Personnel | ||
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Captain | Grace Scrivens | |
Coach | Andy Tennant | |
Team information | ||
Colours | Black and red | |
Established | 2020 | |
Home ground | County Ground, Chelmsford County Ground, Northampton Lord's Brunton Memorial Ground | |
History | ||
RHFT wins | 1 | |
CEC wins | 0 | |
Official website | Sunrisers Cricket | |
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Sunrisers were a women's cricket team that represented the London and East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They played their home matches at various grounds, including the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford. [1] [2] They were captained by Grace Scrivens coached by Andy Tennant. [3] [4] The team were partnered with Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, as well as Marylebone Cricket Club. [5]
Sunrisers won their first trophy in 2024, winning the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [6] At the end of the 2024 season, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, the team was effectively replaced by a professionalised Essex team. [7]
In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both 50-over and 20-over cricket. [8] Sunrisers were one of the sides created under this structure, representing the London and East region, Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, as well as Marylebone Cricket Club. [5] The side was to be captained by Amara Carr and coached by Trevor Griffin. [9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. [10] Sunrisers finished bottom of the South Group in the competition, losing all six of their matches. [11] At the end of the season, five Sunrisers players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Amara Carr, Naomi Dattani, Cordelia Griffith, Jo Gardner and Kelly Castle. [12]
The following season, 2021, Sunrisers competed in both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly-formed Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. The side again lost all of their matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, finishing bottom of the eight-team group. [13] For the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Kelly Castle was named as captain of the side. [14] In the first match of the tournament, Sunrisers recorded their first ever victory, beating Western Storm by 7 wickets. [15] However, they did not win another match in the tournament and finished bottom of their group, although they did tie their home match against North West Thunder. [16]
Ahead of the 2022 season, it was announced that Castle was becoming captain of the side in all formats, and that Trevor Griffin was stepping down as Head Coach for personal reasons. [17] Griffin was later replaced by Laura Marsh, taking on the Head Coach role on an interim basis for the 2022 season. [18] The side finished bottom of their Charlotte Edwards Cup group, losing all six of their matches. [19] The side also finished bottom of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy group, losing all of their completed matches. [20] Sunrisers all-rounder Grace Scrivens was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the competition, with 13 wickets, and the third-highest run-scorer, with 297 runs. [21] [22] At the end of the season, it was announced that Andy Tennant had been appointed as the permanent Head Coach of the side. [4]
In June 2023, it was announced that Kelly Castle had stepped down as captain of the side, being replaced by overseas player Dane van Niekerk. [23] After van Niekerk's spell with the side ended in September 2023, Grace Scrivens took over the captaincy. [3] That season, the side finished bottom of the group in the Charlotte Edwards Cup, but won their first matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, including a late season winning run to finish fourth in the table. [24] [25] [26] Ahead of the 2024 season, Scrivens was confirmed as captain in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with van Niekerk captaining in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [27] van Niekerk was later ruled out of her stint with the club, meaning that Scrivens captained the side in both formats. [28] The side finished bottom of the group in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. [29] In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, the side finished fourth in the group stage, going on to defeat Northern Diamonds in the semi-finals. [30] In the final they played South East Stars, and defeated them by 27 runs (DLS) to win their first trophy. [6]
2024 was the side's final season, with reforms to the structure of domestic cricket in England meaning that the side was effectively replaced by a professionalised Essex team. [7]
Venue | Games hosted by season | |||||
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20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | Total | |
County Ground, Chelmsford | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
Fenner's | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 |
County Ground, Northampton | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
Merchant Taylors' School | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
Lord's | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Brunton Memorial Ground | – | – | – | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Final squad, 2024 season. [27]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
4 | Florence Miller | England | 26 February 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
6 | Cordelia Griffith | England | 19 September 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
All-rounders | ||||||
7 | Kelly Castle | England | 4 September 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
9 | Jodi Grewcock | England | 30 November 2004 | Left-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
11 | Kate Coppack | England | 30 August 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
14 | Jo Gardner | England | 25 March 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
22 | Katherine Speed | England | 5 October 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
29 | Grace Scrivens | England | 10 November 2003 | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Club captain |
44 | Alice Macleod | England | 14 May 1994 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
64 | Amuruthaa Surenkumar | England | 26 October 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
12 | Jessica Olorenshaw | England | 27 January 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
17 | Amara Carr | England | 17 April 1994 | Right-handed | — | |
83 | Ariana Dowse | England | 8 February 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
Bowlers | ||||||
10 | Eva Gray | England | 24 May 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
18 | Abtaha Maqsood ‡ | Scotland | 11 June 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
19 | Charley Phillips | England | 8 May 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
26 | Mady Villiers ‡ | England | 26 August 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
88 | Esmae MacGregor | England | 31 July 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
The Sunrisers Academy team played against other regional academies in friendly and festival matches across various formats. The Academy selected players from across the Sunrisers regional hub, and included some players who are also in the first team squad. Players in the 2024 Academy are listed below: [31]
Name | County |
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Molly Barbour-Smith | Middlesex |
Olivia Barnes | Kent |
Prisha Bedi | Essex |
Evie Booker | Suffolk |
Hannah Davis | Buckinghamshire |
May Drinkell | Norfolk |
Isabella James | Cambridgeshire |
Bella Johnson | Essex |
Layla Judge | Middlesex |
Jessica Olorenshaw | Essex |
Sarah Pearson | Middlesex |
Charley Phillips | Hertfordshire |
Riva Pindoria | Middlesex |
Mabel Reid | Hertfordshire |
Amuruthaa Surenkumar | Middlesex |
Season | Final standing | League standings [33] | Notes | ||||||||
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P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Pos | |||
2020 | Group stage | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.365 | 4th | DNQ |
2021 | Group stage | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.598 | 8th | DNQ |
2022 | Group stage | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.046 | 8th | DNQ |
2023 | Group stage | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 32 | −0.006 | 4th | DNQ |
2024 | Champions | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 34 | −0.122 | 4th | Won against South East Stars in the final |
Season | Final standing | League standings | Notes | ||||||||
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P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Pos | |||
2021 | Group stages | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | –0.871 | 4th | DNQ |
2022 | Group stages | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.287 | 4th | DNQ |
2023 | Group stages | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1.717 | 8th | DNQ |
2024 | Group stages | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | –1.073 | 8th | DNQ |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied | NR | Win % |
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2020 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
2022 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
2023 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 42.86 |
2024 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 56.25 |
Total | 50 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 30.00 |
Opposition | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win % |
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Central Sparks | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 33.33 |
Northern Diamonds | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42.86 |
North West Thunder | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16.67 |
Southern Vipers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
South East Stars | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
The Blaze | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
Western Storm | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied | NR | Win % |
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2021 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16.67 |
2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
2023 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
2024 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
Total | 29 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 10.34 |
Opposition | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win % |
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Central Sparks | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Northern Diamonds | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
North West Thunder | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
South East Stars | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Southern Vipers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
The Blaze | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Western Storm | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
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