Northamptonshire Women cricket team

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Northamptonshire Women
Northamptonshire Women cricket team logo.jpg
Personnel
CaptainPatricia Hankins
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 2001
Home groundVarious
including Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon
History
WCC  wins0
T20 Cup  wins0
Official website Northants WCCC

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]

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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]

NameNationality2023 AppearancesNotes
WT20EoE
Patricia HankinsFlag of England.svg  England 80 Club captain
Bethany AscottFlag of England.svg  England 65
Honor AustinFlag of England.svg  England 34
Charlotte AylmoreFlag of England.svg  England 03
Farida BibiFlag of England.svg  England 03
Louise BillingtonFlag of England.svg  England 05 Wicket-keeper
Hayley Brown Flag of England.svg  England 83
Abigail ButcherFlag of England.svg  England 04
Caitlyn ConnellyFlag of England.svg  England 01
Katie FidlerFlag of England.svg  England 03
Jo Gardner Flag of England.svg  England 80
Jodi Grewcock Flag of England.svg  England 70
Josie Groves Flag of England.svg  England 61
Holly Hammond-LewisFlag of England.svg  England 04
Molly HarteFlag of England.svg  England 01
Ella HarveyFlag of England.svg  England 01
Anje LagueFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 84
Florence Miller Flag of England.svg  England 80
Elena NewbouldFlag of England.svg  England 01
Natalie ParsonsFlag of England.svg  England 02
Rachael PotterFlag of England.svg  England 81
Alicia Presland Flag of England.svg  England 80
Amelia RidgwayFlag of England.svg  England 01
Poppy SmartFlag of England.svg  England 42
Bethan SolomonFlag of England.svg  England 74
Beth TalbotFlag of England.svg  England 02
Erica TurnerFlag of England.svg  England 35 Wicket-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

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [24] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2001 Emerging Counties2Unknown
2002 Emerging Counties2200017.541.51stPromoted
2003 Division 35140021.533.56th
2004 County Challenge Cup G23200118531st
2005 County Challenge Cup G33200116.551.51stPromoted
2006 Division 3605018124thRelegated
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A603035354thRelegated
2008 Division 5M330000601stPromoted
2009 Division 4104600251054th
2010 Division 49540047973rd
2011 Division 410450150904th
2012 Division 38130418287th
2013 Division 386200541142nd
2014 Division 38420240803rd
2015 Division 38340127577th
2016 Division 38320327574th
2017 Division 3D4300120501stPromoted
2018 Division 27070032328thRelegated
2019 Division 3B5500036861st

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [25] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 532100+1.1341st
2010 Division M&N 322000+2.7541stPromoted
2011 Division M&N 233000+1.8461stLost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 230300−3.0604th
2014 Division 3B42200−0.8885th
2015 Division 383500−1.02125th
2016 Division 384400−0.80164th
2017 Division 3C87100+2.00281stPromoted
2018 Division 281700−1.9048thRelegated
2019 Division 3B88000+2.20321st
2021 East Midlands81502–1.9266th
2022 Group 566000+2.28241stLost final
2023 Group 764200+1.21161stGroup winners

Honours

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