Maxine Blythin
English cricketer (born 1994)
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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]
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 23 October 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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]