Lancashire Women cricket team
Personnel | |
---|---|
Captain | Alex Hartley |
Coach | Paul Shaw |
Team information | |
Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1933 |
Home ground | Various Including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes |
History | |
WCC wins | 1 |
T20 Cup wins | 1 |
Official website | Lancashire Cricket |
The Lancashire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Lancashire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes. They are captained by Alex Hartley and coached by Paul Shaw.[1][2] They won both the County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup in 2017.[3] Lancashire have links with Cumbria, with some players playing for both sides, as well as some of their players helping make up a North Representative XI in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[4] They are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.[5]
History[]
1930–1997: Early History[]
Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs.[6] Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as Yorkshire and Cheshire.[7] They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with Cheshire, Lancashire and Cheshire Women.[8]
1998– : Women's County Championship[]
1998 was the first season in which Lancashire competed in the County Championship on their own, and they finished 3rd in Division 3, before being promoted the following season.[9][10] Over the following seasons, Lancashire bounced between the divisions, having a four-year stint in Division One, from 2004 to 2007, but also reaching as low as Division Three in 2010 and 2011.[11] They topped Division Two in 2013 and 2014: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to Somerset, but managed to gain promotion in 2014.[12] They were relegated in 2015, but bounced straight back up to Division One in 2016.[13][14]
Lancashire then went on to have an exceptional 2017 season, in which they won both the County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the Championship, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games.[15] Lancashire bowler Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while Amy Satterthwaite and Evelyn Jones were the 3rd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively.[16] Meanwhile in the T20 Cup, Lancashire won 7 from 8 games to claim the title, with batter Emma Lamb ending the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the division.[17] In the following years, Lancashire retained their place in Division One of the Championship without seriously challenging for the title, whilst managing a second-place finish in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, one point behind Champions Warwickshire.[18] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain.[19] Batter Emma Lamb was the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 233 runs including one century.[20]
Players[]
Current squad[]
Based on squad announced for the 2021 season. denotes players with international caps.[4]
Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
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Batters | |||||
Georgie Boyce | England | 4 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Danielle Collins | England | 7 July 2000 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
Rebecca Duckworth | England | 30 October 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
Laura Marshall | England | 1 November 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
All-rounders | |||||
Natalie Brown | England | 16 October 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Liberty Heap | England | 16 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Also in North Representative XI squad |
Laura Jackson | England | 27 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Grace Johnson | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
Emma Lamb | England | 16 December 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Daisy Mullan | England | 29 November 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Also in North Representative XI squad |
Emily Sutton | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Also in North Representative XI squad |
Sophia Turner | England | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Also in North Representative XI squad |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Alice Clarke | England | 4 August 2001 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
Seren Smale | Wales | Unknown | Right-handed | – | Dual-registration with Cumbria; Also in NRXI squad |
Eleanor Threlkeld | England | 16 November 1998 | Right-handed | – | |
Bowlers | |||||
Summer Carrington | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Also in North Representative XI squad |
Piepa Cleary | Australia | 17 July 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Kate Cross | England | 3 October 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Alice Dyson | England | 28 December 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Sophie Ecclestone | England | 6 May 1999 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Alex Hartley | England | 26 September 1993 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Club captain |
Hannah Jones | England | 10 February 1999 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Tilly Kesteven | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
Caitlin McDonald | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Grace Michell | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
Bethan Robinson | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Dual-registration with Cumbria |
Amelia Sammons | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Also in North Representative XI squad |
Olivia Thomas | England | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break |
Notable players[]
Players who have played for Lancashire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[21]
- Joy Liebert (1934)
- Betty Snowball (1934)
- June Bragger (1963)
- Avril Starling (1982)
- Carole Hodges (1982)
- Laura Newton (1997)
- Sune van Zyl (1999)
- Arran Brindle (1999)
- Leanne Davis (2000)
- Nelly Williams (2003)
- Lonell de Beer (2005)
- Amy Satterthwaite (2007)
- Kate Cross (2013)
- Alex Hartley (2016)
- Sophie Ecclestone (2016)
- Jasmine Titmuss (2019)
- Emma Lamb (2021)
Seasons[]
Women's County Championship[]
Season | Division | League standings[22] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
1998 | Division 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 72 | 3rd | |
1999 | Division 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 104 | 1st | Promoted |
2000 | Division 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 | 73.5 | 2nd | |
2001 | Division 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 72 | 2nd | |
2002 | Division 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22.5 | 80.5 | 2nd | |
2003 | Division 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 93 | 1st | Promoted |
2004 | Division 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 58 | 4th | |
2005 | Division 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 75 | 3rd | |
2006 | Division 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 40 | 3rd | |
2007 | Division 1 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 26 | 4th | Relegated |
2008 | Division 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 3rd | |
2009 | Division 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 42 | 6th | Relegated |
2010 | Division 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 113 | 3rd | |
2011 | Division 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 78 | 5th | Promoted |
2012 | Division 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 84 | 4th | |
2013 | Division 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 138 | 1st | Lost Division 2 final |
2014 | Division 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 109 | 1st | Promoted |
2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 9th | Relegated |
2016 | Division 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 75 | 1st | Promoted |
2017 | Division 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 99 | 1st | Champions |
2018 | Division 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 71 | 4th | |
2019 | Division 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 82 | 4th |
Women's Twenty20 Cup[]
Season | Division | League standings[23] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
2009 | Division 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −0.45 | 3 | 2nd | |
2010 | Division M&N 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | −0.69 | 1 | 3rd | |
2011 | Division M&N 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.16 | 2 | 3rd | |
2012 | Division M&N 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −0.22 | 2 | 2nd | Lost promotion play-off |
2013 | Division M&N 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4.85 | 1 | 2nd | |
2014 | Division 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.32 | 8 | 4th | |
2015 | Division 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.28 | 32 | 1st | Promoted |
2016 | Division 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.64 | 12 | 5th | |
2017 | Division 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.48 | 28 | 1st | Champions |
2018 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.16 | 16 | 6th | |
2019 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +0.77 | 19 | 2nd | |
2021 | North | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +5.07 | 20 | 1st | Regional winners |
Honours[]
See also[]
References[]
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- Cricket in Lancashire
- Women's cricket teams in England