Cumbria Women cricket team
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox cricket team
| name = Cumbria Women
| image = Cumbria Women cricket team logo.jpg
| coach = Colin Knight
| captain = Olivia Brinsden
| founded = Unknown{{-}}First recorded match: 2000
| ground = Various{{-}}Including Park Side Road, Kendal
| title1 = WCC
| title1wins = 0
| title2 = T20 Cup
| title2wins = 0
| website = [https://cumbriawomen.play-cricket.com/ Cumbria Women]
}}
The Cumbria Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Cumbria. They play their home games at various grounds across the county.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/scorecard_oracle_reveals_results.cgi |title=Cumbria Women Scorecards |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=4 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://cumbriawomen.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title=Cumbria Women - About Us |website=Cumbria Women/Play-Cricket |accessdate=4 January 2021}} In 2019, they played in Division 3 of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's County Championship |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=4 January 2021}} Cumbria have links with Lancashire, with some players playing for both sides, and they are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.{{cite web |url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Matches |title=ECB Women's County Championship/Fixtures & Results/Women's County T20 Group 1 |publisher=Play-Cricket |access-date=19 April 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://cricket.lancashirecricket.co.uk/teams/thunder-cricket/ |title=Thunder Cricket About |publisher=Lancashire Cricket |accessdate=4 January 2021}}
History
Cumbria Women's first recorded match was against Scotland Women in 2000, which they lost by 10 wickets.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/158/158696.html |title=Scotland Women vs Cumbria Women, 18 June 2000 |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=4 January 2021}} The following year, Cumbria joined the Emerging Counties competition, which acted as a feeder competition for the Women's County Championship, in which they competed for three seasons before joining its successor, the County Challenge Cup.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/scorecard_oracle_reveals_results.cgi |title=Cumbria Women Scorecards |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=4 January 2021}} Since then, in the Challenge Cup and when they joined the County Championship proper in 2008, Cumbria Women have remained in the bottom tier of competition.{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's County Championship |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=4 January 2021}} They also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural year in 2009, and again have been consistently in the lowest division. {{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=4 January 2021}} They achieved one of their best finishes in 2019, finishing 2nd in Division 3C with 3 victories.{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/82130 |title=ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 3C - 2019 |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=4 January 2021}} In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing bottom with no victories.{{cite web |url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/95419 |title=Women's County T20 North Group - 2021 |website=ECB Women's County Championship |accessdate=18 May 2021}} They again finished bottom of their group in the 2022 and 2023 Twenty20 Cups.{{cite web|url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/101160 |title=Women's County T20 Group 1 - 2022 |website=Play-Cricket |access-date=9 May 2022}}{{cite web| url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/109626 |title=ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 1 - 2023 |publisher=Play-Cricket |access-date=1 November 2023}} In 2024, the side finished 7th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/38/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2024.html |title=Vitality Women's County T20 2024 |website=CricketArchive |access-date=16 October 2024}}
Players
=Current squad=
Based on appearances in the 2023 season.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/37/Vitality_Womens_County_T20_2023/Cumbria_Women_Batting.html |title=Batting and Fielding for Cumbria Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023 |website=CricketArchive |access-date=18 May 2023}}
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| style="background:#063; color:white" scope="col" rowspan="2" | Name
! style="background:#063; color:white" scope="col" rowspan="2" | Nationality ! style="background:#063; color:white" scope="col" rowspan="2" | {{Abbr|Apps|2023 Appearances}} ! style="background:#063; color:white" scope="col" rowspan="2" | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:center"|Olivia Brinsden | {{crw|England}} | 2 | Club captain |
| style="text-align:center"|Grace Airey | {{crw|England}} | 4 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Carenza Curwen | {{crw|England}} | 2 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Sarah-Jayne Earl | {{crw|England}} | 2 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Jenny Fallows | {{crw|England}} | 4 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Kate Field | {{crw|England}} | 4 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Mahika Gaur {{double-dagger}} | {{crw|England}}Gaur has also played international cricket for the United Arab Emirates. | 2 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Ruby Hutchison | {{crw|England}} | 4 | Wicket-keeper |
| style="text-align:center"|Maeve Jones | {{crw|England}} | 2 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Tilly Kesteven | {{crw|England}} | 4 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Lily King | {{crw|England}} | 2 | |
| style="text-align:center"|S Parker | {{crw|England}} | 2 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Bethan Robinson | {{crw|England}} | 3 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Hannah Snape | {{crw|England}} | 2 | Dual-registration with Lancashire |
| style="text-align:center"|Emily Tucker | {{crw|Scotland}} | 2 | |
| style="text-align:center"|Maddie Wood | {{crw|England}} | 4 |
=Notable players=
Players who have played for Cumbria and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/4/4937/Players.html |title=Cumbria Women Players|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 April 2022}}
