The 2024 season was South East Stars' fifth season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Twenty20 Charlotte Edwards Cup. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the side finished second in the group stages, winning seven of their ten matches to progress to the knockout stages. They defeated Southern Vipers in the semi-final before losing to The Blaze in the final. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, the side again finished second in the group, winning nine of their fourteen matches and progressing to the knockout stages. In the semi-final, they again defeated Southern Vipers before losing to Sunrisers in the final.

The side was captained by Bryony Smith and coached by Johann Myburgh. They played ten home matches at the County Ground, Beckenham, two at The Oval and one at St Lawrence Ground.

This was South East Stars' final season in existence, effectively being replaced by a professionalised Surrey team under the England and Wales Cricket Board's changes to the structure of women's domestic cricket from 2025 onwards.

Squad Departures On 6 December 2023, it was announced that Freya Davies had left the side, joining Southern Vipers. On 25 August 2024, it was announced that the side had loaned out Academy player Darcey Carter to North West Thunder.

Arrivals On 18 October 2023, it was announced that Chloe Hill was joining the side on a permanent basis from Southern Vipers, having been on loan to South East Stars for parts of the 2023 season. On 26 January 2024, it was announced that South East Stars had signed Tazmin Brits as an overseas player from April to July 2024. Brits had previously played for the side in 2023. On 5 April 2024, it was announced that Matilda Corteen-Coleman had been added to the squad on a Pay As You Play contract. On 14 April 2024, Brits was ruled out of her stint with the side due to injury. On 10 May 2024, it was announced that the side had signed Georgia Redmayne as an overseas player, for the latter stages of the Charlotte Edwards Cup and four matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

Squad list Age given is at the start of South East Stars' first match of the season (20 April 2024). Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Madeleine Blinkhorn-Jones Right-handed — Tazmin Brits Right-handed — Overseas player; April to July 2024; ruled out due to injury Aylish Cranstone Left-handed Left-arm medium Kirstie White Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Alice Capsey Right-handed Right-arm off break Priyanaz Chatterji Right-handed Right-arm medium Alice Davidson-Richards Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium Sophia Dunkley Right-handed Right-arm leg break Phoebe Franklin Right-handed Right-arm medium Emma Jones Right-handed Right-arm medium Ryana MacDonald-Gay Right-handed Right-arm medium Kalea Moore Right-handed Right-arm off break Paige Scholfield Right-handed Right-arm medium Bryony Smith Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain Wicket-keepers Kira Chathli Right-handed — Chloe Hill Right-handed — Georgia Redmayne Right-handed — Overseas player; June 2024 Jemima Spence Right-handed — Bowlers Claudie Cooper Right-handed Right-arm off break Matilda Corteen-Coleman Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Tash Farrant Left-handed Left-arm medium Charlotte Lambert Right-handed Right-arm medium Danielle Gregory Right-handed Right-arm leg break Bethan Miles Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Alexa Stonehouse Right-handed Left-arm medium

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Season standings

advanced to the Semi-finals

Fixtures

Semi-final

Final

Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 16 15 0 7 12 12 0 3 16 14 0 1 5 5 1 1 7 7 0 3 15 14 0 0 10 9 0 3 6 6 0 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 200 runs.

Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 10 21 1 14 19 0 11 15 0 15 13 0 16 11 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 10 wickets.

Charlotte Edwards Cup Season standings

advanced to the Semi-finals

Fixtures

Semi-final

Final

Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 9 9 0 2 10 9 0 3 12 11 0 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 150 runs.

Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 11 16 1 12 14 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 10 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 Madeleine Blinkhorn-Jones 1 1 2 2 2.00 25.00 0 0 1 1 1 1 1.00 20.00 0 0 Kira Chathli 6 6 251 86* 50.20 89.64 0 3 – – – – – – – – Priyanaz Chatterji 3 3 28 17* 14.00 60.86 0 0 – – – – – – – – Matilda Corteen-Coleman 8 5 3 1* 0.75 30.00 0 0 11 3 6 4* – 42.85 0 0 Aylish Cranstone 16 14 347 63* 26.69 99.42 0 1 7 4 50 31 25.00 104.16 0 0 Alice Davidson-Richards 16 15 650 93 46.42 85.19 0 7 8 7 86 43 17.20 145.76 0 0 Sophia Dunkley 5 5 293 130 97.66 83.00 1 1 9 9 265 58 29.44 123.83 0 2 Tash Farrant 7 7 280 94 46.66 85.36 0 3 8 7 41 16 5.85 78.84 0 0 Phoebe Franklin 15 14 259 37 19.92 84.36 0 0 11 9 110 23 13.75 97.34 0 0 Danielle Gregory 16 9 15 6* 2.50 24.19 0 0 12 3 20 12* 10.00 80.00 0 0 Chloe Hill 15 12 178 31 19.77 63.34 0 0 8 5 9 4 3.00 47.36 0 0 Emma Jones 5 5 56 47 11.20 75.67 0 0 6 6 90 36 18.00 140.62 0 0 Ryana MacDonald-Gay 10 9 159 51* 31.80 87.36 0 1 11 3 13 9 6.50 72.22 0 0 Bethan Miles 6 3 13 13 4.33 35.13 0 0 – – – – – – – – Kalea Moore 14 11 159 52* 19.87 58.88 0 1 8 4 21 8 10.50 80.76 0 0 Georgia Redmayne – – – – – – – – 4 4 125 39 41.66 96.89 0 0 Paige Scholfield 10 9 252 74 28.00 95.45 0 3 10 9 259 73* 43.16 140.00 0 3 Bryony Smith 12 12 413 90 34.41 87.68 0 3 12 11 206 57* 20.60 124.84 0 1 Alexa Stonehouse 11 10 131 29 14.55 56.46 0 0 6 2 12 9 6.00 50.00 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 Priyanaz Chatterji 3 7.0 1 35.00 5.00 1/28 0 – – – – – – – Matilda Corteen-Coleman 8 60.2 9 26.00 3.87 3/33 0 11 41.2 16 13.31 5.15 5/19 1 Alice Davidson-Richards 16 29.0 5 24.80 4.27 2/22 0 8 5.0 1 38.00 7.60 1/12 0 Sophia Dunkley 5 4.0 2 11.00 5.50 2/22 0 9 4.0 1 35.00 8.75 1/5 0 Tash Farrant 7 34.4 5 40.40 5.82 2/67 0 8 27.2 9 21.11 6.95 2/17 0 Phoebe Franklin 15 97.4 13 36.92 4.91 3/49 0 11 20.0 3 54.33 8.15 1/23 0 Danielle Gregory 16 113.4 11 48.63 4.70 3/47 0 12 14.0 14 17.71 6.04 3/23 0 Emma Jones 5 12.0 1 87.00 7.25 1/13 0 6 8.0 3 22.66 8.50 2/13 0 Ryana MacDonald-Gay 10 72.2 21 16.71 4.85 5/31 1 11 26.4 8 24.25 7.27 2/9 0 Bethan Miles 6 31.0 5 38.80 6.25 2/47 0 – – – – – – – Kalea Moore 14 96.1 19 23.73 4.68 3/10 0 8 18.0 2 67.00 7.44 1/14 0 Paige Scholfield 10 2.0 0 – 10.50 – 0 10 – – – – – – Bryony Smith 12 48.3 9 23.55 4.37 2/26 0 12 10.0 4 20.00 8.00 2/32 0 Alexa Stonehouse 11 68.0 15 23.73 5.23 4/27 0 6 16.5 7 14.14 5.88 3/13 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Matches Innings Catches Madeleine Blinkhorn-Jones 1 1 0 1 1 1 Priyanaz Chatterji 3 3 1 – – – Matilda Corteen-Coleman 8 8 0 11 11 2 Aylish Cranstone 16 16 5 7 7 1 Alice Davidson-Richards 16 16 4 8 8 3 Sophia Dunkley 5 5 2 9 9 2 Tash Farrant 7 7 2 8 8 2 Phoebe Franklin 15 15 15 11 11 3 Danielle Gregory 16 16 1 12 12 2 Chloe Hill 15 5 2 8 – – Emma Jones 5 5 5 6 6 2 Ryana MacDonald-Gay 10 10 6 11 11 3 Bethan Miles 6 6 0 – – – Kalea Moore 14 14 3 8 8 2 Paige Scholfield 10 10 4 10 10 4 Bryony Smith 12 12 1 12 12 2 Alexa Stonehouse 11 11 0 6 6 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Wicket-keeping PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Kira Chathli 6 6 5 0 – – – – Chloe Hill 15 10 6 4 8 8 1 3 Georgia Redmayne – – – – 4 4 2 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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