Bears Women sign batter Kalis on loan

Sterre Kalis scored 201 runs for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred in 2024

Warwickshire have signed Netherlands international batter Sterre Kalis on loan for this summer's inaugural women's One-Day Cup and T20 Blast competitions.

The Bears are among eight clubs to have fully professional teams this season following a restructure of the domestic women's game by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

However, Kalis will also be available for parent club Yorkshire, who have tier two status, for their own County Cup tournament.

The 25-year-old has played five one-dayers and 44 T20 internationals for the Netherlands and has also appeared for Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred.

Her score of 126 not out against Germany is the highest in a women's T20 international and she also scored 100 for Northern Diamonds against Thunder in last summer's Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.

"It gives me the opportunity to play tier one cricket this year and compete at the highest level in the country," Kalis said of the loan agreement.

"I've heard good things about Warwickshire and it's always exciting to be able to play at Test grounds."

The Bears will play their opening 50-over One-Day Cup game against Hampshire at Edgbaston on 23 April.