Berkshire Women
Personnel
CaptainAshleigh Muttitt
CoachPaul Bew
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1936
Home groundVarious
Including Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins1
Official websiteOfficial Website

The Berkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Berkshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead and Falkland CC, Newbury, and are captained by Ashleigh Muttitt.[1][2] They competed in Division One of the Women's County Championship until 2017, when they were relegated, and they won the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2010.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.[4]

History

1936–1999: Early History

Berkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Buckinghamshire Women, which they lost by 66 runs.[5] When the Women's County Championship began in 1997, Thames Valley Women, which included Berkshire, competed, having also previously played in various regional competitions.[6]

2000– : Women's County Championship

Berkshire joined the Women's County Championship in 2000, replacing Thames Valley, and finished 4th in Division 1 in their first season. After being relegated in 2003, they did not return to Division 1 until 2008, after which they became a consistently mid-table side.[7] This period saw much greater success in the Women's Twenty20 Cup for Berkshire, reaching the final three times in a row between 2010 and 2012, including winning the competition in 2010, beating Yorkshire by 46 runs.[8] In 2017, Berkshire were relegated from Division 1 and have remained in Division 2 since, whilst also suffering two consecutive relegations in the T20 Cup.[9] In 2021, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with 4 losses and 4 abandoned matches.[10] In 2022 and 2023, they finished third in their group of the Twenty20 Cup.[11][12] They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing third out of six teams in the inaugural edition.[13]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[14]‡ denotes players with international caps.

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Abigail Avery  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Lauren Avery  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Izzy Storrar  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
All-rounders
Heather Knight ‡  England (1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Ava Lee  England (2005-08-26) 26 August 2005 (age 18) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Alice Macleod  England (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Ashleigh Muttitt  England (1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium Club captain
Shristi Patil  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Amanda Potgieter  South Africa (1978-04-04) 4 April 1978 (age 45) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Holly Rider  England (2006-05-05) 5 May 2006 (age 17) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Poppy Tulloch  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Wicket-keepers
Ariana Dowse  England (2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 (age 22) Right-handed —
Olivia Gain  New Zealand (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22) Right-handed — Overseas player
Mia Rogers  England (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 21) Right-handed —
Bowlers
Laura Bailey  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm leg break Dual-registration with Surrey
Lauren Bell ‡  England (2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mary Briscoe  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Molly Bulteel  England (2007-08-06) 6 August 2007 (age 16) Unknown Right-arm medium
Shayna Chikhlia  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Francesca Clarke  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Kali-Ann Docherty  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Freya Johnson  England (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Hollie Summerfield  England Unknown Unknown Right-arm off break

Notable players

Players who have played for Berkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[15]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[16] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2000 Division 1 5 2 3 0 0 28 52 4th
2001 Division 1 5 3 2 0 0 39 75 2nd
2002 Division 1 5 2 1 0 0 24.5 70.5 2nd
2003 Division 1 5 0 5 0 0 32 32 6th Relegated
2004 Division 2 5 4 1 0 0 40.5 88.5 2nd
2005 Division 2 6 3 2 0 1 30 77 3rd
2006 Division 2 6 2 2 0 2 15 63 3rd
2007 Division 2 6 4 1 0 1 2 112 1st Promoted
2008 Division 1 6 0 6 0 0 16 16 4th
2009 Division 1 10 2 8 0 0 30 70 5th
2010 Division 1 10 6 4 0 0 49 109 3rd
2011 Division 1 10 2 6 0 2 35 55 5th
2012 Division 1 8 1 2 0 5 17 27 5th
2013 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 44 84 5th
2014 Division 1 8 3 2 0 3 46 96 3rd
2015 Division 1 8 4 2 0 2 40 80 4th
2016 Division 1 8 3 4 0 1 47 77 5th
2017 Division 1 7 0 7 0 0 23 23 8th Relegated
2018 Division 2 7 3 3 0 1 27 57 5th
2019 Division 2 7 5 1 0 1 43 98 2nd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[17] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 1 3 0 1 0 2 –0.40 2 3rd
2010 Division S&W 1 3 3 0 0 0 +2.30 6 1st Champions
2011 Division S&W 1 3 3 0 0 0 +2.16 6 1st Runners-up
2012 Division S&W 1 3 3 0 0 0 +2.56 6 1st Runners-up
2013 Division S&W 1 3 2 1 0 0 +2.22 8 2nd Won group final; lost semi-final
2014 Division 1A 4 0 4 0 0 –0.53 0 7th
2015 Division 1 8 3 5 0 0 –0.34 12 7th
2016 Division 1 7 3 4 0 0 –0.06 12 4th
2017 Division 1 8 1 5 0 2 –2.94 6 9th Relegated
2018 Division 2 8 2 6 0 0 –0.74 8 7th Relegated
2019 Division 3A 8 7 1 0 0 +2.47 8 1st
2021 West Midlands 8 0 4 0 4 –2.75 4 6th
2022 Group 2 6 3 3 0 0 –0.28 12 3rd
2023 Group 5 6 1 1 0 4 –1.53 8 3rd

Honours

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Berkshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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  4. ^ "Southern Vipers Preview". the Cricketer. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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  6. ^ "Thames Valley Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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  8. ^ "Berkshire Women v Yorkshire Women, 18th September 2010". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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  10. ^ "Women's County T20 West Midlands Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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  12. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 5 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Report: South Central Counties Cup, Round Five". The Ageas Bowl. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  14. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Berkshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Berkshire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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