Hertfordshire Women cricket team

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Hertfordshire Women
Hertfordshire Women cricket team logo.jpg
Nickname(s)Moosettes
Personnel
CaptainKezia Hassall
CoachLuke Heskett
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1935
Home groundVarious
History
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Official website Hertfordshire Cricket

The Hertfordshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Hertfordshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Knebworth Park, Knebworth and London Road, Tring. [1] They are captained by Kezia Hassall. [2] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 won the East Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.

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History

1935–2000: Early History

Hertfordshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women. [3] They went on to play various other matches throughout the 1940s and 1950s, including a match against a touring Australia side in 1951. [4] In 1980, East Anglia Women, which included players from Hertfordshire, joined the Women's Area Championship. [5]

2001–2024: Women's County Championship

Hertfordshire Women joined the Women's County Championship in 2001, replacing East Anglia Women, finishing 5th in Division Two in their first season. [6] After being relegated in 2003, they played in the County Challenge Cup, the tier below the County Championship, for the next four seasons. [7] Returning to the Championship proper in 2008, Hertfordshire have since played in the lower divisions of the structure, achieving their best performance in 2016, when they won Division Four North & East. [8]

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, which they joined for its inaugural season in 2009, Hertfordshire have fared similarly, playing mostly in Division 3. [9] In 2012, they had a chance at promotion from South Division 2, but lost to Essex in the Division final, [10] whilst they finished 2nd in Division 3C in 2017, with six wins from eight games. [11] In 2020, after the county season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hertfordshire competed in the East of England Championship, and won the 45-over competition. [12] In 2021, they won the East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten with 5 victories and 3 matches abandoned due to rain. [13] They also again competed in the East of England Championship, finishing second in the 45-over competition to Buckinghamshire. [14] They finished second in their group of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and again finished second in the East of England Championship. [15] [16] They again finished second in both competitions in 2023. [17] [18] In 2024, the side qualified from their group in the Twenty20 Cup before finishing second overall at the National Finals, and finished 2nd in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [19] [20]

2025– Women's Professional restructure

From 2025 Hertfordshire will be part of Tier 3 in the new Women's Professional Structure . Hertfordshire have been placed in Division 1 of the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women's league Three and Division 1 South in the Vitality Blast Women's League 3

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. [21]

Squad No.NameNationality2024 AppearancesNotes
2Amelia KempFlag of England.svg  England 16
4Saskia HeardFlag of England.svg  England 3
6Kezia HassallFlag of England.svg  England 20 Club captain
7Millie DyerFlag of England.svg  England 9
8Hayley ArrolFlag of England.svg  England 2
12Charlotte BanksFlag of England.svg  England 12
14Chloe EayrsFlag of England.svg  England 19
15Charley PhillipsFlag of England.svg  England 16
17 Rebecca Tyson Flag of England.svg  England 21
19Gemma MarriottFlag of England.svg  England 14
21Lucy BellFlag of England.svg  England 14
23Elsa BarnfatherFlag of England.svg  England 16
27Ella PhillipsFlag of England.svg  England 20
28Elizabeth RuxtonFlag of England.svg  England 7
31Eva CullenFlag of England.svg  England 17
50Jenna BothaFlag of England.svg  England 12
64Mabel ReidFlag of England.svg  England 22

Notable players

Players who have played for Hertfordshire 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 25140028405th
2002 Division 25210222683rd
2003 Division 25050019.519.56thRelegated
2004 County Challenge Cup G22110014.526.52nd
2005 County Challenge Cup G23210024.548.51stLost promotion playoff
2006 County Challenge Cup G2321000402nd
2007 County Challenge Cup G3320010601stLost promotion playoff
2008 Division 5 L&E321004442ndPromoted
2009 Division 4107300111513rd
2010 Division 49430235754th
2011 Division 4106301531132nd
2012 Division 38320331614th
2013 Division 38440048885th
2014 Division 38250131517th
2015 Division 38240224448thRelegated
2016 Division 4 N&E5400129691st
2017 Division 3C5140020105th
2018 Division 3C6060016164th
2019 Division 3B5230027474th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [24] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 531200+0.0224th
2010 Division S231200−0.2423rd
2011 Division S231200 [a] 23rd
2012 Division S231101−1.1132ndLost promotion play-off
2013 Division S231200+0.2723rd
2014 Division 3B40400−0.7809thRelegated
2015 Division 4B66000+1.64241stPromoted
2016 Division 382600−1.0588th
2017 Division 3C86200+1.00242nd
2018 Division 3C84400−0.12163rd
2019 Division 3B84400+0.22163rd
2021 East85003+3.52231stGroup winners
2022 Group 764200+1.57162nd
2023 Group 763102–0.06142ndLost final
2024 Group 385102+1.68912nd2nd in National Finals Group

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [25] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 2430013162nd

Honours

See also

Notes

  1. NRR unknown due to unrecorded matches

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