South East Stars

Personnel
Captain	Bryony Smith
Coach	Johann Myburgh
Team information
Colours	Yellow and blue
Established	2020
Home ground	County Cricket Ground, Beckenham The Oval St Lawrence Ground
History
RHFT wins	0
CEC wins	1
Official website	South East Stars
Playing kit

South East Stars were a women'scricket team that represented theLondon & South East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They played their home matches at various grounds, including theCounty Cricket Ground, Beckenham.^[1][2] They were captained byBryony Smith and coached byJohann Myburgh.^[3][4] The team carried over many elements of theWCSL teamSurrey Stars, but were partnered with bothSurrey andKent.^[3] The team won the inauguralCharlotte Edwards Cup, beatingNorthern Diamonds in the final.^[5]

At the end of the 2024 season, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, the team was effectively replaced by a professionalisedSurrey team.^[6]

In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both50-over and20-over cricket.^[7] South East Stars were one of the sides created under this structure, effectively replacing theWomen's Cricket Super League teamSurrey Stars and representing theLondon & South East region, partnering withSurrey andKent.^[3] The side was to be captained byTash Farrant and coached byJonathan Batty.^[8] Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.^[9] South East Stars finished third in the South Group of the competition, winning two of their six matches.^[10] At the end of the season, five Stars players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Tash Farrant,Alice Davidson-Richards,Sophia Dunkley,Bryony Smith andAylish Cranstone.^[11]

The following season, 2021, South East Stars competed in both theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly formed Twenty20 competition, theCharlotte Edwards Cup.Johann Myburgh was named as the new Head Coach of the side.^[4] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, the side finished fifth in the group of eight, winning three of their seven matches, including scoring the highest team score of the tournament in the opening match, 324/7 againstSunrisers.^[12][13] In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the Stars topped Group A of the tournament, winning five of their six matches to progress directly to the final.^[14] In the final, they played againstNorthern Diamonds. Chasing 139 to win, South East Stars won by 5 wickets with 2 overs to spare, withAlice Capsey top scoring with 40*.^[15] Bryony Smith, who captained the side throughout most of the tournament whilst Tash Farrant was on international duty, ended the tournament as the leading wicket-taker, with 14 wickets.^[16] Smith became the permanent captain of the side ahead of the 2022 season.^[17] The team qualified for the semi-final of theCharlotte Edwards Cup that season after topping Group A with five wins from six matches, but lost by 2 wickets toCentral Sparks.^[18][19] They finished second in the group stage of theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, qualifying for the play-off.^[20] In the play-off, they lost toSouthern Vipers by 6 wickets.^[21]

In 2023, they finished fifth in theCharlotte Edwards Cup, winning three of their seven matches.^[22] They finished third in the group stage of theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, therefore qualifying for the play-off.^[23] However, they lost in the play-off toThe Blaze by 8 wickets (DLS).^[24] In 2024, the side were runners-up in both competitions. In theCharlotte Edwards Cup, they finished second in the group stage before beating Southern Vipers in the semi-finals and losing to The Blaze in the final.^[25][26] In theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, they again finished second in the group, and again defeated Southern Vipers in the semi-finals.^[27] They lost toSunrisers in the final.^[28] Stars batterAlice Davidson-Richards was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 650 runs.^[29]

2024 was the side's final season, with reforms to the structure of domestic cricket in England meaning that the side was effectively replaced by a professionalisedSurrey team.^[6]

Final squad, 2024 season.^[30]

