England all-rounder Freya Kemp will join Surrey from Hampshire ahead of the 2027 season on a multi-year contract, Surrey have announced.
The 21-year-old left-arm seamer arrives after two seasons of domestic cricket with Hampshire. Kemp said the chance to represent Surrey and play nearer to home had made the move difficult to decline, while she credited Hampshire with playing an important part in her development.
Surrey have not disclosed the precise length of the agreement, but said Kemp would be part of their squad from the 2027 campaign. The signing brings an England player with experience across international, domestic and franchise cricket to the Kia Oval.
England experience adds to Surrey’s options
Kemp has played 49 times for England across the two international formats. According to Surrey, she has scored 585 runs in 36 innings and taken 36 wickets, with her left-arm seam bowling averaging 22.5 in women’s one-day internationals and just over 20 in women’s T20 internationals.
Her 2026 international campaign included notable contributions at the Women’s T20 World Cup. Kemp struck at 157.89 and averaged 45 with the bat during the tournament, while her 4-22 against Sri Lanka in England’s opening match were England’s best bowling figures in that game, according to the club and BBC Sport.
The batting and bowling figures show the two dimensions of Kemp’s game that Surrey highlighted in its announcement: left-arm seam and runs across international and domestic formats. Surrey’s director of women’s cricket, Emma Calvert, said Kemp had already demonstrated her potential internationally and described her experience across different levels of the game as an asset on and off the field.
Kemp said she had enjoyed discussions with Calvert and Johann Myburgh, and was looking forward to continuing her development with the coaching staff. She also said she hoped to contribute both on the pitch and within the club environment.
A move after two Hampshire seasons
Kemp has spent the past two domestic seasons at Hampshire, having also represented Southern Vipers during the regional era. Before that, she began her career at Sussex, where she made her Women’s T20 Cup debut at the age of 14.
Her domestic record includes 1,561 List A runs, Surrey said, and she averaged 59.60 in the 2025 Metro Bank Women’s One Day Cup. That output, alongside her international bowling record, gives Surrey a player whose recent evidence covers both longer limited-overs domestic cricket and the T20 format.
Surrey also said Kemp was born in London. BBC Sport reported that her domestic pathway had included Sussex, Southern Vipers and Hampshire before this agreement, while her move to Surrey followed her stated wish to play closer to home. The club have confirmed only that the contract is multi-year and that she will join their squad ahead of the 2027 season.
She has also played franchise cricket for Welsh Fire and Southern Brave in The Hundred, and for Perth Scorchers in Australia’s Women’s Big Bash League. Surrey said that breadth of experience formed part of the appeal of the signing.
Kemp spoke warmly of her time at Hampshire, thanking the club’s staff, players and members for their support and saying she would remember the period fondly. Her move nevertheless marks a change of county before the 2027 season, with Surrey adding a young England international whose recent World Cup performances included impact with bat and ball.
The deal is described only as multi-year, so the duration remains unclear. What is established is that Kemp will make the switch from Hampshire to Surrey for the 2027 campaign, adding an international-level all-round option to Surrey’s women’s set-up.