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Kalea Moore

Kalea Moore

English cricketer

Kalea Moore (born 27 March 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent, South East Stars and Southern Brave. An all-rounder, she is a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter. She has previously played for Northern Superchargers.[1][2]

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Early life

Moore was born on 27 March 2003 in Greenwich, Greater London.[2] She attended St Lawrence College, Ramsgate.[3]

Domestic career

Moore made her county debut in 2019, for Kent against Yorkshire.[4] That season, she took 4 wickets in the County Championship and 4 wickets in the Twenty20 Cup, helping Kent win their 8th Championship title.[5][6] In 2021, she was Kent's leading wicket-taker in the Twenty20 Cup with 9 wickets at an average of 15.77, helping her side to win the South East Group.[7] At the end of the season, she was named as Kent's Women's Club Player of the Year.[8] She played eight matches for Kent in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking eight wickets at an average of 20.50.[9] She played two matches for the side in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, including taking 4/10 against Oxfordshire.[10]

In 2021, Moore was named as part of the South East Stars squad for their upcoming season.[11] She made her debut for the side in the opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, against Lightning.[12] She went on to play every match in the competition that season, taking 6 wickets at an average of 21.16, as her side won the competition.[13][14] She also played three matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, and took four wickets in five matches for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred.[15][16] In 2022, she played seven matches for South East Stars in the 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring 133 runs and taking eight wickets at an average of 8.50.[17] She scored her maiden Twenty20 half-century against Western Storm, making 57*.[18] Moore was again in the Northern Superchargers squad in The Hundred, but missed the competition, and the rest of the season for Stars, due to injury.[19] At the end of the 2022 season, it was announced that Moore had signed her first professional contract with South East Stars.[20]

In 2023, she played 11 matches for South East Stars, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, as well as taking 5 wickets in 9 matches for Southern Brave in The Hundred.[21][22][23]

References

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    "Player Profile: Kalea Moore". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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    "Player Profile: Kalea Moore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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    "Bowling for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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    "Stevens Named Men's Player of the Year for the Third Season in a Row". Kent Cricket. October 2021. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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    "Bowling for Kent Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2022". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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    "Kent Women v Oxfordshire Women, 8 May 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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    "South East Stars Name Squad for 2021". Kia Oval. 24 May 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
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    "Alice Capsey stars as South East Stars claim inaugural Charlotte Edwards Cup". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
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    "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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    "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Northern Superchargers (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
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    "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2022 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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    "Aylish Cranstone, Kalea Moore fifties take South East Stars across the line". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
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    "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
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    "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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    "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2023 - South East Stars/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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    "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2023 - Southern Brave (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
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