In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both
50-over and
20-over cricket. South East Stars were one of the sides created under this structure, effectively replacing the
Women's Cricket Super League team
Surrey Stars and representing the
London & South East region, partnering with
Surrey and
Kent. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. South East Stars finished third in the South Group of the competition, winning two of their six matches. At the end of the season, five Stars players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Tash Farrant,
Alice Davidson-Richards,
Sophia Dunkley,
Bryony Smith and
Aylish Cranstone. The following season, 2021, South East Stars competed in both the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly formed Twenty20 competition, the
Charlotte Edwards Cup.
Johann Myburgh was named as the new Head Coach of the side. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the Stars topped Group A of the tournament, winning five of their six matches to progress directly to the final. In the final, they played against
Northern Diamonds. Chasing 139 to win, South East Stars won by 5 wickets with 2 overs to spare, with
Alice Capsey top scoring with 40
*. Bryony Smith, who captained the side throughout most of the tournament whilst Tash Farrant was on international duty, ended the tournament as the leading wicket-taker, with 14 wickets. Smith became the permanent captain of the side ahead of the 2022 season. The team qualified for the semi-final of the
Charlotte Edwards Cup that season after topping Group A with five wins from six matches, but lost by 2 wickets to
Central Sparks. They finished second in the group stage of the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, qualifying for the play-off. In the play-off, they lost to
Southern Vipers by 6 wickets. In 2023, they finished fifth in the
Charlotte Edwards Cup, winning three of their seven matches. They finished third in the group stage of the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, therefore qualifying for the play-off. However, they lost in the play-off to
The Blaze by 8 wickets (
DLS). In 2024, the side were runners-up in both competitions. In the
Charlotte Edwards Cup, they finished second in the group stage before beating Southern Vipers in the semi-finals and losing to The Blaze in the final. In the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, they again finished second in the group, and again defeated Southern Vipers in the semi-finals. They lost to
Sunrisers in the final. Stars batter
Alice Davidson-Richards was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 650 runs. 2024 was the side's final season, with reforms to the structure of domestic cricket in England meaning that the side was effectively replaced by a professionalised
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