Essex Women cricket team

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Essex Women
Essex Women cricket team logo.jpg
Personnel
CaptainKelly Castle
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1949
Home groundVarious
Including Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteEssex Women

The Essex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Essex. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay and Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea.[1] They are captained by Kelly Castle.[2] In 2019, they played in Division Two of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 played in the South East Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

History[]

1949–2000: Early History[]

Essex Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Buckinghamshire Women. Over the following years, Essex went on to play various one-off matches, most often against local Second XI teams.[5]

2000– : Women's County Championship[]

Essex joined the Women's County Championship in 2001, competing in Division Three, in which they came third, with two victories.[6] They played in the bottom tier of the Championship until 2008, when they were promoted to Division Two.[7] In Division Two, Essex performed strongly, finishing third and second in their first two seasons before being promoted in 2011.[8] In a rain-hit 2012 season, Essex then finished second in Division One, behind Kent.[9] After this, however, Essex fell away, being relegated from Division One in 2014, and then again from Division Two in 2016.[10][11] They managed to bounce straight back, winning Division 3C in 2017, and playing in Division Two ever since.[12] Meanwhile, in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Essex have been a volatile side: when the tournament was regionalised in its early years, Essex bounced between Divisions One and Two of the South section.[13] Since, they briefly fell into Division 3 in 2018, but apart from this have played in Division 2, achieving their best finish of 3rd in 2015. In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom.[14] The side has also competed in the Women's London Championship since 2020.[15]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Based on appearances in the 2021 season. double-dagger denotes players with international caps.[16]

Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batters
Hayley Brown  England (1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Catherine Dalton double-dagger  Ireland (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Bella Howarth  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Grace Melhuish  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Jessica Olorenshaw  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Kelly Castle  England (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium Club captain
Sally Chapman  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Beth Dodd  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm off break
Bethany Harmer  England (2000-10-30) 30 October 2000 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm off break Dual registration with Lincolnshire
Emma Jones  England (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Katie Midwood  England (1993-10-01) 1 October 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Katherine Speed  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium Dual registration with Huntingdonshire
Wicket-keepers
Jessica Bird  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Erica Hobson  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Scarlett Hughes  England (2002-06-18) 18 June 2002 (age 19) Left-handed –
Bowlers
Holly Dring-Richardson  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Zoe Good  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Esmae MacGregor  England Unknown Unknown Right-arm medium
Grace Poole  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mady Villiers double-dagger  England (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Jasmine Westley  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium

Notable players[]

Players who have played for Essex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[17]

Seasons[]

Women's County Championship[]

Season Division League standings[18] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Division 3 4 2 2 0 0 31.5 55.5 3rd
2002 Division 3 5 1 2 0 2 21.5 55.5 4th
2003 Division 3 5 0 3 1 1 25 42 5th
2004 County Challenge Cup G2 2 1 1 0 0 14.5 26 3rd
2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3 1 2 0 0 25.5 37.5 3rd
2006 County Challenge Cup G2 3 2 1 0 0 4 44 1st Lost promotion playoff
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A 6 3 1 0 2 4 99 2nd
2008 Division 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 120 1st Promoted
2009 Division 2 10 4 6 0 0 33 103 3rd
2010 Division 2 10 8 2 0 0 63 143 2nd
2011 Division 2 10 7 2 0 1 61 131 1st Promoted
2012 Division 1 8 2 0 0 6 16 36 2nd
2013 Division 1 8 2 5 0 1 32 52 8th
2014 Division 1 8 1 5 0 2 20 30 9th Relegated
2015 Division 2 8 3 4 0 1 39 69 5th
2016 Division 2 7 0 7 0 0 32 32 8th Relegated
2017 Division 3C 5 5 0 0 0 37 87 1st Promoted
2018 Division 2 7 3 3 0 1 25 55 6th
2019 Division 2 7 5 2 0 0 44 94 3rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup[]

Season Division League standings[19] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 3 3 2 0 0 1 +0.61 5 1st
2010 Division S&W 1 3 2 1 0 0 −0.75 4 2nd
2011 Division S1 3 0 3 0 0 −1.38 0 4th Relegated
2012 Division S2 3 3 0 0 0 +6.17 6 1st Promoted
2013 Division S1 3 0 3 0 0 −2.70 0 4th
2014 Division 1B 4 0 4 0 0 −3.44 0 9th Relegated
2015 Division 2 8 5 3 0 0 +0.31 20 3rd
2016 Division 2 7 3 3 0 1 +0.55 13 5th
2017 Division 2 8 1 6 0 1 −0.79 5 9th Relegated
2018 Division 3C 8 7 1 0 0 +3.23 28 1st Promoted
2019 Division 2 8 4 2 0 2 −0.07 18 5th
2021 South East 8 0 6 0 2 −1.54 2 6th

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Essex Women". Essex Women. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  4. ^ "Sunrisers Cricket Home Page". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Essex Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  8. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2011". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2012". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2014". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  13. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's County T20 South East Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Sussex to join London Championship for second edition of women's 50-over competition". The Cricketer. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  17. ^ "Essex Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  18. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  19. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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