Oxfordshire Women cricket team explained

Oxfordshire Women
Coach:Emma Boswell and Shaz Khan
Captain:Abi Currie
Founded:UnknownFirst recorded match: 1948
Ground:Akeman Street, Chesterton
Title1:WCC
Title1wins:0
Title2:T20 Cup
Title2wins:0
Website:Oxfordshire Cricket

The Oxfordshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Oxfordshire. They play their home games at Akeman Street, Chesterton and are captained by Abi Currie.[1] 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.[2] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.[3]

History

Oxfordshire Women played their first recorded match in 1948, against Buckinghamshire Women.[4] They went on to play various one-off matches, often as a combined team with Berkshire, including games against touring Netherlands and Australia sides.[5]

Oxfordshire joined the national county structure in 2007, competing in the County Challenge Cup, finishing bottom of their group in their first season.[6] In the first season of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, in 2009, Oxfordshire won Division Eight with three wins from three games.[7] They went on to become a regular Division Three side, and finished second in their group in every season between 2017 and 2019.[8] In 2021, they competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and finished 5th with 2 victories.[9] They finished second in their group of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[10] Oxfordshire bowler Chloe Westbury was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in the competition, with 13 wickets.[11]

Oxfordshire gained promotion from Division Four of the Championship in 2012, and played in Division Three since then.[12] Their most successful seasons came in the final years of the competition: finishing second in 2017 before topping Division 3C in both 2018 and 2019.[13] In 2018, they lost a promotion play-off against Durham by 85 runs,[14] whereas in 2019 there was no promotion as it was the final season of the County Championship.[15]

In 2022, Oxfordshire joined the South Central Counties Cup, finishing second out of six teams in the inaugural edition.[16]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. denotes players with international caps.[17]

NameNationality2023 AppearancesNotes
Abi Currie 6 4 Club captain
wicket-keeper
Emilia Bartram  5 4
Eleanor Bath 4 0
Aimee Diab 5 4
Sophia Hanson 1 0
Georgia Haworth 0 3
Eleanor Ingram 6 4
Laura Jacob 4 1
Lucy Johnson 1 0
Isobel Kirby 5 2
Bethan Lewis 1 0
Honor Murray 1 5
4 3
Genevieve Porter 7 5
Georgia Prestedge 1 3
Numa Shah 4 0
Kitty Spurgeon 0 2
Zoe Soonawalla 1 1
0 5
Katie Waugh 5 5 Wicket-keeper
Chloe Westbury 7 5
Carla Wood 6 4
Rebecca Woodnorth 3 0

Notable players

Players who have played for Oxfordshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[18]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings[19] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2007County Challenge Cup G23 0 2 0 1 4 14 4th
2008Division 5 S&W4 0 4 0 0 5 5 5th
2009Division 5 S&W5 2 3 0 0 8 48 4th
2010Division 5E6 2 4 0 0 27 47 3rd
2011Division 5 S&W8 3 4 0 1 42 72 3rd
2012Division 4 S&W4 3 0 0 1 20 50 1stPromoted
2013Division 38 0 7 0 1 31 31 9th
2014Division 38 2 5 1 0 40 65 6th
2015Division 38 3 2 1 2 34 69 4th
2016Division 38 3 4 0 1 43 73 5th
2017Division 3B4 3 1 0 0 28 58 2nd
2018Division 3C6 5 1 0 0 43 93 1stLost promotion playoff
2019Division 3C5 5 0 0 0 40 90 1st

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings[20] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009Division 83 3 0 0 0 +0.65 6 1st
2010Division M&N 42 0 1 1 0 −2.47 1 3rd
2011Division M&N 43 0 3 0 0 −5.30 0 4th
2012Division M&N 43 2 1 0 0 +0.47 4 3rd
2013Division M&N 43 1 2 0 0 −0.72 2 4th
2014Division 3A4 0 4 0 0 −1.72 0 7th
2015Division 38 2 6 0 0 −1.51 8 7th
2016Division 38 3 4 0 1 −0.14 13 5th
2017Division 3A8 5 1 0 2 +1.29 22 2nd
2018Division 3A8 5 3 0 0 +0.57 20 2nd
2019Division 3A8 6 2 0 0 +0.05 24 2nd
2021South West8 2 2 0 4 –0.10 12 5th
2022Group 56 4 2 0 0 +0.29 16 2nd
2023Group 66 0 6 0 0 –2.13 0 4th

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oxfordshire Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  2. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  3. News: Southern Vipers Preview. the Cricketer. 28 August 2020. 16 October 2020.
  4. Web site: Oxfordshire Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Oxfordshire Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  6. Web site: Women's County Challenge Cup 2007 Tables . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  7. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 8 - 2009 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  8. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  9. Web site: Women's County T20 South West Group - 2021 . ECB Women's County Championship . 17 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Women's County T20 Group 5 - 2022 . Play-Cricket . 9 May 2022.
  11. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship/Statistics/Season 2022 . Play-Cricket . 9 May 2022.
  12. Web site: Women's County Championship 2012 Tables . Cricket Archive . 8 January 2021.
  13. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  14. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship Play-Off - Oxfordshire v Durham, 27 August 2018 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  15. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship Division 3C - 2019 . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  16. Web site: Report: South Central Counties Cup, Round Five . The Ageas Bowl . 12 August 2022 . 17 August 2022.
  17. Web site: Batting and Fielding for Oxfordshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023 . CricketArchive . 2 June 2023.
  18. Web site: Oxfordshire Women Players. CricketArchive. 5 March 2021.
  19. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.
  20. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 8 January 2021.