Megan Belt | |
Female: | true |
Fullname: | Megan Sarah Belt |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1997 |
Birth Place: | Margate, Kent, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm off break |
Role: | Bowler |
Club1: | Kent |
Club2: | South East Stars |
Year2: | 2020 |
Club3: | Oval Invincibles |
Year3: | 2021 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | WLA |
Matches1: | 47 |
Runs1: | 63 |
Bat Avg1: | 5.72 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 29 |
Deliveries1: | 2,173 |
Wickets1: | 75 |
Bowl Avg1: | 16.65 |
Fivefor1: | 1 |
Tenfor1: | 0 |
Best Bowling1: | 5/8 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
Column2: | WT20 |
Matches2: | 62 |
Runs2: | 32 |
Bat Avg2: | 3.55 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 7 |
Deliveries2: | 1,301 |
Wickets2: | 67 |
Bowl Avg2: | 16.61 |
Fivefor2: | 0 |
Tenfor2: | 0 |
Best Bowling2: | 4/14 |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 9/– |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/986/986809/986809.html CricketArchive |
Date: | 23 October |
Year: | 2023 |
Megan Sarah Belt (born 6 October 1997) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent. She plays as a right-arm off break bowler. She previously played for South East Stars and Oval Invincibles.[1] [2]
Belt was born on 6 October 1997 in Margate, Kent.[2] She attends Canterbury Christ Church University, as well as working as a PE teacher.[3]
Belt made her county debut in 2013, for Kent against Berkshire.[4] She was part of the Kent team that won the County Championship in 2014, the Twenty20 Cup and County Championship double in 2016 and the County Championship again in 2019.[5] [6] She was the leading wicket-taker in the 2013 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and the second-leading wicket-taker in the 2016 County Championship.[7] [8] She also achieved her maiden county five-wicket haul in the 2016 Championship, taking 5/8 against Yorkshire.[9] In 2019, Belt again had a successful season, ending the Championship as Kent's leading wicket-taker, with 12 wickets at an average of 17.75.[10] She was Kent's second-highest wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with eight wickets at an average of 16.00.[11] She was also the joint-leading wicket-taker in the 2021 Women's London Championship, with 7 wickets.[12] She took two wickets in six matches in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[13] She played two matches in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, taking two wickets.[14]
In 2020, Belt played for South East Stars in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in two matches, taking 2 wickets at an average of 41.00.[15] In 2021, she was in the Oval Invincibles squad in The Hundred, but did not play a match.[16]