The 2021 season was South East Stars' second season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the new Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. The side finished fifth in the group stage of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, winning three of their seven matches.

In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the side finished top of Group A, winning five of their six matches, therefore progressing directly to the final. There, they played Northern Diamonds, who made 138/4 batting first. In response, a 71-run opening partnership from Bryony Smith and Aylish Cranstone along with 40* from 26 balls from Player of the Match Alice Capsey ensured the side won by 5 wickets to become the inaugural winners of the tournament.

The side was captained by Tash Farrant, with Bryony Smith standing-in whilst Farrant was away with England. They were coached by the newly appointed Johann Myburgh. They played four home matches at the County Ground, Beckenham, as well as one apiece at The Oval, the St Lawrence Ground and Woodbridge Road, Guildford.

Squad South East Stars announced their initial 19-player squad on 24 May 2021. Alexa Stonehouse was promoted to the senior squad from the Academy on 25 June 2021. Ryana MacDonald-Gay was promoted to the senior squad from the Academy on 30 August 2021. Age given is at the start of South East Stars' first match of the season (29 May 2021).

Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Aylish Cranstone Left-handed Left-arm medium Phoebe Franklin Right-handed Right-arm medium Susie Rowe Right-handed Right-arm medium Kirstie White Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Chloe Brewer Right-handed Right-arm medium Alice Capsey Right-handed Right-arm off break Alice Davidson-Richards Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Sophia Dunkley Right-handed Right-arm leg break Grace Gibbs Right-handed Right-arm medium Emma Jones Right-handed Right-arm medium Hannah Jones Right-handed Right-arm off break Ryana MacDonald-Gay Right-handed Right-arm medium Kalea Moore Right-handed Right-arm off break Bryony Smith Right-handed Right-arm off break Vice-captain Wicket-keepers Kira Chathli Right-handed — Rhianna Southby Right-handed — Bowlers Freya Davies Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Tash Farrant Left-handed Left-arm medium Captain Eva Gray Right-handed Right-arm medium Danielle Gregory Right-handed Right-arm leg break Alexa Stonehouse Right-handed Left-arm medium

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Season standings

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Fixtures

Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 6 6 0 2 3 3 1 1 7 7 0 2 7 7 0 1 7 7 0 1 6 6 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 100 runs.

Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 6 12 0 3 9 1 7 6 0 7 5 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 5 wickets.

Charlotte Edwards Cup Group A

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Fixtures

Final

Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 6 6 0 1 7 7 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 5 5 0 0 7 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 7 2 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 50 runs.

Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 7 14 0 6 7 0 7 6 0 7 6 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 5 wickets.

Season statistics Batting PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Chloe Brewer 2 2 42 25 21.00 58.33 0 0 1 1 41 41 41.00 124.24 0 0 Alice Capsey 7 7 142 78 20.28 83.52 0 1 6 6 203 61 40.60 130.96 0 1 Kira Chathli 4 3 40 21 13.33 56.33 0 0 7 5 66 30 33.00 146.66 0 0 Aylish Cranstone 6 6 123 42* 30.75 78.84 0 0 5 5 74 35 14.80 108.82 0 0 7 7 169 92 24.14 66.79 0 2 6 6 78 41* 19.50 111.42 0 0 Freya Davies 4 1 7 7* – 50.00 0 0 – – – – – – – – Sophia Dunkley 3 3 196 104* 98.00 95.14 1 1 – – – – – – – – Tash Farrant 3 2 15 12 7.50 46.87 0 0 1 1 35 35 35.00 194.44 0 0 Phoebe Franklin 4 4 60 28* 20.00 89.55 0 0 6 6 112 30 22.40 103.70 0 0 Grace Gibbs 6 5 73 31 14.60 76.04 0 0 5 5 58 33* 14.50 105.45 0 0 Danielle Gregory 7 4 2 1* 2.00 10.00 0 0 7 – – – – – – – Emma Jones 3 3 33 20* 16.50 80.48 0 0 7 2 52 46* – 152.94 0 0 Ryana MacDonald-Gay 2 2 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 1 – – – – – – – Kalea Moore 3 3 85 39 28.33 75.22 0 0 7 1 3 3* – 100.00 0 0 Susie Rowe – – – – – – – – 3 3 33 19 16.50 91.66 0 0 Bryony Smith 6 6 252 84 42.00 102.43 0 2 7 7 162 42 23.14 148.62 0 0 Rhianna Southby 3 2 10 6* 10.00 47.61 0 0 – – – – – – – – Alexa Stonehouse – – – – – – – – 5 1 1 1* – 100.00 0 0 Kirstie White 7 7 124 73 20.66 61.08 0 1 3 2 30 29 30.00 93.75 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Bowling PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Alice Capsey 7 34.0 5 32.20 4.73 2/32 0 6 18.0 7 15.00 5.83 3/13 0 Alice Davidson-Richards 7 30.3 4 48.75 6.39 2/35 0 6 11.0 3 30.33 8.27 1/28 0 Freya Davies 4 33.2 3 51.00 4.59 1/23 0 – – – – – – – Tash Farrant 3 26.4 9 13.77 4.65 5/33 1 1 4.0 2 12.50 6.25 2/25 0 Phoebe Franklin 4 21.0 4 20.75 3.95 2/20 0 6 1.0 0 – 6.00 – 0 Grace Gibbs 6 30.0 4 38.25 5.10 2/40 0 5 9.0 1 69.00 7.66 1/33 0 Danielle Gregory 7 52.0 6 35.66 4.11 2/23 0 7 25.0 6 26.33 6.32 3/16 0 Emma Jones 3 7.0 1 36.00 5.14 1/16 0 7 9.3 1 118.00 12.42 1/14 0 Ryana MacDonald-Gay 2 13.0 2 22.50 3.46 2/31 0 1 2.3 0 – 5.60 – 0 Kalea Moore 3 13.0 2 32.00 4.92 1/12 0 7 21.0 6 21.16 6.04 2/20 0 Bryony Smith 6 52.2 12 19.33 4.43 3/46 0 7 25.5 14 9.85 5.34 4/15 0 Alexa Stonehouse – – – – – – – 5 7.0 2 29.00 8.28 1/13 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Matches Innings Catches Chloe Brewer 2 2 2 1 1 0 Alice Capsey 7 7 1 6 6 2 Aylish Cranstone 6 6 2 5 5 2 Alice Davidson-Richards 7 7 8 6 6 6 Freya Davies 4 4 2 – – – Sophia Dunkley 3 3 3 – – – Tash Farrant 3 3 2 1 1 0 Phoebe Franklin 4 4 1 6 6 1 Grace Gibbs 6 6 0 5 5 2 Danielle Gregory 7 7 0 7 7 1 Emma Jones 3 3 0 7 7 4 Ryana MacDonald-Gay 2 2 0 1 1 1 Kalea Moore 3 3 2 7 7 0 Susie Rowe – – – 3 3 1 Bryony Smith 6 6 4 7 7 2 Alexa Stonehouse – – – 5 5 0 Kirstie White 7 7 0 3 3 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Wicket-keeping PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Kira Chathli 4 4 3 0 7 7 1 3 Rhianna Southby 3 3 0 0 – – – – Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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