Cheshire Women cricket team

The Cheshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Cheshire. They joined the Women's County Championship in 1998 and competed in the tournament until 2016, as well as competing in the Women's Twenty20 Cup between 2009 and 2019.^[1] The team no longer competes at senior county level.^[2] They are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.^[3]

Cheshire Women

Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1930
Home ground	Various Including Chester Boughton Hall, Chester
History
WCC wins	0
T20 Cup wins	0
Official website	Cheshire Cricket Board

History

1930–1937: Early History

The first recorded match involving Cheshire Women took place in 1930, which they lost to Durham Women.^[4] After this, they played various one-off matches, often combined with neighbouring Lancashire, as Lancashire and Cheshire, under which they competed in the Women's Area Championship and the first Women's County Championship, in 1997.^[5]

1998– : National Competition

Cheshire Women joined the County Championship in 1998, replacing Lancashire and Cheshire Women, and won Division 3 in their first season.^[6] Since then, Cheshire bounced between Divisions 2 and 3, with their longest stay in Division 2 being between 2009 and 2014. They also managed two successive promotions in 2004 and 2005.^[7] Cheshire Women withdrew from the County Championship after the 2016 season, after which they only participated in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, in which they were often in the lowest tier of the competition, but did win promotion to Division 2 in 2017.^[8] Since 2019, Cheshire have not competed at senior county level.^[9]

Players

Notable players

Players who have played for Cheshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[10]

• Laura Newton (1997)
• Sarah Collyer (1998)
• Megan White (1999)
• Zehmarad Afzal (2000)
• Lauren Griffiths (2010)
• Sophie Ecclestone (2016)
• Seren Smale (2024)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season	Division	League standings[11]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	BP	Pts	Pos
1998	Division 3	5	5	0	0	0	43	103	1st	Promoted
1999	Division 2	5	3	2	0	0	26	50	4th
2000	Division 2	5	2	3	0	0	29.5	53.5	4th
2001	Division 2	5	1	4	0	0	25.5	37.5	6th	Relegated
2002	Division 3	5	2	1	0	2	22.5	68.5	3rd
2003	Division 3	5	2	2	1	0	36	66	4th
2004	County Challenge Cup G1	3	3	0	0	0	27.5	63.5	1st	Promoted
2005	Division 3	6	4	1	0	1	38.5	97.5	1st	Promoted
2006	Division 2	6	0	4	0	2	11	19	4th	Relegated
2007	Division 3	6	1	2	0	3	7	62	3rd
2008	Division 3	6	2	4	0	0	13	53	3rd	Promoted
2009	Division 2	10	2	7	0	1	44	64	4th
2010	Division 2	10	4	6	0	0	19	99	5th
2011	Division 2	10	3	6	0	1	47	77	5th
2012	Division 2	8	3	3	0	2	35	65	5th
2013	Division 2	8	3	4	0	1	38	68	6th
2014	Division 2	8	1	7	0	0	34	44	9th	Relegated
2015	Division 3	8	3	3	0	2	35	65	5th
2016	Division 3	8	1	6	0	1	24	34	8th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season	Division	League standings[12]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2009	Division 3	3	1	1	0	1	+1.08	3	2nd
2010	Division M&N 1	3	1	2	0	0	–1.58	2	3rd	Relegated
2011	Division M&N 2	3	0	3	0	0	–0.25	0	4th	Relegated
2012	Division M&N 3	3	2	1	0	0	+1.62	4	2nd	Lost promotion play-off
2013	Division M&N 3	2	0	1	0	1	–0.73	1	3rd
2014	Division 2A	4	2	2	0	0	+0.20	8	6th
2015	Division 2	8	2	6	0	0	–1.39	8	8th	Relegated
2016	Division 3	8	3	4	0	1	–0.35	13	6th
2017	Division 3B	8	7	1	0	0	+2.00	28	1st	Promoted
2018	Division 2	8	2	6	0	0	–0.86	8	6th
2019	Division 2	8	1	7	0	0	–1.26	4	8th

See also

• Cheshire County Cricket Club
• North West Thunder

References

1. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
2. "Cheshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
3. "Thunder Cricket". Lancashire Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
4. "Cheshire Women v Durham Women, July 1930". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
5. "Cheshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
6. "1998 Women's County Championship Points Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
7. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
8. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 3B Table 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
9. "Women's Twenty20 Matches Played by Cheshire Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
10. "Cheshire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
11. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
12. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.