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Freya Grace Kemp (born 21 April 2005) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers 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]

Freya Kemp

Personal information
Full name	Freya Grace Kemp
Born	(2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 (age 17) Westminster, Greater London, England
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	England
ODI debut (cap 141)	22 September 2022 v India
Last ODI	24 September 2022 v India
T20I debut (cap 56)	25 July 2022 v South Africa
Last T20I	13 September 2022 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2019–present	Sussex
2020	Southern Vipers
2021–present	Southern Brave
2022–present	Southern Vipers
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20 Matches 2 9 4 34 Runs scored 17 52 63 328 Batting average 8.50 – 15.75 32.80 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/2 Top score 12 51* 40 53* Balls bowled 102 126 150 460 Wickets 3 8 4 23 Bowling average 35.33 18.62 34.50 21.82 5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 2/24 2/14 2/24 2/11 Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 1/– 6/–
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2022

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]

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.[19] Kemp made her WT20I debut on 25 July 2022, during England's home series against South Africa, taking 2/18 from her three overs.[20] 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.[21][22] 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.[23] 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.[24] She played two matches overall in the ODI series, taking three wickets.[25] In November 2022, Kemp was awarded with her first England central contract.[26]

References

External links

• Freya Kemp at ESPNcricinfo
• Freya Kemp at CricketArchive (subscription required)

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