreet 143*, Renuka four-for help India to unassailable 2-0 lead". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  30. ^ "Records/India Women in England ODI Series, 2022 - England Women/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  31. ^ "Six players earn first England Women Central Contract". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  32. ^ "Freya Kemp: England all-rounder ruled out of T20 World Cup with back injury". Sky Sports. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  33. ^ "England Women name squads for Sri Lanka ODI and IT20 series". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  34. ^ "Records/Sri Lanka Women in England T20I Series/England Women Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  35. ^ "Records/England Women in India T20I Series/England Women Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  36. ^ "England Women squad named for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  37. ^ "Uncapped Bouchier and Kemp in England Test squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  38. ^ "England drop Alice Capsey for South Africa T20Is, include two uncapped players for Test match". Wisden. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
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