Personnel | |
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Captain | Marie Kelly |
Coach | Dominic Ostler |
Team information | |
Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1937 |
Home ground | Mitchells & Butlers' Ground, Birmingham |
History | |
WCC wins | 0 |
T20 Cup wins | 1 |
Official website | Warwickshire Women |
The Warwickshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Warwickshire. They play their home games at Edgbaston Foundation Sports Ground, Birmingham, and are captained by Marie Kelly. [1] In 2019, they won the Women's Twenty20 Cup. [2] They are partnered with the regional side Central Sparks. [3]
Warwickshire Women played their first recorded match in 1937, against Australia, which they lost by 7 wickets. [4] Warwickshire went on to play various one-off matches, including regular matches against Surrey. [5] Meanwhile, West Midlands Women, which included players from Warwickshire, joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it ended in 1996, upon which they joined the Women's County Championship. [6]
Warwickshire Women replaced West Midlands Women in the County Championship in 2001, and finished 4th in Division 3 in their first season. [7] Warwickshire played in the lower tiers of the Championship in the early years of the competition, before making their way up the divisions, beginning with their promotion from the County Challenge Cup in 2006, followed by promotions from Division Three in 2007 and Division Two in 2012. [8] Ever since, Warwickshire have played in Division 1, with their highest finish of 3rd coming in both 2016 and 2017. [9]
Warwickshire joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season in 2009. The team rapidly improved in recent years, being promoted from Division 2 in 2015, then finishing 2nd in Division 1 in 2016. [10] In 2019, Warwickshire won Division 1, topping the league with 5 wins from 8 to be crowned Champions. [11] Captain Marie Kelly was their star batter, ending the season as the division's leading run-scorer. [12] Key contributions also came from wicket-keeper Gwenan Davies and bowlers Jessica Couser and Bethan Ellis. [13] In 2021, the Twenty20 Cup was regionalised (and the County Championship discontinued), with Warwickshire competing in the West Midlands Group. They finished 2nd in the group, going unbeaten with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned. [14] They topped their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, before beating Somerset in the group final on Finals Day. [15] Warwickshire bowler Anisha Patel was the leading wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 15 wickets. [16] They also began competing in the West Midlands Regional Cup in 2022, as a "consortium" team with Shropshire, finishing third. [17] [18] They again won their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, beating Staffordshire in the group final. [19] In 2024, the side won their group in the Twenty20 Cup before finishing 4th at the National Finals, and 10th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [20] [21]
Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps. [22]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
11 | Evelyn Jones | England | 8 August 1992 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
54 | Marie Kelly | England | 9 February 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Club captain |
77 | Ria Fackrell | England | 16 September 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
– | Milly Home | England | 27 February 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | On loan to Worcestershire |
– | Ffion Purviss | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
– | Laura Smitten | England | 29 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm keg break | |
All-rounders | ||||||
53 | Bethan Ellis | England | 7 July 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
64 | Georgia Davis ‡ | England | 3 June 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
79 | Gwenan Davies | Wales | 12 May 1994 | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
– | Amy Jones ‡ | England | 13 June 1993 | Right-handed | – | |
– | Natasha Smitten | England | 15 September 2005 | Right-handed | – | |
Bowlers | ||||||
12 | Hannah Baker ‡ | England | 3 February 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
49 | Anisha Patel | England | 17 August 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
85 | Issy Wong ‡ | England | 15 May 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
– | Emily Churms | England | 21 October 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
– | Eleanor Phillips | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
– | Samadhi Samarakoon | England | 22 November 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Players who have played for Warwickshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [23]
Season | Division | League standings [24] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
2001 | Division 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 | 33.5 | 4th | |
2002 | Division 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22.5 | 68.5 | 2nd | |
2003 | Division 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 74 | 3rd | |
2004 | County Challenge Cup G3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.5 | 62.5 | 1st | |
2005 | County Challenge Cup G3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.5 | 29.5 | 2nd | |
2006 | County Challenge Cup G3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1st | Promoted |
2007 | Division 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 105 | 1st | Promoted |
2008 | Division 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 4th | |
2009 | Division 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 96 | 5th | |
2010 | Division 2 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 116 | 3rd | |
2011 | Division 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 101 | 4th | |
2012 | Division 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 103 | 1st | Promoted |
2013 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 82 | 6th | |
2014 | Division 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 38 | 8th | |
2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 71 | 7th | |
2016 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 80 | 3rd | |
2017 | Division 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 96 | 3rd | |
2018 | Division 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 57 | 5th | |
2019 | Division 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 50 | 8th |
Season | Division | League standings [25] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
2009 | Division 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | −1.63 | 1 | 4th | |
2010 | Division M&N 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.58 | 0 | 4th | |
2011 | Division M&N 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.80 | 4 | 2nd | |
2012 | Division M&N 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.27 | 0 | 4th | Relegated |
2013 | Division M&N 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +6.26 | 4 | 1st | |
2014 | Division 1C | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.85 | 0 | 8th | Relegated |
2015 | Division 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1.82 | 24 | 2nd | Promoted |
2016 | Division 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +0.44 | 17 | 2nd | |
2017 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +1.29 | 16 | 4th | |
2018 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.38 | 16 | 4th | |
2019 | Division 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.26 | 20 | 1st | Champions |
2021 | West Midlands | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +2.66 | 20 | 2nd | |
2022 | Group 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.44 | 20 | 1st | Group winners |
2023 | Group 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.00 | 6 | 3rd | Group winners |
2024 | Group 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +3.52 | 99 | 1st | 4th in National Finals Group |
Season | Group | League standings [26] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
2024 | Group 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10th |
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