Lancashire Women cricket team

Lancashire Women
Personnel
CaptainEleanor Threlkeld
CoachChris Read
Overseas player(s)Alana King
Katie Mack
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1933
Home groundVarious
Including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes
History
WCC wins1
T20 Cup wins1
T20 County Cup wins1
Official websiteLancashire Cricket

The Lancashire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Lancashire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes. They are coached by Chris Chambers and captained by Eleanor Threlkeld.[1][2] They won both the County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup in 2017.[3] Lancashire have links with Cumbria, with some players playing for both sides, as well as some of their players making up a North Representative XI in 2021 and 2022.[4] They are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.[5]

History

1930–1997: Early History

Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs.[6] Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as Yorkshire and Cheshire.[7] They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with Cheshire, Lancashire and Cheshire Women.[8]

1998– : Women's County Championship

1998 was the first season in which Lancashire competed in the County Championship on their own, and they finished 3rd in Division 3, before being promoted the following season.[9][10] Over the following seasons, Lancashire bounced between the divisions, having a four-year stint in Division One, from 2004 to 2007, but also reaching as low as Division Three in 2010 and 2011.[11] They topped Division Two in 2013 and 2014: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to Somerset, but managed to gain promotion in 2014.[12] They were relegated in 2015, but bounced straight back up to Division One in 2016.[13][14]

Lancashire then went on to have an exceptional 2017 season, in which they won both the County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the Championship, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games.[15] Lancashire bowler Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while Amy Satterthwaite and Evelyn Jones were the 3rd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively.[16] Meanwhile in the T20 Cup, Lancashire won 7 from 8 games to claim the title, with batter Emma Lamb ending the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the division.[17] In the following years, Lancashire retained their place in Division One of the Championship without seriously challenging for the title, whilst managing a second-place finish in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, one point behind Champions Warwickshire.[18] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain.[19] Batter Emma Lamb was the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 233 runs including one century.[20] They again won their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Yorkshire in the final.[21] Batter Georgie Boyce was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 306 runs, whilst bowlers Alex Hartley and Phoebe Graham were joint-second leading wicket-takers, with 13 wickets.[22] They won their Women's Twenty20 Cup group for the third consecutive season in 2023, defeating Scotland in the final.[23] In 2024, the side finished 2nd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and won their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[24][25]

Players

Current squad

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • ‡ denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
2 Katie Mack  Australia (1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player
6 Emma Lamb ‡  England (1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 Right-handed Right-arm off break
11 Eve Jones  England (1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 Left-handed Left-arm medium
30 Danielle Collins  England (2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 Left-handed Right-arm medium
32 Ailsa Lister ‡  Scotland (2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 Right-handed —
47 Seren Smale ‡  England (2004-12-13) 13 December 2004 Right-handed —
— Tilly Kesteven  England (2004-11-30) 30 November 2004 Left-handed Right-arm leg break
All-rounders
22 Darcey Carter ‡  Scotland (2005-05-31) 31 May 2005 Right-handed Right-arm off break
31 Fi Morris  England (1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 Right-handed Right-arm off break
39 Liberty Heap  England (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
21 Ellie Threlkeld  England (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 Right-handed — Club captain
35 Alice Clarke  England (2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 Left-handed Right-arm medium
Bowlers
3 Sophie Morris  England (2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
4 Olivia Bell ‡  Scotland (2003-11-12) 12 November 2003 Right-handed Right-arm off break
7 Hannah Jones  England (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
9 Grace Potts  England (2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 Right-handed Right-arm medium
16 Kate Cross ‡  England (1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium England central contract
17 Phoebe Graham  England (1991-10-23) 23 October 1991 Right-handed Right-arm medium
18 Mahika Gaur ‡  England[a] (2006-03-09) 9 March 2006 Right-handed Left-arm fast-medium England central contract
19 Sophie Ecclestone ‡  England (1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox England central contract
24 Tara Norris ‡  United States (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 Left-handed Left-arm medium UK passport
26 Hannah Rainey ‡  Scotland (1997-06-02) 2 June 1997 Right-handed Right-arm medium On loan at Warwickshire
— Alana King ‡  Australia (1995-11-22) 22 November 1995 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player
  1. ^ Gaur has also played international cricket for the United Arab Emirates.

Notable players

Players who have played for Lancashire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[26]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[27] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
1998 Division 3 5 3 2 0 0 36 72 3rd
1999 Division 3 5 5 0 0 0 44 104 1st Promoted
2000 Division 2 5 3 2 0 0 37.5 73.5 2nd
2001 Division 2 5 3 2 0 0 36 72 2nd
2002 Division 2 5 3 0 0 2 22.5 80.5 2nd
2003 Division 2 5 4 0 0 1 34 93 1st Promoted
2004 Division 1 5 2 3 0 0 34 58 4th
2005 Division 1 6 2 3 0 1 40 75 3rd
2006 Division 1 6 1 5 0 0 20 40 3rd
2007 Division 1 6 0 5 0 1 16 26 4th Relegated
2008 Division 2 6 3 3 0 0 3 63 3rd
2009 Division 2 10 1 9 0 0 22 42 6th Relegated
2010 Division 3 10 6 3 0 1 53 113 3rd
2011 Division 3 9 3 5 1 0 43 78 5th Promoted
2012 Division 2 8 4 3 0 1 44 84 4th
2013 Division 2 8 8 0 0 0 58 138 1st Lost Division 2 final
2014 Division 2 8 6 1 0 1 29 109 1st Promoted
2015 Division 1 8 0 8 0 0 23 23 9th Relegated
2016 Division 2 7 4 1 0 2 35 75 1st Promoted
2017 Division 1 7 5 2 0 0 49 99 1st Champions
2018 Division 1 7 3 4 0 0 41 71 4th
2019 Division 1 7 4 3 0 0 42 82 4th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[28] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 2 3 1 1 0 1 −0.45 3 2nd
2010 Division M&N 2 3 0 2 0 1 −0.69 1 3rd
2011 Division M&N 2 3 1 2 0 0 −1.16 2 3rd
2012 Division M&N 2 3 1 1 0 1 −0.22 2 2nd Lost promotion play-off
2013 Division M&N 2 2 0 1 0 1 −4.85 1 2nd
2014 Division 2B 4 2 2 0 0 +0.32 8 4th
2015 Division 2 8 8 0 0 0 +2.28 32 1st Promoted
2016 Division 1 7 3 4 0 0 −0.64 12 5th
2017 Division 1 8 7 1 0 0 +1.48 28 1st Champions
2018 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 −0.16 16 6th
2019 Division 1 8 4 1 0 3 +0.77 19 2nd
2021 North 8 4 0 0 4 +5.07 20 1st Group winners
2022 Group 1 6 6 0 0 0 +3.12 24 1st Group winners
2023 Group 1 6 1 1 0 4 +2.50 8 2nd Group winners
2024 Group 1 7 6 1 0 0 +1.19 88 2nd

ECB Women's County One-Day

Season Group League standings[29] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2024 Group 1 4 3 0 0 1 2 15 1st Group winners

Women's One-Day

Season League League standings[30] Notes
P W L T NR BP Pts Pos
2025 League 1 8 6 2 0 0 2 26 2nd

Honours

See also

References

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