Nottinghamshire Women cricket team explained

Nottinghamshire Women
Coach:Martyn Kiel
Captain:Teresa Graves
Founded:UnknownFirst recorded match: 1934
Ground:John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth, Warsop
Title1:WCC
Title1wins:0
Title2:T20 Cup
Title2wins:1
Website:Nottinghamshire Recreational Cricket

The Nottinghamshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Nottinghamshire. They play their home games at John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth and are captained by Teresa Graves.[1] In 2019, they played in Division One of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 won the East Midlands Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[2] They are partnered with the East Midlands regional side The Blaze.[3]

History

1934–1999: Early History

Nottinghamshire Women's first recorded match took place in 1934, which they lost to the Women's Cricket Association.[4] They went on to play various one-off games against nearby teams, such as Warwickshire and Lincolnshire.[5] East Midlands Women, which included players from Nottinghamshire, joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and was a founding member of the Women's County Championship.[6] East Midlands won Division One of the Championship in 1999.[7]

2000– : Women's County Championship

Nottinghamshire replaced East Midlands in Division One of the County Championship for the 2000 season, finishing second with four out of five wins.[8] Nottinghamshire remained in Division One for a further four seasons, finishing second again in 2003, but were relegated in 2004.[9] After two seasons in Division 2, Nottinghamshire returned to Division One and remained a consistently mid-table side.[10]

In 2009, Nottinghamshire played in the 2009 RSA T20 Cup, a tri-series in Ireland with Pakistan and Ireland. They finished bottom of the table, but managed one win against Ireland.[11] In 2010, they joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup, placing 2nd in their regional division in their first season.[12] They reached the semi-finals in 2013, but lost to eventual winners Kent.[13] In 2014, however, Nottinghamshire were crowned the Champions of the tournament, first qualifying for Round 2 unbeaten, then finishing above Middlesex and Kent in the final group on Net Run Rate.[14] [15]

Since then, Nottinghamshire have had a brief stint in Division Two in both competitions, in 2016 in the Championship and 2017 in the T20 Cup. In both instances, they gained promotion at their first attempt.[16] [17] In 2019, they finished 6th in the Championship and 9th in the T20 Cup.[18] [19] In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, going unbeaten with 5 wins and 3 matches abandoned due to rain.[20] In 2022, they finished fourth in Group 1 of the Twenty20 Cup.[21] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the side reached the group semi-final, where they lost to Lancashire.[22]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[23]

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Diya Badge 28 August 2000 Unknown Unknown
Hannah Hughes 20 September 1996 Unknown Unknown
Eleanor Owen 31 December 2004 Unknown Unknown
All-rounders
10 October 1998 Right-handed Club captain
10 October 1998 Right-handed
17 October 1997 Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
30 June 1999 Right-handed
Maddie Ward 19 January 2005 Right-handed
Annie Williams Age 15 Right-handed
Bowlers
Olivia Baker Age 17 Unknown Unknown
Evee-Mae Hicklin Age 16 Unknown Unknown
Amelia Kite 15 August 2001 Right-handed
Rhiannon Knowling-Davies 3 September 2000 Right-handed
31 August 2001 Right-handed
Rebecca Widdowson 23 January 1993 Right-handed

Notable players

Players who have played for Nottinghamshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[24]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings[25] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2000Division 15 4 1 0 0 35.5 83.5 2nd
2001Division 15 3 2 0 0 33 69 4th
2002Division 15 1 2 0 2 20 54 4th
2003Division 15 4 1 0 0 38 86 2nd
2004Division 15 1 4 0 0 34.5 46.5 5thRelegated
2005Division 26 3 2 0 1 37.5 84.5 2nd
2006Division 26 4 1 0 1 4 88 1stPromoted
2007Division 16 1 4 0 1 12 47 3rd
2008Division 16 2 4 0 0 13 53 3rd
2009Division 110 6 4 0 0 17 137 3rd
2010Division 110 2 8 0 0 42 62 5th
2011Division 110 0 9 0 1 34 34 6th
2012Division 18 1 2 0 5 15 25 6th
2013Division 18 4 4 0 0 48 88 4th
2014Division 18 4 3 0 1 46 86 4th
2015Division 18 3 4 0 1 38 68 8thRelegated
2016Division 27 5 1 0 1 38 88 2ndPromoted
2017Division 17 4 3 0 0 48 88 4th
2018Division 17 2 4 1 0 38 63 6th
2019Division 17 3 4 0 0 45 75 6th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings[26] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2010Division M&N 13 2 1 0 0 +0.69 4 2nd
2011Division M&N 13 0 3 0 0 −2.09 0 4th
2012Division M&N 13 2 1 0 0 +0.70 4 2nd
2013Division M&N 13 3 0 0 0 +2.57 6 1stLost semi-final
2014Division 1C4 4 0 0 0 +0.92 16 1stChampions
2015Division 18 3 5 0 0 +0.45 12 6th
2016Division 17 2 4 0 1 −0.81 9 8thRelegated
2017Division 28 7 0 0 1 +1.44 29 1stPromoted
2018Division 18 4 4 0 0 +0.09 16 5th
2019Division 18 1 5 0 2 −0.78 6 9th
2021East Midlands8 5 0 0 3 +1.66 23 1stGroup winners
2022Group 16 3 3 0 0 −0.02 12 4th
2023Group 16 0 0 0 6 +0.00 6 4th

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nottinghamshire Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  2. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  3. Web site: Loughborough Selected as Host for Women's Cricket . 18 June 2020 . Loughborough University. 8 January 2021.
  4. Web site: Nottinghamshire Women v Women's Cricket Association, 16 June 1934 . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Nottinghamshire Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  6. Web site: East Midlands Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Women's County Championship 1999 Table . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  8. Web site: Women's County Championship 2000 Table . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Women's County Championship 2004 Table . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  10. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  11. Web site: RSA T20 Cup 2009 . 1 July 2021 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  12. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division M&N 1 - 2010 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  13. Web site: Kent Women v Nottinghamshire Women, 7 September 2013 . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  14. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 1C - 2014 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  15. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup round 2 Division 1A - 2014 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  16. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2016 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  17. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 2 - 2017 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  18. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2019 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  19. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 1 - 2019 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  20. Web site: Women's County T20 East Midlands Group - 2021 . ECB Women's County Championship . 19 May 2021.
  21. Web site: Women's County T20 Group 1 - 2022 . Play-Cricket . 9 May 2022.
  22. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 1 - 2023 . Play-Cricket . 1 November 2023.
  23. Web site: Batting and Fielding for Nottinghamshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023 . CricketArchive . 2 June 2023.
  24. Web site: Nottinghamshire Women Players. CricketArchive. 5 March 2021.
  25. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2020.
  26. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2020.