| Marie Kelly | |
| Female: | true |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Marie Kelly |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
| Role: | Batter |
| Club1: | Warwickshire |
| Year1: | 2011–2024 |
| Club2: | Loughborough Lightning |
| Year2: | 2017 |
| Club3: | Southern Vipers |
| Year3: | 2019 |
| Club4: | Central Sparks |
| Year4: | 2020–2021 |
| Club5: | Birmingham Phoenix |
| Year5: | 2021 |
| Club6: | The Blaze |
| Year6: | 2022–present |
| Club7: | Trent Rockets |
| Year7: | 2022 |
| Club8: | Northern Superchargers |
| Club9: | Trinbago Knight Riders |
| Year9: | 2023 |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | WLA |
| Matches1: | 102 |
| Runs1: | 1,923 |
| Bat Avg1: | 21.36 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/12 |
| Top Score1: | 64 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,140 |
| Wickets1: | 33 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 23.45 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/13 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 41/– |
| Column2: | WT20 |
| Matches2: | 118 |
| Runs2: | 2,005 |
| Bat Avg2: | 22.27 |
| 100S/50S2: | 1/9 |
| Top Score2: | 100 |
| Deliveries2: | 597 |
| Wickets2: | 35 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 16.11 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 4/30 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 56/– |
| Date: | 19 October 2024 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/501/501356/501356.html CricketArchive |
Marie Kelly (born 9 February 1996) is an English cricketer who is currently plays for The Blaze and Northern Superchargers. She plays primarily as a right-handed batter. She led Warwickshire to the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup title, and was the leading run-scorer in Division 1 that year. She has previously played for Warwickshire, Southern Vipers, Central Sparks, Birmingham Phoenix, Trent Rockets and Trinbago Knight Riders.[1] [2] [3]
Kelly was born on 9 February 1996 in Birmingham, West Midlands. She has a degree in Sports Science from Loughborough University. Her twin sister, Sian, played for Warwickshire between 2011 and 2017.[2] [4]
Kelly made her county debut in 2011, for Warwickshire against Cheshire. She scored 12 runs and bowled 2 overs for no wicket.[5] In 2012, in two innings over one weekend playing for Warwickshire Under-17s, Kelly scored 201 and 110 and soon after became a regular in Warwickshire's first team.[3] She hit her maiden T20 half-century in 2013, against the Netherlands.[6]
Kelly began captaining Warwickshire in 2015, standing-in for Rebecca Grundy. She became permanent captain of the side in 2016.[7] In 2019, Kelly led her side to victory in the Twenty20 Cup. Warwickshire topped Division 1 by one point after beating runners-up Lancashire in the final match, with Kelly top-scoring with 76.[8] [3] She also ended the season as the leading run-scorer in Division 1.[9] Kelly was Warwickshire's leading run-scorer in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 162 runs at an average of 81.00.[10] She was again Warwickshire's leading run-scorer in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with 192 runs at an average of 32.00.[11] She scored two half-centuries on the same day in a double-header against Gloucestershire, 99 from 61 deliveries in the first match and 60 from 27 deliveries in the second.[12] [13] In the second match, her half-century came from 15 deliveries, which is the fastest recorded fifty in Women's Twenty20 cricket.[14] She played two matches for Warwickshire in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 75 runs and taking two wickets.[15] [16]
Kelly also played in the Women's Cricket Super League, for Loughborough Lightning in 2017 and Southern Vipers in 2019.[2] She played one match for Loughborough, in which she scored 18 runs against Western Storm. She played five matches for the Vipers, scoring 13 runs at an average of 4.33.[17] [18] In 2020, Kelly was announced as part of the Central Sparks squad for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She was the side's second-highest run-scorer, with 223 runs at an average of 55.75, and scored two half-centuries.[19] In December 2020, it was announced that Kelly was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[20]
In 2021, Kelly scored 182 runs for Central Sparks in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, including two half-centuries.[21] In a Charlotte Edwards Cup match against Southern Vipers, Kelly hit 100 from 53 balls, her Twenty20 high score and first ever century, to help her side to a 6 wicket victory.[22] She also signed to play for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred, but only made one appearance in the competition.[23] At the end of the season it was announced that Kelly had moved to Lightning, and signed a professional contract with her new side.[24] She played eleven matches for Lightning in 2022, across the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, scoring 197 runs and taking six wickets.[25] [26] She also played seven matches for Trent Rockets in The Hundred, scoring 40 runs.[27]
In 2023, she played 20 matches for The Blaze (the new name for Lightning), across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring one half-century and taking three wickets.[28] [29] She moved to Northern Superchargers for The Hundred, scoring 176 runs including one half-century.[30] She also played for Trinbago Knight Riders in the 2023 Women's Caribbean Premier League, scoring 57 runs and taking six wickets.[31] In 2024, she played 26 matches for The Blaze, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup, scoring two half-centuries.[32] [33]
Kelly has also been a part of the Emerging Players Programme, the England Women's Academy and played for the England Under-19s.[3]