Maxine Blythin

Maxine Blythin
Personal information
Full name
Maxine Blythin
Born (1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 30)
BattingRight-handed
RoleBatter
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019–2021Kent
2020South East Stars
2023–presentWiltshire
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 9 9
Runs scored 221 252
Batting average 31.57 31.50
100s/50s 0/2 0/1
Top score 51* 72*
Catches/stumpings 8/– 2/–
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

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

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

  1. ^ "Player Profile: Maxine Blythin". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Player Profile: Maxine Blythin". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Maxine Blythin: Transgender player grateful for 'supportive' cricket family". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Maxine Blythin: Transgender cricketer reveals birth condition". Sky Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Kent Women v Nottinghamshire Women, 5 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Royal London Women's One-Day Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Kent Women v Hampshire Women, 19 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Stevens bags top prize at Kent Cricket Awards". Kent Cricket. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Kent Women/Women's London Championship 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Kent Women v Sussex Women, 1 June 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Wiltshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Wiltshire Women v Dorset Women, 23 April 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Western Storm v South East Stars, 11 September 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  15. ^ "South East Stars Averages/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 March 2021.