Derbyshire Women cricket team

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Derbyshire Women
Derbyshire Women cricket team logo.jpg
Personnel
CaptainMegan Pittman
CoachRichard Wood
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1997
Home groundVarious
Including Dovecliff Road, Rolleston on Dove
History
WCC  wins0
T20 Cup  wins1
Official website Derbyshire Cricket

The Derbyshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Derbyshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Megan Pittman. [1] [2] In 2019, they competed in Division 3 of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, which they won in 2024. [3] They are partnered with the regional side The Blaze. [4]

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History

Women's County Championship

Derbyshire Women joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, in which they won Division 3 and were promoted. [5] They played in Division 2 for two seasons, before being relegated in 1999; however, they bounced straight back and were promoted the following season, winning five out of five games. [6] After being relegated again in 2002, Derbyshire ended up in the County Challenge Cup in 2004, the competition a tier below the County Championship. Derbyshire performed well here, just missing out on promotion in 2005 and 2006 before finally achieving it in 2007. [7] Over the next 10 years, Derbyshire remained in the lowest division of the County Championship, before being promoted in 2016 to Division Two, finishing just three points ahead of Durham. [8] They were relegated two seasons later, in 2018, before finishing 2nd in Division 3A in the final season of the Championship, 2019. [9]

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Derbyshire also played in the inaugural season of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, 2009, finishing bottom of Division 3. [10] Similarly to their Championship performance, Derbyshire consistently bounced between the divisions, for example being promoted in 2014, 2016 and 2018 and being relegated in 2015 and 2017. [11] In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and finished 4th with 2 victories. [12] In 2022, they finished 3rd in Group 1 of the Twenty20 Cup. [13] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the side reached the group semi-final, where they lost to Scotland. [14] In 2024, the side won the Twenty20 Cup, topping their group before winning all three matches at the National Finals. [15]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. [16] denotes players with international caps.

NameNationalityAppsNotes
Megan PittmanFlag of England.svg  England 1 Club captain; wicket-keeper
Natasha AllenFlag of England.svg  England 1
Maria AndrewsFlag of England.svg  England 1
Kathryn Bryce  Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1
Zara CraigFlag of England.svg  England 1
Adrianna DarlowFlag of England.svg  England 1
Sarah Glenn  Flag of England.svg  England 0
Bethany Harmer Flag of England.svg  England 0
Sophie MihilFlag of England.svg  England 1
Lara ShawFlag of England.svg  England 1
Jessica SmithurstFlag of England.svg  England 1
Georgi Sutton-WalkerFlag of England.svg  England 1
Emma ThatcherFlag of England.svg  England 1
Katie Wolfe Flag of England.svg  England 0

Notable players

Players who have played for Derbyshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [17]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [18] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
1997 Division 33300021.557.51stPromoted
1998 Division 25140032.544.55th
1999 Division 25050024246thRelegated
2000 Division 355000401001stPromoted
2001 Division 25230031.555.54th
2002 Division 25030218406thRelegated
2003 Division 35311038.580.52nd
2004 County Challenge Cup G12110014263rd
2005 County Challenge Cup G13300018641stLost promotion playoff
2006 County Challenge Cup G1330000601stLost promotion playoff
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A6300301051stPromoted
2008 Division 36140112384th
2009 Division 310180122476thRelegated
2010 Division 496300541142nd
2011 Division 410350250795th
2012 Division 38120520305th
2013 Division 38350040706th
2014 Division 38431053984th
2015 Division 38430141813rd
2016 Division 386002451051stPromoted
2017 Division 27340041716th
2018 Division 27250034547thRelegated
2019 Division 3A6510032902nd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [19] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 330201−1.2314th
2011 Division M&N 431200+0.4823rd
2012 Division M&N 432100+0.8342ndLost promotion play-off
2013 Division M&N 433000+1.6961st
2014 Division 3C43100+0.56121stPromoted
2015 Division 281601−1.3859thRelegated
2016 Division 387100+0.89282ndPromoted
2017 Division 283500−0.83127thRelegated
2018 Division 3B87100+1.62281stPromoted
2019 Division 280602−1.4229th
2021 East Midlands82303+0.07114th
2022 Group 163300+0.10123rd
2023 Group 160006+0.0063rd
2024 Group 176100+2.401051stChampions

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [20] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 1431001133rd

Honours

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