Lancashire Women cricket team

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Lancashire Women
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Personnel
Captain Eleanor Threlkeld
CoachChris Chambers
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1933
Home groundVarious
Including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes
History
WCC  wins1
T20 Cup  wins1
Official website Lancashire Cricket

The Lancashire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Lancashire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes. They are coached by Chris Chambers and captained by Eleanor Threlkeld. [1] [2] They won both the County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup in 2017. [3] Lancashire have links with Cumbria, with some players playing for both sides, as well as some of their players making up a North Representative XI in 2021 and 2022. [4] They are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder. [5]

Contents

History

1930–1997: Early History

Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs. [6] Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as Yorkshire and Cheshire. [7] They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with Cheshire, Lancashire and Cheshire Women. [8]

1998– : Women's County Championship

1998 was the first season in which Lancashire competed in the County Championship on their own, and they finished 3rd in Division 3, before being promoted the following season. [9] [10] Over the following seasons, Lancashire bounced between the divisions, having a four-year stint in Division One, from 2004 to 2007, but also reaching as low as Division Three in 2010 and 2011. [11] They topped Division Two in 2013 and 2014: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to Somerset, but managed to gain promotion in 2014. [12] They were relegated in 2015, but bounced straight back up to Division One in 2016. [13] [14]

Lancashire then went on to have an exceptional 2017 season, in which they won both the County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the Championship, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games. [15] Lancashire bowler Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while Amy Satterthwaite and Evelyn Jones were the 3rd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively. [16] Meanwhile in the T20 Cup, Lancashire won 7 from 8 games to claim the title, with batter Emma Lamb ending the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the division. [17] In the following years, Lancashire retained their place in Division One of the Championship without seriously challenging for the title, whilst managing a second-place finish in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, one point behind Champions Warwickshire. [18] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain. [19] Batter Emma Lamb was the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 233 runs including one century. [20] They again won their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Yorkshire in the final. [21] Batter Georgie Boyce was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 306 runs, whilst bowlers Alex Hartley and Phoebe Graham were joint-second leading wicket-takers, with 13 wickets. [22] They won their Women's Twenty20 Cup group for the third consecutive season in 2023, defeating Scotland in the final. [23] In 2024, the side finished 2nd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and won their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [24] [25]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. denotes players with international caps. [26]

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
Danielle Collins Flag of England.svg  England 7 July 2000 (age 24)Left-handedRight-arm medium
Eliza CottamFlag of England.svg  England 29 January 2005 (age 19)UnknownUnknown
Rebecca Duckworth Flag of England.svg  England 30 October 2000 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Laura Marshall Flag of England.svg  England 1 November 1993 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Shachi Pai Flag of England.svg  England 10 October 1998 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
Natalie Brown Flag of England.svg  England 16 October 1990 (age 34)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Liberty Heap Flag of England.svg  England 16 September 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Laura Jackson Flag of England.svg  England 27 December 1997 (age 26)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Grace Johnson Flag of England.svg  England 21 December 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Emma Lamb  Flag of England.svg  England 16 December 1997 (age 27)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Fi Morris Flag of England.svg  England 31 January 1994 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm off break
Daisy Mullan Flag of England.svg  England 29 November 2002 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium Dual-registration with Cumbria
Sophia Turner Flag of England.svg  England 23 April 2003 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Alice Clarke Flag of England.svg  England 4 August 2001 (age 23)Left-handedRight-arm medium
Seren Smale  Flag of England.svg  England 13 December 2004 (age 20)Right-handed
Hannah SnapeFlag of England.svg  England 20 May 2005 (age 19)Right-handedDual-registration with Cumbria
Eleanor Threlkeld Flag of England.svg  England 16 November 1998 (age 26)Right-handed Club captain
Bowlers
Summer CarringtonFlag of England.svg  England 8 June 2006 (age 18)UnknownRight-arm medium
Olivia CunliffeFlag of England.svg  England 4 June 2007 (age 17)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Kate Cross  Flag of England.svg  England 3 October 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Alice Dyson Flag of England.svg  England 28 December 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sophie Ecclestone  Flag of England.svg  England 6 May 1999 (age 25)Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Phoebe Graham Flag of England.svg  England 23 October 1991 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Hannah Jones Flag of England.svg  England 10 February 1999 (age 25)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Sophie Morris Flag of England.svg  England 2 January 2004 (age 20)Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Amelia SammonsFlag of England.svg  England 2 March 2007 (age 17)Right-handedRight-arm medium
Olivia Thomas Flag of England.svg  England 3 May 2004 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm leg break

Notable players

Players who have played for Lancashire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [27]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [28] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
1998 Division 35320036723rd
1999 Division 355000441041stPromoted
2000 Division 25320037.573.52nd
2001 Division 25320036722nd
2002 Division 25300222.580.52nd
2003 Division 25400134931stPromoted
2004 Division 15230034584th
2005 Division 16230140753rd
2006 Division 16150020403rd
2007 Division 16050116264thRelegated
2008 Division 2633003633rd
2009 Division 210190022426thRelegated
2010 Division 3106301531133rd
2011 Division 39351043785thPromoted
2012 Division 28430144844th
2013 Division 288000581381stLost Division 2 final
2014 Division 286101291091stPromoted
2015 Division 18080023239thRelegated
2016 Division 27410235751stPromoted
2017 Division 17520049991stChampions
2018 Division 17340041714th
2019 Division 17430042824th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [29] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 231101−0.4532nd
2010 Division M&N 230201−0.6913rd
2011 Division M&N 231200−1.1623rd
2012 Division M&N 231101−0.2222ndLost promotion play-off
2013 Division M&N 220101−4.8512nd
2014 Division 2B42200+0.3284th
2015 Division 288000+2.28321stPromoted
2016 Division 173400−0.64125th
2017 Division 187100+1.48281stChampions
2018 Division 184400−0.16166th
2019 Division 184103+0.77192nd
2021 North84004+5.07201stGroup winners
2022 Group 166000+3.12241stGroup winners
2023 Group 161104+2.5082ndGroup winners
2024 Group 176100+1.19882nd

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [30] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 1430012151stGroup winners

Honours

See also

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