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• ‡ denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
14	Kirstie White	England	(1988-03-14)14 March 1988 (age 37)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
25	Madeleine Blinkhorn-Jones	England	(2003-04-20)20 April 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	–
28	Aylish Cranstone	England	(1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (age 30)	Left-handed	Left-armmedium
All-rounders
4	Bryony Smith ‡	England	(1997-12-12)12 December 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break	Club captain
7	Paige Scholfield ‡	England	(1995-12-19)19 December 1995 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-armfast-medium
10	Phoebe Franklin	England	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
18	Priyanaz Chatterji ‡	Scotland	(1993-08-12)12 August 1993 (age 31)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
24	Alice Davidson-Richards ‡	England	(1994-05-29)29 May 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-armfast-medium
26	Alice Capsey ‡	England	(2004-08-11)11 August 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break
27	Kalea Moore	England	(2003-03-27)27 March 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break
29	Ryana MacDonald-Gay ‡	England	(2004-02-12)12 February 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
47	Sophia Dunkley ‡	England	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-armleg break
88	Emma Jones	England	(2002-08-08)8 August 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium
Wicket-keepers
20	Kira Chathli	England	(1999-07-29)29 July 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	—
33	Chloe Hill	England	(1997-01-03)3 January 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	—
67	Jemima Spence	England	(2006-07-06)6 July 2006 (age 18)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
9	Claudie Cooper	England	(2002-05-01)1 May 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-armoff break
12	Alexa Stonehouse	England	(2004-12-05)5 December 2004 (age 20)	Right-handed	Left-armmedium
19	Danielle Gregory	England	(1998-12-04)4 December 1998 (age 26)	Right-handed	Right-armleg break
21	Matilda Corteen-Coleman	England	(2007-08-23)23 August 2007 (age 17)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
38	Bethan Miles	England	(2003-11-25)25 November 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
53	Tash Farrant ‡	England	(1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (age 28)	Left-handed	Left-armmedium
55	Charlotte Lambert	England	(2006-06-22)22 June 2006 (age 18)	Right-handed	Right-armmedium

The South East Stars Academy team played against other regional academies in friendly and festival matches across various formats. The academy selected players from across the South East region, and included some players who are also in the first team squad. Players in the 2023/24 Academy are listed below:^[31]

• Lauren Smith –Australia (2022)
• Tazmin Brits –South Africa (2023)
• Georgia Redmayne –Australia (2024)

• Head Coach:Johann Myburgh
• Regional Director: Emma Calvert
• Assistant Coach:Darren Stevens
• Senior Regional Talent Manager: Tom Lister
• Regional Talent Manager: Jenni Jackson
• Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach: Guy Pitchers
• Medical Services Lead: Saajan Shah
• Nutritionist: Charlie Binns
• Sport Psychologist: Louise Byrne
• Performance Analyst: Mark Stewart
• Team Operations Manager: Lettie Hadley

As of the 2024 season.^[32]

• Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
• Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.

• Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
• Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.

• Highest team total: 334/5, vNorth West Thunder on 22 April 2023.^{[35][36][37][38][39]}
• Lowest (completed) team total: 98 vSouthern Vipers on 5 September 2020.^{[35][36][37][38][39]}
• Highest individual score: 134*,Paige Scholfield vWestern Storm on 1 May 2023.^{[40][41][42][43][44]}
• Best individual bowling analysis: 6/28,Alice Capsey vWestern Storm on 1 May 2023.^{[45][46][47][48][49]}
• Most runs: 1,354 runs in 42 matches,Alice Davidson-Richards.^{[50][51][52][53][54]}
• Most wickets: 48 wickets in 47 matches,Danielle Gregory.^{[55][56][57][58][59]}

• Highest team total: 183/9, vSunrisers on 5 June 2022.^{[60][61][62][63]}
• Lowest (completed) team total: 66, vSouthern Vipers on 19 June 2024.^{[60][61][62][63]}
• Highest individual score: 83,Bryony Smith vSouthern Vipers on 23 May 2023.^{[64][65][66][67]}
• Best individual bowling analysis: 5/19,Matilda Corteen-Coleman vNorthern Diamonds on 31 May 2024.^{[68][69][70][71]}
• Most runs: 773 runs in 33 matches,Bryony Smith.^{[72][73][74][75]}
• Most wickets: 34 wickets in 33 matches,Bryony Smith.^{[76][77][78][79]}

• Charlotte Edwards Cup:
  • Champions (1) –2021

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