Leicestershire Women cricket team

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Leicestershire Women
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Personnel
CaptainRebecca Brooker
CoachSteven Franklin
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1948
Home groundVarious
History
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T20 Cup  wins0
Official website Leicestershire Cricket

The Leicestershire Women's cricket team, officially the Leicestershire and Rutland Women's cricket team since 2010, is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. They play their home games at various grounds across the two counties, often in Loughborough, Leicester or Empingham. [1] They are captained by Rebecca Brooker. [2] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. [3] They are partnered with the East Midlands regional side The Blaze. [4]

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History

Leicestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1948, against Buckinghamshire Women. [5] They also played a match against a touring Australia side in 1951, as a combined team with Buckinghamshire. [6] Leicestershire joined the national women's cricket structure in 2004, competing in the County Challenge Cup, the lower tier of the Women's County Championship: they finished bottom of their group in their first season. [7] After this, Leicestershire remained in the lower levels of the Championship. They won their Division 5 group two years in a row, in 2010 and 2011, and after this have mainly played in Division Three. [8] They did gain promotion from Division Three in 2015, coming second, but were relegated the following season. [9]

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Leicestershire have had some successful seasons in the lower divisions of the competition: for example, they went unbeaten in 2015 and 2016. [10] [11] Between 2017 and 2019, they played in Division Three. [12] In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th with 2 victories. [13] In 2022 they finished third in Group 5 of the Twenty20 Cup, before beating Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire on Finals Day to win their group. [14] They also joined the East of England Women's County Championship in 2022, finishing third out of seven in their first season. [15] In 2023, all of their group stage matches were rained-off in the Twenty20 Cup, but they lost in the semi-final on the group Finals Day. [16] They won the East of England Women's County Championship that season, going unbeaten to top the table. [17] In 2024, the side finished 4th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and won their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament, winning all four of their matches. [18] [19]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. [20]

NameNationality2023 AppearancesNotes
WT20EoE
Rebecca BrookerFlag of England.svg  England 14 Club captain
Madi ArthurFlag of England.svg  England 01
Grace Ballinger Flag of England.svg  England 00
Emily BateyFlag of England.svg  England 01
Sophie BennettFlag of England.svg  England 13 Wicket-keeper
Ella Claridge  ‡Flag of the United States.svg  United States 10 Wicket-keeper; dual-registration with Buckinghamshire
Piepa Cleary Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 01Overseas player
Aimee ColquhounFlag of England.svg  England 14
Flora DaviesFlag of England.svg  England 13
Hannah FrancisFlag of England.svg  England 13
Libby HawardFlag of England.svg  England 01
April HerathgeFlag of England.svg  England 12Dual-registration with Norfolk
Lucinda HunterFlag of England.svg  England 01
Isobel JemmottFlag of England.svg  England 01
Katie Midwood Flag of England.svg  England 01
Una ParamjothyFlag of England.svg  England 14
Matilda PrinceFlag of England.svg  England 11
Brianna RayFlag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 01
Georgia RelfFlag of England.svg  England 03
D'Nica RoffFlag of England.svg  England 01
Prisha ThanawalaFlag of England.svg  England 01
Collette WaleFlag of England.svg  England 01
Lucy WestonFlag of England.svg  England 01
Katie WintertonFlag of England.svg  England 14 Wicket-keeper
Beth WrightFlag of England.svg  England 14

Notable players

Players who have played for Leicestershire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [21]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [22] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2004 County Challenge Cup G1202006.56.54th
2005 County Challenge Cup G23120014264th
2006 County Challenge Cup G23120010304th
2007 County Challenge Cup G3320010602nd
2008 Division 5M302106223rd
2009 Division 5 N&E––––––––Withdrew from competition
2010 Division 5N76100501101st
2011 Division 5E5500037871stPromoted
2012 Division 38200614343rd
2013 Division 385300531034th
2014 Division 38530047975th
2015 Division 385300511012ndPromoted
2016 Division 27140224347thRelegated
2017 Division 3D4210121412nd
2018 Division 3E6320126563rd
2019 Division 3A6420042823rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [23] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2010 Division M&N 421100+1.3222ndLost promotion play-off
2011 Division M&N 432100+1.0742ndLost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 432100+1.5641stPromoted
2013 Division M&N 321001+2.2231st
2014 Division 3C40400−0.7808thRelegated
2015 Division 4A44000+3.16161stLost promotion play-off
2016 Division 4C66000+1.82241st
2017 Division 3B85201+0.77212nd
2018 Division 3B85300+0.13203rd
2019 Division 3C80512−2.0744th
2021 East Midlands82402−0.72105th
2022 Group 562400−1.2483rdGroup winners
2023 Group 260006+0.0061st
2024 Group 283212–0.49724th

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [24] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 2440004201stGroup winners

Honours

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