Essex Women cricket team

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Essex Women
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Personnel
Captain Kelly Castle
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1949
Home groundVarious
History
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Official website Essex Women

The Essex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Essex. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay and Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea. [1] They are captained by Kelly Castle. [2] In 2019, they played in Division Two of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since played in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. [3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers. [4]

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History

1949–2000: Early history

Essex Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Buckinghamshire Women. Over the following years, Essex went on to play various one-off matches, most often against local Second XI teams. [5]

2000– : Women's County Championship

Essex joined the Women's County Championship in 2001, competing in Division Three, in which they came third, with two victories. [6] They played in the bottom tier of the Championship until 2008, when they were promoted to Division Two. [7] In Division Two, Essex performed strongly, finishing third and second in their first two seasons before being promoted in 2011. [8] In a rain-hit 2012 season, Essex then finished second in Division One, behind Kent. [9] After this, however, Essex fell away, being relegated from Division One in 2014, and then again from Division Two in 2016. [10] [11] They managed to bounce straight back, winning Division 3C in 2017, and playing in Division Two ever since. [12] Meanwhile, in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Essex have been a volatile side: when the tournament was regionalised in its early years, Essex bounced between Divisions One and Two of the South section. [13] Since, they briefly fell into Division 3 in 2018, but apart from this have played in Division 2, achieving their best finish of 3rd in 2015.

The side began competing in the Women's London Championship in 2020. [14] In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom. [15] They topped their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to Suffolk in the group final. [16] Essex finished third in their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but won the Women's London Championship, winning all four of their matches. [17] [18] In 2024, the side finished 4th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 4th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [19] [20]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. [21] denotes players with international caps.

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Catherine Dalton  Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland 24 October 1992 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Francesca HughesFlag of England.svg  England 11 December 1999 (age 25)UnknownUnknown
Bella JohnsonFlag of England.svg  England 28 November 2000 (age 24)UnknownUnknown
All-rounders
Tilly CallaghanFlag of England.svg  England 5 May 1998 (age 26)UnknownUnknown
Kelly Castle Flag of England.svg  England 4 September 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm medium Club captain
Sally ChapmanFlag of England.svg  England 30 November 2004 (age 20)Left-handedUnknown
Emily DackFlag of England.svg  England 25 May 1995 (age 29)UnknownUnknown
Beth DoddFlag of England.svg  England 2 February 2002 (age 22)UnknownUnknown
Bella HowarthFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Emma Jones Flag of England.svg  England 8 August 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Katherine Speed Flag of England.svg  England 5 October 2001 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Jessica BirdFlag of England.svg  England 21 November 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Yasmin Daswani  Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 21 September 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium Dual-registration with Huntingdonshire
Scarlett Hughes Flag of England.svg  England 18 June 2002 (age 22)Left-handed
Jessica Olorenshaw Flag of England.svg  England 27 January 2005 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium Dual-registration with Cambridgeshire
Millie RawlinsFlag of England.svg  England 31 August 2008 (age 16)Right-handed
Bowlers
Prisha BediFlag of England.svg  England 20 August 2000 (age 24)UnknownRight-arm leg break
Holly Dring-RichardsonFlag of England.svg  England 20 August 2003 (age 21)UnknownUnknown
Esmae MacGregor Flag of England.svg  England 31 July 2004 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sophia MitchellFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Afra Rose MohamedFlag of England.svg  England 2 October 2008 (age 16)UnknownUnknown
Grace PooleFlag of England.svg  England 26 August 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Jessica PughFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown
Mady Villiers  Flag of England.svg  England 26 August 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sophie WillsonFlag of England.svg  England UnknownUnknownUnknown

Notable players

Players who have played for Essex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [22]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [23] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2001 Division 34220031.555.53rd
2002 Division 35120221.555.54th
2003 Division 35031125425th
2004 County Challenge Cup G22110014.5263rd
2005 County Challenge Cup G23120025.537.53rd
2006 County Challenge Cup G2321004441stLost promotion playoff
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A631024992nd
2008 Division 46600001201stPromoted
2009 Division 2104600331033rd
2010 Division 2108200631432nd
2011 Division 2107201611311stPromoted
2012 Division 18200616362nd
2013 Division 18250132528th
2014 Division 18150220309thRelegated
2015 Division 28340139695th
2016 Division 27070032328thRelegated
2017 Division 3C5500037871stPromoted
2018 Division 27330125556th
2019 Division 27520044943rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [24] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 332001+0.6151st
2010 Division S&W 132100−0.7542nd
2011 Division S130300−1.3804thRelegated
2012 Division S233000+6.1761stPromoted
2013 Division S130300−2.7004th
2014 Division 1B40400−3.4409thRelegated
2015 Division 285300+0.31203rd
2016 Division 273301+0.55135th
2017 Division 281601−0.7959thRelegated
2018 Division 3C87100+3.23281stPromoted
2019 Division 284202−0.07185th
2021 South East80602−1.5426th
2022 Group 466000+3.92241stLost final
2023 Group 762103+0.54113rd
2024 Group 383401+0.27634th

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [25] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 441201164th

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