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Leicestershire Women
Personnel
CaptainRebecca Brooker
CoachSteven Franklin
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1948
Home groundVarious
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteLeicestershire Cricket

The Leicestershire Women's cricket team, officially the Leicestershire and Rutland Women's cricket team since 2010, is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. They play their home games at various grounds across the two counties, often in Loughborough, Leicester or Empingham.[1] They are captained by Rebecca Brooker.[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 East Midlands regional side The Blaze.[4]

History[edit]

Leicestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1948, against Buckinghamshire Women.[5] They also played a match against a touring Australia side in 1951, as a combined team with Buckinghamshire.[6] Leicestershire joined the national women's cricket structure in 2004, competing in the County Challenge Cup, the lower tier of the Women's County Championship: they finished bottom of their group in their first season.[7] After this, Leicestershire remained in the lower levels of the Championship. They won their Division 5 group two years in a row, in 2010 and 2011, and after this have mainly played in Division Three.[8] They did gain promotion from Division Three in 2015, coming second, but were relegated the following season.[9]

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Leicestershire have had some successful seasons in the lower divisions of the competition: for example, they went unbeaten in 2015 and 2016.[10][11] Between 2017 and 2019, they played in Division Three.[12] In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th with 2 victories.[13] In 2022 they finished third in Group 5 of the Twenty20 Cup, before beating Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire on Finals Day to win their group.[14] They also joined the East of England Women's County Championship in 2022, finishing third out of seven in their first season.[15] In 2023, all of their group stage matches were rained-off in the Twenty20 Cup, but they lost in the semi-final on the group Finals Day.[16] They won the East of England Women's County Championship that season, going unbeaten to top the table.[17]

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[18]

Name Nationality 2023 Appearances Notes
WT20 EoE
Rebecca Brooker  England 1 4 Club captain
Madi Arthur  England 0 1
Grace Ballinger  England 0 0
Emily Batey  England 0 1
Sophie Bennett  England 1 3 Wicket-keeper
Ella Claridge  England 1 0 Wicket-keeper; dual-registration with Buckinghamshire
Piepa Cleary  Australia 0 1 Overseas player
Aimee Colquhoun  England 1 4
Flora Davies  England 1 3
Hannah Francis  England 1 3
Libby Haward  England 0 1
April Herathge  England 1 2 Dual-registration with Norfolk
Lucinda Hunter  England 0 1
Isobel Jemmott  England 0 1
Katie Midwood  England 0 1
Una Paramjothy  England 1 4
Matilda Prince  England 1 1
Brianna Ray  Bermuda 0 1
Georgia Relf  England 0 3
D'Nica Roff  England 0 1
Prisha Thanawala  England 0 1
Collette Wale  England 0 1
Lucy Weston  England 0 1
Katie Winterton  England 1 4 Wicket-keeper
Beth Wright  England 1 4

Notable players[edit]

Players who have played for Leicestershire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[19]

Seasons[edit]

Women's County Championship[edit]

Season Division League standings[20] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2004 County Challenge Cup G1 2 0 2 0 0 6.5 6.5 4th
2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3 1 2 0 0 14 26 4th
2006 County Challenge Cup G2 3 1 2 0 0 10 30 4th
2007 County Challenge Cup G3 3 2 0 0 1 0 60 2nd
2008 Division 5M 3 0 2 1 0 6 22 3rd
2009 Division 5 N&E – – – – – – – – Withdrew from competition
2010 Division 5N 7 6 1 0 0 50 110 1st
2011 Division 5E 5 5 0 0 0 37 87 1st Promoted
2012 Division 3 8 2 0 0 6 14 34 3rd
2013 Division 3 8 5 3 0 0 53 103 4th
2014 Division 3 8 5 3 0 0 47 97 5th
2015 Division 3 8 5 3 0 0 51 101 2nd Promoted
2016 Division 2 7 1 4 0 2 24 34 7th Relegated
2017 Division 3D 4 2 1 0 1 21 41 2nd
2018 Division 3E 6 3 2 0 1 26 56 3rd
2019 Division 3A 6 4 2 0 0 42 82 3rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup[edit]

Season Division League standings[21] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2010 Division M&N 4 2 1 1 0 0 +1.32 2 2nd Lost promotion play-off
2011 Division M&N 4 3 2 1 0 0 +1.07 4 2nd Lost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 4 3 2 1 0 0 +1.56 4 1st Promoted
2013 Division M&N 3 2 1 0 0 1 +2.22 3 1st
2014 Division 3C 4 0 4 0 0 −0.78 0 8th Relegated
2015 Division 4A 4 4 0 0 0 +3.16 16 1st Lost promotion play-off
2016 Division 4C 6 6 0 0 0 +1.82 24 1st
2017 Division 3B 8 5 2 0 1 +0.77 21 2nd
2018 Division 3B 8 5 3 0 0 +0.13 20 3rd
2019 Division 3C 8 0 5 1 2 −2.07 4 4th
2021 East Midlands 8 2 4 0 2 −0.72 10 5th
2022 Group 5 6 2 4 0 0 −1.24 8 3rd Group winners
2023 Group 2 6 0 0 0 6 +0.00 6 1st

Honours[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leicestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Becki Brooker Appointed Leicestershire Women Captain". Leicestershire County Cricket Club. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  3. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Loughborough Selected as Host for Women's Cricket". Loughborough University. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Leicestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire Women vs Australia Women, 1951". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. ^ "ECB Women's County Challenge Cup G1 - 2004". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2015". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 4A - 2015". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 4C - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Women's County T20 East Midlands Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's County T20 Group 5 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  15. ^ "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2022/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Women's County T20 Group 2 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  17. ^ "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2023/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Leicestershire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  19. ^ "Leicestershire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  20. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  21. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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