Northamptonshire Women cricket team

The Northamptonshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Northamptonshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon and Northampton Road, Brixworth.[1] They are captained by Patricia Hankins.[2] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

Northamptonshire Women
Personnel
CaptainPatricia Hankins
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 2001
Home groundVarious
including Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteNorthants WCCC

History

Northamptonshire Women joined the national women's cricket structure in 2001, playing in the Emerging Counties competition: prior to this, they had only played one-off games, combined with other county sides.[5] They were promoted from the Emerging Counties league in 2002, and after this moved between Division Three of the Women's County Championship, and the County Challenge Cup, the tier below the Championship.[6] In 2008, Northamptonshire were promoted from Division 5 Midlands, after which they were a consistent Division 4 and Division 3 side.[7] In 2009, they also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season, and consistently competed in the lower tiers of the competition.[8]

2017 was Northamptonshire's most successful year, seeing them promoted in both the Championship and the T20 Cup, from Division 3 to Division 2.[9][10] They lost only one game all season across both competitions, and were promoted in the Championship by beating Durham in a play-off by 5 wickets.[11] Northamptonshire batter Alicia Presland was the 7th highest run-scorer across the Twenty20 Cup, with 224 runs.[12]

Northamptonshire were relegated in both competitions the following season, 2018, however.[13] In 2019, they bounced back, again topping their division in both competitions.[14][15] However, due to a restructure of women's cricket, there was no promotion in 2019, with the County Championship being discontinued and the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup being regionalised.[16] In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with one victory.[17] In 2022, they finished top of Group 5 of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost in the final to Leicestershire.[18] They also joined the East of England Women's County Championship in 2022, finishing fourth out of seven in their first season.[19] They won their regional group of the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, defeating Hertfordshire in the final, and finished fourth in the East of England Women's County Championship that same season.[20][21]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[22]

Name Nationality 2023 Appearances Notes
WT20 EoE
Patricia Hankins England80Club captain
Bethany Ascott England65
Honor Austin England34
Charlotte Aylmore England03
Farida Bibi England03
Louise Billington England05Wicket-keeper
Hayley Brown England83
Abigail Butcher England04
Caitlyn Connelly England01
Katie Fidler England03
Jo Gardner England80
Jodi Grewcock England70
Josie Groves England61
Holly Hammond-Lewis England04
Molly Harte England01
Ella Harvey England01
Anje Lague South Africa84
Florence Miller England80
Elena Newbould England01
Natalie Parsons England02
Rachael Potter England81
Alicia Presland England80
Amelia Ridgway England01
Poppy Smart England42
Bethan Solomon England74
Beth Talbot England02
Erica Turner England35Wicket-keeper

Notable players

Players who have played for Northamptonshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[23]

Seasons

Women's County Championship
Season Division League standings[24] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Emerging Counties 2––––––Unknown
2002 Emerging Counties 2200017.541.51st Promoted
2003 Division 3 5140021.533.56th
2004 County Challenge Cup G2 3200118531st
2005 County Challenge Cup G3 3200116.551.51st Promoted
2006 Division 3 605018124th Relegated
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A 603035354th Relegated
2008 Division 5M 330000601st Promoted
2009 Division 4 104600251054th
2010 Division 4 9540047973rd
2011 Division 4 10450150904th
2012 Division 3 8130418287th
2013 Division 3 86200541142nd
2014 Division 3 8420240803rd
2015 Division 3 8340127577th
2016 Division 3 8320327574th
2017 Division 3D 4300120501st Promoted
2018 Division 2 7070032328th Relegated
2019 Division 3B 5500036861st

Women's Twenty20 Cup
Season Division League standings[25] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 5 32100+1.1341st
2010 Division M&N 3 22000+2.7541st Promoted
2011 Division M&N 2 33000+1.8461st Lost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 2 30300−3.0604th
2014 Division 3B 42200−0.8885th
2015 Division 3 83500−1.02125th
2016 Division 3 84400−0.80164th
2017 Division 3C 87100+2.00281st Promoted
2018 Division 2 81700−1.9048th Relegated
2019 Division 3B 88000+2.20321st
2021 East Midlands 81502–1.9266th
2022 Group 5 66000+2.28241st Lost final
2023 Group 7 64200+1.21161st Group winners

Honours

See also

References
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