Cheshire Women cricket team
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Dawn Prestidge |
| Team information | |
| Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1930 |
| Home ground | VariousIncluding Chester Boughton Hall, Chester |
| History | |
| WCC wins | 0 |
| T20 Cup wins | 0 |
| Official website | Cheshire Cricket Board |
The Cheshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Cheshire. They play their home games at various grounds across Cheshire, including Chester Boughton Hall, and are captained by Dawn Prestidge.[1] They competed in the Women's County Championship until 2016, playing in Divisions 2 and 3; since 2017, they have only played in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[2] They are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.[3]
Honours
- County Championship:
- Division Three champions (2) – 1998 & 2005
- County Challenge Cup Group 1 (1) – 2004
- Women's Twenty20 Cup
- Division 3B champions (1) – 2017
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 and have since only participated in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, in which they have often been in the lowest tier of the competition, but did win promotion to Division 2 in 2017.[8]
Players
Current Squad
Based on appearances in the 2019 season.[9]
| Name | Nationality | Apps | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawn Prestidge |  England |
6 | Club captain; Wicket-keeper |
| Katie Bennett | England |
2 | Wicket-keeper |
| Megan Cureton | England |
6 | |
| Katie Haszeldine | England |
2 | |
| Millie Hodge | England |
3 | |
| Tilly Kesteven | England |
6 | |
| Holly McCurrie | England |
5 | |
| Gaby McKeever | England |
4 | |
| Ellie Mason | England |
6 | |
| Nalisha Patel | England |
4 | |
| Molly Price | England |
6 | |
| Roshini Prince-Navaratnam | England |
6 | |
| Emma Royle | England |
5 | |
| Seren Smale | England |
2 | Wicket-keeper |
| Olivia Thomas | England |
2 | |
| Carys White | England |
6 |
Seasons
Women's County Championship
| Season | Division | League standings[10] | 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 | 15.5 | 51.5 | 4th | |
| 2000 | Division 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 43 | 4th | |
| 2001 | Division 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 39 | 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[11] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2009 | Division 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1.08 | 20 | 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 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.61 | 4 | 2nd | |
| 2013 | Division M&N 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –0.73 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2014 | Division 2A | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.20 | 8 | 2nd | |
| 2015 | Division 2 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | –1.39 | 8 | 8th | Relegated |
| 2016 | Division 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | –0.35 | 13 | 5th | |
| 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
References
- ^ "Cheshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Thunder Cricket". Lancashire Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
- ^ "Cheshire Women v Durham Women, July 1930". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Cheshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "1998 Women's County Championship Points Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 3B Table 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Cheshire WT20 Averages 2019". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.