- {{flagicon|SCO}} Hannah Rainey (2018)
- {{flagicon|UAE}}{{flagicon|ENG}} Mahika Gaur (2019){{efn|Gaur has represented both the United Arab Emirates and England in international cricket.}}
- {{flagicon|ENG}} Seren Smale (2024)
Seasons
=Women's County Championship=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" | Season
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Division ! scope="col" colspan="8" | League standings{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's County Championship |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=5 January 2021}} ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Notes |
|---|
| scope="col" | P
! scope="col" | W ! scope="col" | L ! scope="col" | T ! scope="col" | A/C ! scope="col" | BP ! scope="col" | Pts ! scope="col" | Pos |
| scope="row" | 2001
| Emerging Counties | 2 || - || - || - || - || - || - || Unknown | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2002
| Emerging Counties | 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 12.5 || 12.5 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2003
| Emerging Counties | 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 10.5 || 10.5 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2004
| County Challenge Cup G2 | 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 19.5 || 31.5 || 2nd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2005
| County Challenge Cup G1 | 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 6.5 || 6.5 || 4th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2006
| County Challenge Cup G1 | 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 21 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2007
| County Challenge Cup G4 | 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 32 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2008
| Division 5N | 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 21 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2009
| Division 5 N&E | 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 45 || 1st | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2010
| Division 5N | 7 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 31 || 61 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2011
| Division 5N | 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 19 || 24 || 4th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2012
| Division 4 N&E | 4 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 22 || 4th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2013
| Division 4 N&E | 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 24 || 54 || 2nd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Division 4 N&E | 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 22 || 42 || 2nd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Division 4 N&E | 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 25 || 55 || 2nd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Division 4 N&E | 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 18 || 28 || 5th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2017
| Division 3A | 6 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || -15 || 4th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2018
| Division 3A | 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 31 || 51 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2019
| Division 3A | 6 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 23 || 43 || 5th | style="background: white;" | |
=Women's Twenty20 Cup=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" | Season
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Division ! scope="col" colspan="8" | League standings{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's County Championship |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=5 January 2021}} ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Notes |
|---|
| scope="col" | P
! scope="col" | W ! scope="col" | L ! scope="col" | T ! scope="col" | A/C ! scope="col" | NRR ! scope="col" | Pts ! scope="col" | Pos |
| scope="row" | 2009
| Division 7 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || – || 3 || 1st | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2010
| Division M&N 3 | 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || −1.36 || 0 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2011
| Division M&N 3 | 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || −1.91 || 0 || 4th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2012
| Division M&N 3 | 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || −1.54 || 0 || 4th | style="background: #ffcccc;" | Relegated |
| scope="row" | 2013
| Division M&N 4 | 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || −0.35 || 2 || 2nd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2014
| Division 4C | 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || +2.50 || 16 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2015
| Division 4C | 6 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || +0.19 || 11 || 2nd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2016
| Division 4C | 6 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || −0.36 || 8 || 3rd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2017
| Division 3B | 8 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 0 || −2.55 || 0 || 6th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2018
| Division 3B | 8 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || −1.70 || 8 || 6th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2019
| Division 3C | 8 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 2 || −0.13 || 14 || 2nd | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2021
| North | 8 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 2 || −3.95 || 2 || 6th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2022
| Group 1 | 6 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || −1.77 || 0 || 7th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2023
| Group 1 | 6 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 4 || −5.90 || 4 || 7th | style="background: white;" | |
| scope="row" | 2024
| Group 1 | 7 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 2 || –3.68 || 36 || 7th | style="background: white;" | |
See also
Notes
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References
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{{Women's County Cricket in England}}
{{Cumberland CCC}}
{{Cricket in England}}