Hampshire Women cricket team

The Hampshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Hampshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including May's Bounty, Basingstoke and the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground.[1] They are captained by Katie George.[2] In 2018, they won Division One of the Women's County Championship, and were promoted from Division Two of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.[4]

Hampshire Women

Personnel
Captain	Katie George
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1811
Home ground	Various
History
WCC wins	1
T20 Cup wins	0
Official website	Hampshire Women

History

1811-1996: Early History

Hampshire Women played their first recorded match in 1811, against Surrey Women.[5] They then went on to play various one-off matches against neighbouring counties, sometimes as a combined team with Dorset.[6] They played against a touring Australia side in 1937 and 1957.[7][8]

1997- : Women's County Championship

Hampshire Women joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, finishing 3rd in Division 3.[9] Over the following seasons, Hampshire remained in the lower divisions of the Championship: they were promoted to Division Two in 2002, but only remained there for two seasons, and reached as low as Division Four in 2008 and 2011.[10] However, 2015 saw a sharp change in Hampshire's fortunes as they won Division 3 with six wins out of eight games,[11] and then two seasons later were promoted to Division 1, topping Division Two in 2017.[12] Hampshire then won Division One at their first attempt, in 2018, winning six of their seven matches.[13] Hampshire's remarkable rise was helped by England captain Charlotte Edwards, who played for the club in 2017 and 2018, and overseas player Suzie Bates, who was the Division's leading run-scorer in their Championship-winning season.[14]

Hampshire Women also had a similar rise in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. After playing in the lower regional divisions in the early years of the tournament, they gained promotion from Division 3 in 2015[15] and from Division 2 in 2018, topping the league with 7 wins from 8 games.[16] Hampshire bowler Providence Cowdrill was the leading wicket-taker in the division, with 15 wickets.[17] In 2019, their first season in Division 1, they finished 4th with 4 wins.[18]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2019 season. denotes players with international caps.[19]

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Katie George	England	6 December 1993	Right-handed	Left-arm medium	Club captain
Suzie Bates	New Zealand	16 September 1987	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Samantha Betts	Australia	16 February 1996	Right-handed	Right-handed medium
Maia Bouchier	England	5 December 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ella Chandler	England	19 October 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Providence Cowdrill	England	31 March 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Clover Crosse	England	15 April 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Charlie Dean	England	22 December 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Ariana Dowse	England	8 February 2001	Right-handed	—	Wicket-keeper
Lucia Kendall	England	Unknown	Right-handed	—	Wicket-keeper
Alice Monaghan	England	20 March 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Fi Morris	England	31 January 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Danielle Ransley	England	11 June 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Melissa Story	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Charlotte Taylor	England	2 February 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Emily Windsor	England	14 September 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season	Division	League standings[20]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	BP	Pts	Pos
1997	Division 3	3	1	2	0	0	16.5	28.5	3rd
1998	Division 3	5	2	3	0	0	36	60	4th
1999	Division 3	5	3	2	0	0	36.5	72.5	3rd
2000	Division 3	5	3	2	0	0	33.5	69.5	4th
2001	Division 3	4	3	1	0	0	33.5	69.5	2nd
2002	Division 3	5	3	0	0	2	24.5	82.5	1st	Promoted
2003	Division 2	5	1	4	0	0	26	38	5th
2004	Division 2	5	2	3	0	0	35	59	4th
2005	Division 3	6	2	3	0	1	30.5	65.5	4th	Relegated
2006	County Challenge Cup G4	3	3	0	0	0	0	60	1st	Lost promotion playoff
2007	County Challenge Cup Div A	6	1	3	0	2	6	51	3rd
2008	Division 4	6	1	5	0	0	11	31	4th
2009	Division 3	10	2	8	0	0	16	56	5th
2010	Division 3	10	0	10	0	0	38	38	6th	Relegated
2011	Division 4	10	5	3	0	2	49	99	3rd
2012	Division 3	8	0	2	0	6	3	3	9th
2013	Division 3	8	2	6	0	0	42	62	8th
2014	Division 3	8	2	5	0	1	29	49	8th
2015	Division 3	8	6	1	0	1	49	109	1st	Promoted
2016	Division 2	7	5	2	0	0	45	95	3rd
2017	Division 2	7	6	1	0	0	51	111	1st	Promoted
2018	Division 1	7	6	1	0	0	49	109	1st	Champions
2019	Division 1	7	3	4	0	0	50	80	5th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season	Division	League standings[21]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2009	Division 5	3	2	1	0	0	−2.73	4	2nd
2010	Division S2	3	2	1	0	0	+1.48	4	2nd	Lost promotion play-off
2011	Division S2	3	2	1	0	0	−[lower-alpha 1]	4	2nd	Lost promotion play-off
2012	Division S2	3	1	2	0	0	+1.26	2	3rd
2013	Division S2	3	2	1	0	0	+0.41	4	2nd
2014	Division 3A	4	4	0	0	0	+1.61	16	3rd
2015	Division 3	8	7	1	0	0	+1.54	28	2nd	Promoted
2016	Division 2	7	3	4	0	0	−0.33	12	6th
2017	Division 2	8	4	2	0	2	+1.08	18	3rd
2018	Division 2	8	7	1	0	0	+2.27	28	1st	Promoted
2019	Division 1	8	4	3	0	1	−0.19	17	4th

Honours

• County Championship:
  • Division One champions (1) – 2018
  • Division Two champions (1) – 2017
  • Division Three champions (2) – 2002 & 2015
• Women's Twenty20 Cup
  • Division Two champions (1) – 2018

See also

• Hampshire County Cricket Club
• Southern Vipers

Notes

1. NRR unknown due to unrecorded matches

References

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