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Essex Women cricket team

The Essex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Essex. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay and Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea.[1] They are captained by Kelly Castle.[2] In 2019, they played in Division Two of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since played in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

Essex Women
Personnel
CaptainKelly Castle
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1949
Home groundVarious
Including Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteEssex Women

History

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1949–2000: Early history

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Essex Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Buckinghamshire Women. Over the following years, Essex went on to play various one-off matches, most often against local Second XI teams.[5]

2000– : Women's County Championship

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Essex joined the Women's County Championship in 2001, competing in Division Three, in which they came third, with two victories.[6] They played in the bottom tier of the Championship until 2008, when they were promoted to Division Two.[7] In Division Two, Essex performed strongly, finishing third and second in their first two seasons before being promoted in 2011.[8] In a rain-hit 2012 season, Essex then finished second in Division One, behind Kent.[9] After this, however, Essex fell away, being relegated from Division One in 2014, and then again from Division Two in 2016.[10][11] They managed to bounce straight back, winning Division 3C in 2017, and playing in Division Two ever since.[12] Meanwhile, in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Essex have been a volatile side: when the tournament was regionalised in its early years, Essex bounced between Divisions One and Two of the South section.[13] Since, they briefly fell into Division 3 in 2018, but apart from this have played in Division 2, achieving their best finish of 3rd in 2015.

The side began competing in the Women's London Championship in 2020.[14] In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom.[15] They topped their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to Suffolk in the group final.[16] Essex finished third in their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but won the Women's London Championship, winning all four of their matches.[17][18] In 2024, the side finished 4th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 4th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[19][20]

Players

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Current squad

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Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[21]‡ denotes players with international caps.

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Catherine Dalton ‡   Ireland (1992-10-24) 24 October 1992 (age 32) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Francesca Hughes   England (1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 24) Unknown Unknown
Bella Johnson   England (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000 (age 24) Unknown Unknown
All-rounders
Tilly Callaghan   England (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 26) Unknown Unknown
Kelly Castle   England (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm medium Club captain
Sally Chapman   England (2004-11-30) 30 November 2004 (age 20) Left-handed Unknown
Emily Dack   England (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) Unknown Unknown
Beth Dodd   England (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22) Unknown Unknown
Bella Howarth   England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Emma Jones   England (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Katherine Speed   England (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Jessica Bird   England (2003-11-21) 21 November 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Yasmin Daswani ‡   Hong Kong (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 30) Right-handed Right-arm medium Dual-registration with Huntingdonshire
Scarlett Hughes   England (2002-06-18) 18 June 2002 (age 22) Left-handed –
Jessica Olorenshaw   England (2005-01-27) 27 January 2005 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium Dual-registration with Cambridgeshire
Millie Rawlins   England (2008-08-31) 31 August 2008 (age 16) Right-handed –
Bowlers
Prisha Bedi   England (2000-08-20) 20 August 2000 (age 24) Unknown Right-arm leg break
Holly Dring-Richardson   England (2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 21) Unknown Unknown
Esmae MacGregor   England (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Sophia Mitchell   England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Afra Rose Mohamed   England (2008-10-02) 2 October 2008 (age 16) Unknown Unknown
Grace Poole   England (2003-08-26) 26 August 2003 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Jessica Pugh   England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Mady Villiers ‡   England (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Sophie Willson   England Unknown Unknown Unknown

Notable players

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Players who have played for Essex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[22]

Seasons

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Women's County Championship

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Season Division League standings[23] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Division 3 4 2 2 0 0 31.5 55.5 3rd
2002 Division 3 5 1 2 0 2 21.5 55.5 4th
2003 Division 3 5 0 3 1 1 25 42 5th
2004 County Challenge Cup G2 2 1 1 0 0 14.5 26 3rd
2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3 1 2 0 0 25.5 37.5 3rd
2006 County Challenge Cup G2 3 2 1 0 0 4 44 1st Lost promotion playoff
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A 6 3 1 0 2 4 99 2nd
2008 Division 4 6 6 0 0 0 0 120 1st Promoted
2009 Division 2 10 4 6 0 0 33 103 3rd
2010 Division 2 10 8 2 0 0 63 143 2nd
2011 Division 2 10 7 2 0 1 61 131 1st Promoted
2012 Division 1 8 2 0 0 6 16 36 2nd
2013 Division 1 8 2 5 0 1 32 52 8th
2014 Division 1 8 1 5 0 2 20 30 9th Relegated
2015 Division 2 8 3 4 0 1 39 69 5th
2016 Division 2 7 0 7 0 0 32 32 8th Relegated
2017 Division 3C 5 5 0 0 0 37 87 1st Promoted
2018 Division 2 7 3 3 0 1 25 55 6th
2019 Division 2 7 5 2 0 0 44 94 3rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Season Division League standings[24] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 3 3 2 0 0 1 +0.61 5 1st
2010 Division S&W 1 3 2 1 0 0 −0.75 4 2nd
2011 Division S1 3 0 3 0 0 −1.38 0 4th Relegated
2012 Division S2 3 3 0 0 0 +6.17 6 1st Promoted
2013 Division S1 3 0 3 0 0 −2.70 0 4th
2014 Division 1B 4 0 4 0 0 −3.44 0 9th Relegated
2015 Division 2 8 5 3 0 0 +0.31 20 3rd
2016 Division 2 7 3 3 0 1 +0.55 13 5th
2017 Division 2 8 1 6 0 1 −0.79 5 9th Relegated
2018 Division 3C 8 7 1 0 0 +3.23 28 1st Promoted
2019 Division 2 8 4 2 0 2 −0.07 18 5th
2021 South East 8 0 6 0 2 −1.54 2 6th
2022 Group 4 6 6 0 0 0 +3.92 24 1st Lost final
2023 Group 7 6 2 1 0 3 +0.54 11 3rd
2024 Group 3 8 3 4 0 1 +0.27 63 4th

ECB Women's County One-Day

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Season Group League standings[25] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2024 Group 4 4 1 2 0 1 1 6 4th

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Essex Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Essex Women". Essex Women. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Sunrisers Cricket Home Page". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Essex Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 - 2008". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  8. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2011". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2012". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2014". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  12. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Sussex to join London Championship for second edition of women's 50-over competition". The Cricketer. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  15. ^ "Women's County T20 South East Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Women's County T20 Group 4 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  17. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 7 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Women's London Championship (50 Overs) - 2023/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Vitality Women's County T20 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Vitality Women's County Championship 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  22. ^ "Essex Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  23. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  24. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  25. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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