Maxine Blythin
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| Full name | Maxine Blythin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 August 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2021 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | South East Stars | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–present | Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 23 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Maxine Blythin (born 25 August 1994) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Wiltshire. She plays as a right-handed batter. She has previously played for Kent and South East Stars.[1][2]
Early life
[edit]Blythin was born on 25 August 1994 and grew up near Canterbury.[2][3] Blythin is transgender, and transitioned to female in her teenage years.[4]
Domestic career
[edit]Blythin made her county debut in 2019, for Kent against Nottinghamshire in a County Championship match, in which she scored 43.[5] Blythin went on to be Kent's third-highest Championship run-scorer that season, scoring 165 runs at an average of 33.00, including her maiden county half-century, scoring 51* against Hampshire.[6][7] Blythin then went on to be Kent's leading run-scorer in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 175 runs at an average of 29.16.[8] Blythin was subsequently named the Kent Women Club Player of the Year for 2019.[9] In 2021, she only played in the Women's London Championship, scoring 135 runs including 94 made against Sussex.[10][11] In 2023, she moved to Wiltshire, playing three matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including scoring 72* on debut against Dorset.[12][13]
In 2020, Blythin played for South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in two matches, scoring 56 runs with a top score of 50 against Western Storm.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Profile: Maxine Blythin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Player Profile: Maxine Blythin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Maxine Blythin: Transgender player grateful for 'supportive' cricket family". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Maxine Blythin: Transgender cricketer reveals birth condition". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Kent Women v Nottinghamshire Women, 5 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Kent Women v Hampshire Women, 19 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Stevens bags top prize at Kent Cricket Awards". Kent Cricket. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Women's London Championship 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Kent Women v Sussex Women, 1 June 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "Batting and Fielding for Wiltshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
- ^ "Wiltshire Women v Dorset Women, 23 April 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
- ^ "Western Storm v South East Stars, 11 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "South East Stars Averages/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Maxine Blythin at ESPNcricinfo
- Maxine Blythin at CricketArchive (subscription required)