Despite initial disappointment, the increased ECB investment and having Tier 1 to aim for in the future is allowing Kent to revitalise their women’s team.
They’ve hired their first ever head of women’s cricket in ex-player Lucy Arman, who arrived at the club with a sharp focus on the short-term.
“Being Tier 2 is the right thing for now and we have to build a resource and a platform for Tier 1 status,” she said during a coaching a session in Canterbury.
“Resources mean that we can now employ coaches and can have further investment, for the first time, into strength and conditioning, physio, and analysis.
“It really creates a more professional environment for the women’s team that they’ve never had before.”
They also continue to work closely with the Surrey talent pathway and former Kent player Arman says they’ve accepted the developmental role they’ll likely play in Tier 2.
“We will support any player to fulfil their professional dream and if that means they have to go to another county for their professional status then we will back that and help them along the way, and do everything we can so that when we do become professional, we can get them back in a Kent shirt,” she said.
