Suffolk Women cricket team

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Suffolk Women
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Personnel
CaptainNatalie Samuels
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 2007
Home groundVarious
History
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Official website Suffolk Cricket

The Suffolk Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Suffolk. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Wamil Way, Mildenhall and Woolpit CC, Woolpit. [1] They are captained by Natalie Samuels. [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 regional side Sunrisers. [4]

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History

Suffolk Women joined the county system in 2007, competing in the County Challenge Cup, the lower tier of the Women's County Championship, in which they lost all three of their games. [5] The next few seasons saw similarly poor performances, but the team improved from 2011 onwards, and Suffolk topped Division 4 North & East for three consecutive seasons in 2012, 2013 and 2014, missing out on promotion in play-offs in the first two instances, before finally achieving Division 3 status in 2014, beating Cornwall in a play-off by 61 runs. [6] [7] However, Suffolk were relegated in 2015 and have since only played in the lowest tier of the Championship, missing out on promotion in a play-off once again in 2018. [8] [9]

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Suffolk have similarly played in the lower tiers of the competition, but did manage to gain promotion to Division South 2 in 2011, and in 2016 they topped Division 4A, going through the season unbeaten. [10] [11] In 2021, they competed in the East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 3rd with 4 victories. [12] Suffolk batter Imogen Sidhu was the leading run-scorer across the whole competition, with 293 runs including 4 half-centuries. [13] In 2022, they won their group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing second in the initial group stage before beating Cambridgeshire and Essex on the group Finals Day to emerge victorious. [14] They also began competing in the East of England Women's County Championship in 2022, and won the competition, winning five of their six matches. [15] They finished bottom of their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and finished third in the East of England Women's County Championship. [16] [17] In 2024, the side finished 8th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 5th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [18] [19]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. [20]

NameNationality2023 AppearancesNotes
WT20EoE
Natalie SamuelsFlag of England.svg  England 43 Club captain
Jess BoardFlag of England.svg  England 03
Amelie ClarkeFlag of England.svg  England 65
Emily CunninghamFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 44
Emma HowardFlag of England.svg  England 10
Sophie HughesFlag of England.svg  England 65
Olivia HyndmanFlag of England.svg  England 54
Olivia LockeFlag of England.svg  England 02
Lara NeildFlag of England.svg  England 64
CJ OastlerFlag of England.svg  England 35 Wicket-keeper
Maddie ReynoldsFlag of England.svg  England 60
Imogen SidhuFlag of England.svg  England 65
Isobel SidhuFlag of England.svg  England 64
Poppy SidhuFlag of England.svg  England 65
Sophie SingerFlag of England.svg  England 51
Lauren SwinburneFlag of England.svg  England 54
Petra TweedyFlag of England.svg  England 13

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [21] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2007 County Challenge Cup G330300444th
2008 Division 5 L&E302010104th
2009 Division 5 S&E312005253rd
2010 Division 5E6150020304th
2011 Division 5E5230027472nd
2012 Division 4 N&E4300124541stLost promotion playoff
2013 Division 4 N&E4400027671stLost promotion playoff
2014 Division 4 N&E4400030701stPromoted
2015 Division 38061133389thRelegated
2016 Division 4 N&W5310125552nd
2017 Division 3D4220022423rd
2018 Division 3D6510042921stLost promotion playoff
2019 Division 3B5230025455th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [22] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 832100+0.7142nd
2010 Division S320200−2.2903rd
2011 Division S321100+1.0621stPromoted
2012 Division S230201−6.3004th
2013 Division S230300−2.7604th
2014 Division 4A42200−0.3985th
2015 Division 4A43100+0.14122nd
2016 Division 4A66000+0.88241st
2017 Division 3C83500−0.08124th
2018 Division 3C83500−1.49125th
2019 Division 3B82600−0.4687th
2021 East84202+0.39183rd
2022 Group 464200–0.23162ndGroup winners
2023 Group 760501–1.8314th
2024 Group 381601–0.79408th

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [23] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 2422002105th

Honours

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