Personnel | |
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Captain | Ashleigh Muttitt |
Coach | Paul Bew |
Team information | |
Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1936 |
Home ground | VariousIncluding Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead |
History | |
WCC wins | 0 |
T20 Cup wins | 1 |
Official website | Official Website |
The Berkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Berkshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead and Falkland CC, Newbury, and are captained by Ashleigh Muttitt. [1] [2] They competed in Division One of the Women's County Championship until 2017, when they were relegated, and they won the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2010. [3] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers. [4]
Berkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Buckinghamshire Women, which they lost by 66 runs. [5] When the Women's County Championship began in 1997, Thames Valley Women, which included Berkshire, competed, having also previously played in various regional competitions. [6]
Berkshire joined the Women's County Championship in 2000, replacing Thames Valley, and finished 4th in Division 1 in their first season. After being relegated in 2003, they did not return to Division 1 until 2008, after which they became a consistently mid-table side. [7] This period saw much greater success in the Women's Twenty20 Cup for Berkshire, reaching the final three times in a row between 2010 and 2012, including winning the competition in 2010, beating Yorkshire by 46 runs. [8] In 2017, Berkshire were relegated from Division 1 and have remained in Division 2 since, whilst also suffering two consecutive relegations in the T20 Cup. [9] In 2021, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with 4 losses and 4 abandoned matches. [10] In 2022 and 2023, they finished third in their group of the Twenty20 Cup. [11] [12] They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing third out of six teams in the inaugural edition. [13] In 2024, the side finished 5th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 3rd in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [14] [15]
Based on appearances in the 2023 season. [16] ‡ denotes players with international caps.
Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | |||||
Abigail Avery | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Lauren Avery | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Izzy Storrar | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
All-rounders | |||||
Heather Knight ‡ | England | 26 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Ava Lee | England | 26 August 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Alice Macleod | England | 14 May 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Ashleigh Muttitt | England | 21 February 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Club captain |
Shristi Patil | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Amanda Potgieter | South Africa | 4 April 1978 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Holly Rider | England | 5 May 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Poppy Tulloch | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Ariana Dowse | England | 8 February 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
Olivia Gain | New Zealand | 2 January 2002 | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
Mia Rogers | England | 29 January 2002 | Right-handed | — | |
Bowlers | |||||
Laura Bailey | England | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Dual-registration with Surrey |
Lauren Bell ‡ | England | 21 January 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Mary Briscoe | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Molly Bulteel | England | 6 August 2007 | Unknown | Right-arm medium | |
Shayna Chikhlia | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Francesca Clarke | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Kali-Ann Docherty | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Freya Johnson | England | 25 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Hollie Summerfield | England | Unknown | Unknown | Right-arm off break |
Players who have played for Berkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [17]
Season | Division | League standings [18] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
2000 | Division 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 52 | 4th | |
2001 | Division 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 75 | 2nd | |
2002 | Division 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.5 | 70.5 | 2nd | |
2003 | Division 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 32 | 6th | Relegated |
2004 | Division 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.5 | 88.5 | 2nd | |
2005 | Division 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 77 | 3rd | |
2006 | Division 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 63 | 3rd | |
2007 | Division 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 112 | 1st | Promoted |
2008 | Division 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 4th | |
2009 | Division 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 70 | 5th | |
2010 | Division 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 109 | 3rd | |
2011 | Division 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 35 | 55 | 5th | |
2012 | Division 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 27 | 5th | |
2013 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 84 | 5th | |
2014 | Division 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 96 | 3rd | |
2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 80 | 4th | |
2016 | Division 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 77 | 5th | |
2017 | Division 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 | 8th | Relegated |
2018 | Division 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 57 | 5th | |
2019 | Division 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 43 | 98 | 2nd |
Season | Division | League standings [19] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
2009 | Division 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –0.40 | 2 | 3rd | |
2010 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.30 | 6 | 1st | Champions |
2011 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.16 | 6 | 1st | Runners-up |
2012 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.56 | 6 | 1st | Runners-up |
2013 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.22 | 8 | 2nd | Won group final; lost semi-final |
2014 | Division 1A | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –0.53 | 0 | 7th | |
2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –0.34 | 12 | 7th | |
2016 | Division 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –0.06 | 12 | 4th | |
2017 | Division 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | –2.94 | 6 | 9th | Relegated |
2018 | Division 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | –0.74 | 8 | 7th | Relegated |
2019 | Division 3A | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.47 | 8 | 1st | |
2021 | West Midlands | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | –2.75 | 4 | 6th | |
2022 | Group 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –0.28 | 12 | 3rd | |
2023 | Group 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | –1.53 | 8 | 3rd | |
2024 | Group 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | –0.32 | 61 | 5th |
Season | Group | League standings [20] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
2024 | Group 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3rd |
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