Northamptonshire Women
Personnel
CaptainPatricia Hankins
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 2001
Home groundVarious
including Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteNorthants WCCC

The Northamptonshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Northamptonshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Dolben Cricket Ground, Finedon and Northampton Road, Brixworth.[1] They are captained by Patricia Hankins.[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]

History

Northamptonshire Women joined the national women's cricket structure in 2001, playing in the Emerging Counties competition: prior to this, they had only played one-off games, combined with other county sides.[5] They were promoted from the Emerging Counties league in 2002, and after this moved between Division Three of the Women's County Championship, and the County Challenge Cup, the tier below the Championship.[6] In 2008, Northamptonshire were promoted from Division 5 Midlands, after which they were a consistent Division 4 and Division 3 side.[7] In 2009, they also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season, and consistently competed in the lower tiers of the competition.[8]

2017 was Northamptonshire's most successful year, seeing them promoted in both the Championship and the T20 Cup, from Division 3 to Division 2.[9][10] They lost only one game all season across both competitions, and were promoted in the Championship by beating Durham in a play-off by 5 wickets.[11] Northamptonshire batter Alicia Presland was the 7th highest run-scorer across the Twenty20 Cup, with 224 runs.[12]

Northamptonshire were relegated in both competitions the following season, 2018, however.[13] In 2019, they bounced back, again topping their division in both competitions.[14][15] However, due to a restructure of women's cricket, there was no promotion in 2019, with the County Championship being discontinued and the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup being regionalised.[16] In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with one victory.[17] In 2022, they finished top of Group 5 of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost in the final to Leicestershire.[18] They also joined the East of England Women's County Championship in 2022, finishing fourth out of seven in their first season.[19] They won their regional group of the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, defeating Hertfordshire in the final, and finished fourth in the East of England Women's County Championship that same season.[20][21]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[22]

Name Nationality 2023 Appearances Notes
WT20 EoE
Patricia Hankins  England 8 0 Club captain
Bethany Ascott  England 6 5
Honor Austin  England 3 4
Charlotte Aylmore  England 0 3
Farida Bibi  England 0 3
Louise Billington  England 0 5 Wicket-keeper
Hayley Brown  England 8 3
Abigail Butcher  England 0 4
Caitlyn Connelly  England 0 1
Katie Fidler  England 0 3
Jo Gardner  England 8 0
Jodi Grewcock  England 7 0
Josie Groves  England 6 1
Holly Hammond-Lewis  England 0 4
Molly Harte  England 0 1
Ella Harvey  England 0 1
Anje Lague  South Africa 8 4
Florence Miller  England 8 0
Elena Newbould  England 0 1
Natalie Parsons  England 0 2
Rachael Potter  England 8 1
Alicia Presland  England 8 0
Amelia Ridgway  England 0 1
Poppy Smart  England 4 2
Bethan Solomon  England 7 4
Beth Talbot  England 0 2
Erica Turner  England 3 5 Wicket-keeper

Notable players

Players who have played for Northamptonshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[23]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[24] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Emerging Counties 2 – – – – – – Unknown
2002 Emerging Counties 2 2 0 0 0 17.5 41.5 1st Promoted
2003 Division 3 5 1 4 0 0 21.5 33.5 6th
2004 County Challenge Cup G2 3 2 0 0 1 18 53 1st
2005 County Challenge Cup G3 3 2 0 0 1 16.5 51.5 1st Promoted
2006 Division 3 6 0 5 0 1 8 12 4th Relegated
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A 6 0 3 0 3 5 35 4th Relegated
2008 Division 5M 3 3 0 0 0 0 60 1st Promoted
2009 Division 4 10 4 6 0 0 25 105 4th
2010 Division 4 9 5 4 0 0 47 97 3rd
2011 Division 4 10 4 5 0 1 50 90 4th
2012 Division 3 8 1 3 0 4 18 28 7th
2013 Division 3 8 6 2 0 0 54 114 2nd
2014 Division 3 8 4 2 0 2 40 80 3rd
2015 Division 3 8 3 4 0 1 27 57 7th
2016 Division 3 8 3 2 0 3 27 57 4th
2017 Division 3D 4 3 0 0 1 20 50 1st Promoted
2018 Division 2 7 0 7 0 0 32 32 8th Relegated
2019 Division 3B 5 5 0 0 0 36 86 1st

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[25] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 5 3 2 1 0 0 +1.13 4 1st
2010 Division M&N 3 2 2 0 0 0 +2.75 4 1st Promoted
2011 Division M&N 2 3 3 0 0 0 +1.84 6 1st Lost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 2 3 0 3 0 0 −3.06 0 4th
2014 Division 3B 4 2 2 0 0 −0.88 8 5th
2015 Division 3 8 3 5 0 0 −1.02 12 5th
2016 Division 3 8 4 4 0 0 −0.80 16 4th
2017 Division 3C 8 7 1 0 0 +2.00 28 1st Promoted
2018 Division 2 8 1 7 0 0 −1.90 4 8th Relegated
2019 Division 3B 8 8 0 0 0 +2.20 32 1st
2021 East Midlands 8 1 5 0 2 –1.92 6 6th
2022 Group 5 6 6 0 0 0 +2.28 24 1st Lost final
2023 Group 7 6 4 2 0 0 +1.21 16 1st Group winners

Honours

See also

References

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