The England women's cricket team represents England and Wales in international women's cricket. Since 1998,they have been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB),having been previously governed by the Women's Cricket Association. England is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council,with Test,One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status. They are currently captained by Heather Knight and coached by Jon Lewis.
Charlotte Marie Edwards is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches,191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1996 and 2016. She played domestic cricket in England for East Anglia,Kent,Hampshire and Southern Vipers,as well as overseas for Northern Districts,Western Australia,Perth Scorchers,South Australia and Adelaide Strikers.
Laura Alexandra Marsh is an English former cricketer. Born in Pembury,Kent,she began playing cricket at 11 and started her career as a medium pace bowler but found greater success when she switched to off spin. She played county cricket for Kent Women,represents the Rubies and made her Test debut against India in 2006. She was part of the England team that retained the Ashes in Australia in 2008 and in England in 2009. She was also part of teams that won the Women's Cricket World Cup in 2009 and 2017. In December 2019,Marsh announced her retirement from international cricket,and announced her retirement from all forms of the game in August 2020. In April 2022,she became interim head coach of Sunrisers for the 2022 season.
Anya Shrubsole is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed lower-order batter. She played for England between 2008 and 2022,and played domestic cricket for Somerset,Berkshire,Western Storm,Southern Vipers,Southern Brave and Perth Scorchers. She made her England debut in 2008,and was Player of the Match in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final. In 2018,she became the first woman to appear on the cover of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In April 2022,Shrubsole announced her retirement from international cricket. In June 2023,she announced her intention to retire from all forms of cricket after the 2023 season of The Hundred.
Danielle Hazell is an English cricket coach and former player. She is currently the coach of English domestic team Northern Diamonds. As a player she was an off break bowler who batted right-handed. She represented England in all three formats of the game,playing three Test matches,53 One Day Internationals and 85 Twenty20 Internationals.
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent,The Blaze,Welsh Fire,Melbourne Renegades and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously played for Surrey Stars,Adelaide Strikers,Southern Vipers,Sydney Thunder and London Spirit.
Danielle Nicole Wyatt is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex,Southern Vipers,Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut against India in Mumbai on 1 March 2010.
Heather Clare Knight is an English cricketer who is captain of the England women's cricket team. She is a right-handed batter and right arm off spin bowler. Knight played in her 100th Women's One Day International match for England in December 2019.
Benjamin Andrew Stokes is an English international cricketer who is the captain of the England Test team and plays for the England team in ODIs and T20Is. In domestic cricket,he represents Durham and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues around the world. He was part of the England team that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup and 2022 T20 World Cup.
Kathryn Laura Cross is an English international cricketer. She also co-hosts a podcast with Alex Hartley named "No Balls:The Cricket Podcast".
Meghann Moira Lanning is a former Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns,winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and five ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. She holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs.
Amy Ellen Jones is an English cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter for Warwickshire,Central Sparks,Birmingham Phoenix,Perth Scorchers and England. She made her England debut in 2013 and is a holder of an ECB central contract.
Lauren Winfield-Hill is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire,Northern Diamonds,Oval Invincibles,Perth Scorchers,Queensland and England. She plays as a right-handed batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She made her international debut in 2013,and was part of the England team that won the 2017 World Cup. She has previously played for Northern Superchargers in The Hundred and Brisbane Heat,Hobart Hurricanes,Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars in the Big Bash.
Natalie Ruth Sciver-Brunt is an English cricketer who represents England in all formats. She was the first cricketer for England to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match. The "Natmeg" shot is named after Sciver-Brunt,from when she has hit a cricket ball through her legs during a game.
Bethany Louise Mooney is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level,she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western Australia,Perth Scorchers in WBBL and for Gujarat Giant in WPL. In March 2020,at the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020,she became the world's number one batter in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.
Alexandra Hartley is an English former cricketer who played as a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Between 2016 and 2019,she appeared in 28 One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals for England,and was part of the side that won the 2017 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Lancashire,Middlesex,Surrey Stars,Lancashire Thunder,North West Thunder,Manchester Originals and Welsh Fire in England,as well as Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes in Australia.
Sophie Ecclestone is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire,North West Thunder,Manchester Originals,UP Warriorz and England. In December 2018,the International Cricket Council (ICC) named her the Emerging Player of the Year. At the end of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in March 2020,she became the world's number one bowler in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket. In July 2021,Ecclestone was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for June 2021.
Jofra Chioke Archer is a Barbadian-English cricketer who represents England in international cricket. He is a right-arm fast bowler. In domestic cricket he plays for Sussex as well as a number of T20 franchises. In April 2019,Archer was selected to play for the England team in limited overs fixtures against Ireland and Pakistan. He made his international debut for England in May 2019,and was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He then made his Test debut later that summer,against Australia in the 2019 Ashes series. In April 2020,Archer was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.
Freya Ruth Davies is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex,Southern Vipers,Welsh Fire and England as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. She made her Sussex debut in 2010 at the age of fourteen,and played her first match for England in 2019.
Sarah Glenn is an English cricketer who plays for the England women's cricket team as a leg break bowler. She also plays for Derbyshire,The Blaze,London Spirit and Brisbane Heat. After making her England debut in 2019,she played in the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup and broke into the top 10 of the ICC T20I Bowling Rankings later that year. In September 2022,she rose to second in the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) bowling rankings.
