Match Preview: Gloucestershire Women vs. Kent Women
Kent Women take part in the 2026 Towergate Cheltenham Cricket Festival with a Metro Bank One Day Cup match at Cheltenham College.
The Horses have two more One Day Cup fixtures in the group stage of this year’s competition and currently sit in fourth place – the top four from the group will all qualify for the semi-finals.
Kent need to win one of their last two fixtures to qualify.
Following this fixture away at Cheltenham, Kent Women’s final group stage match will be at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury against Leicestershire Foxes Women on Sunday 6 September.
Next Women’s Home Match
Kent Women close the group stage of the Metro Bank One Day Cup at home on 6 September:
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Last time out
Coco Streets and Kelly Castle give the Horses a comfortable eight-wicket away victory in the One-Day Cup over Worcestershire at Astwood Bank CC, Redditch.
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Streets made 117 and Castle 97* as Kent chased down 297 in 42.2 overs in a run-fest at Worcestershire.
Opposition Report
- Captain: Liv Daniels
- Head coach: Fran Wilson
- 2025 finish: 5th
- 2025 leading run-scorer: Georgina Cant (152)
- 2025 leading wicket-taker: Caitlin Belcher & Chloe Skelton (12)
Kent will head to Cheltenham College looking to get one over Gloucestershire after their T20 semi-final matchup, which saw Gloucestershire win by 66 runs.
Chloe Brewer leads the run scoring charts, with 279 runs at 69.75 with Charlie Phillips the pick of the bowlers with 11 wickets at 23.27.
Having already won once at Cheltenham College, Gloucestershire will look to continue the strong performances that saw them beat Sussex by 12 runs. After setting 319/6 thanks to a Chloe Brewer 104. Emily Geach took 5 wickets for 57 runs to help see Glos home.
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Live Match Centre
Gloucestershire Women vs. Kent Women will be live streamed & embedded into the Match Centre on the Kent Cricket website.
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Sound & pictures will be provided by the host county.
Team News
Kent Women Head Coach James Hockley has named an unchanged squad of 12 from the Horses’ win over Worcestershire last time out.
Unlike Kent Men, Kent Women aren’t a professional side, so player availability reaches further than selection based on fitness, form and application. External factors such as education, work and other commitments play a part in forming Kent Women’s matchday squads.
Hannah Hardwick & Rachel King have been released by their parent counties to play in this match.
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The St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury will be hosting a Women’s One Day International between England & Bangladesh on Tuesday 21 September 2027!
The second of a three-match series, this will be a day/night fixture, beginning at 12:30pm.
This will be the first time that Bangladesh Women will have played at the St Lawrence Ground in the venue’s storied 183-year history, and the return of a Bangladesh international side to Canterbury since Bangladesh’s Men’s side faced Australia in a Men’s ODI in June 2005.
Canterbury’s International Women’s matches are always extremely well attended, with last year’s International fixture between England Women & New Zealand Women at the St Lawrence Ground selling out in record time.
The Ticket Ballot for this fixture will open on Wednesday 2 September, with successful applicants notified via e-mail on Thursday 1 October.
You can register your interest in entering the Ballot today via the form below:
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Kent Life Members & 2027 Annual Members do not need to enter the Ticket Ballot for next Summer’s ODI in Canterbury – they will have an exclusive pre-sale ticket priority window to get their tickets at special Kent Member prices. Life Members and 2026 Members have been contacted via e-mail with more information.
Everyone that attended England Women vs. New Zealand Women at the St Lawrence Ground this Summer also do not need to enter the Ticket Ballot – they will also enjoy an exclusive ticket priority window to secure their tickets before the public Ballot closes, and all purchasers from 2026’s International fixture have been contacted via e-mail with more information.
The Ticket Ballot for Non-Kent Members, and those that didn’t attend England Women vs. New Zealand Women in Canterbury back in May, will open on Tuesday 2 September.
You can register your interest in entering the Ballot today via the form below:
