Nottinghamshire Women cricket team

The Nottinghamshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Nottinghamshire. They play their home games at John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth and are captained by Lucy Higham.[1] In 2019, they played in Division One of both the Women's County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[2] They are partnered with the East Midlands regional side Lightning.[3]

Nottinghamshire Women

Personnel
Captain	Lucy Higham
Coach	Martyn Kiel
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1934
Home ground	John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth, Warsop
History
WCC wins	0
T20 Cup wins	1
Official website	Nottinghamshire Recreational Cricket

History

1934–1999: Early History

Nottinghamshire Women's first recorded match took place in 1934, which they lost to the Women's Cricket Association.[4] They went on to play various one-off games against nearby teams, such as Warwickshire and Lincolnshire.[5] East Midlands Women, which included players from Nottinghamshire, joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and was a founding member of the Women's County Championship.[6] East Midlands won Division One of the Championship in 1999.[7]

2000– : Women's County Championship

Nottinghamshire replaced East Midlands in Division One of the County Championship for the 2000 season, finishing second with four out of five wins.[8] Nottinghamshire remained in Division One for a further four seasons, finishing second again in 2003, but were relegated in 2004.[9] After two seasons in Division 2, Nottinghamshire returned to Division One and remained a consistently mid-table side.[10]

Nottinghamshire also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2010, placing 2nd in their regional division in their first season.[11] They reached the semi-finals in 2013, but lost to eventual winners Kent.[12] In 2014, however, Nottinghamshire were crowned the Champions of the tournament, first qualifying for Round 2 unbeaten, then finishing above Middlesex and Kent in the final group on Net Run Rate.[13][14]

Since then, Nottinghamshire have had a brief stint in Division Two in both competitions, in 2016 in the Championship and 2017 in the T20 Cup. In both instances, they gained promotion at their first attempt.[15][16] In 2019, they finished 6th in the Championship and 9th in the T20 Cup.[17][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
Lucy Higham	England	17 October 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Club captain
Megan Burton	England	18 May 1993	Right-handed	—	Wicket-keeper
Jodie Cook	England	17 November 1994	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Amy Gauvrit	England	14 March 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Teresa Graves	England	10 October 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Yvonne Graves	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Jenny Gunn	England	9 May 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Megan Hodkinson	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Hannah Hughes	England	20 September 1996	Unknown	Unknown
Polly Inglis	New Zealand	31 May 1996	Right-handed	—	Wicket-keeper
Amelia Kite	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sophie Munro	England	31 August 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sonia Odedra	England	3 June 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Rachael Potter	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Rebecca Widdowson	England	23 January 1993	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
2000	Division 1	5	4	1	0	0	35.5	83.5	2nd
2001	Division 1	5	3	2	0	0	33	69	4th
2002	Division 1	5	1	2	0	2	20	54	4th
2003	Division 1	5	4	1	0	0	38	86	2nd
2004	Division 1	5	1	4	0	0	34.5	46.5	5th	Relegated
2005	Division 2	6	3	2	0	1	37.5	84.5	2nd
2006	Division 2	6	4	1	0	1	4	88	1st	Promoted
2007	Division 1	6	1	4	0	1	12	47	3rd
2008	Division 1	6	2	4	0	0	13	53	3rd
2009	Division 1	10	6	4	0	0	17	137	3rd
2010	Division 1	10	2	8	0	0	42	62	5th
2011	Division 1	10	0	9	0	1	34	34	6th
2012	Division 1	8	1	2	0	5	15	25	6th
2013	Division 1	8	4	4	0	0	48	88	4th
2014	Division 1	8	4	3	0	1	46	86	4th
2015	Division 1	8	3	4	0	1	38	68	8th	Relegated
2016	Division 2	7	5	1	0	1	38	88	2nd	Promoted
2017	Division 1	7	4	3	0	0	48	88	4th
2018	Division 1	7	2	4	1	0	38	63	6th
2019	Division 1	7	3	4	0	0	45	75	6th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season	Division	League standings[21]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2010	Division M&N 1	3	2	1	0	0	+0.69	4	2nd
2011	Division M&N 1	3	0	3	0	0	−2.09	0	4th
2012	Division M&N 1	3	2	1	0	0	+0.70	4	2nd
2013	Division M&N 1	3	3	0	0	0	+2.57	6	1st	Lost semi-final
2014	Division 1C	4	4	0	0	0	+0.92	16	1st	Champions
2015	Division 1	8	3	5	0	0	+0.45	12	6th
2016	Division 1	7	2	4	0	1	−0.81	9	8th	Relegated
2017	Division 2	8	7	0	0	1	+1.44	29	1st	Promoted
2018	Division 1	8	4	4	0	0	+0.09	16	5th
2019	Division 1	8	1	5	0	2	−0.78	6	9th

Honours

• County Championship:
  • Division Two champions (1) – 2006
• Women's Twenty20 Cup:
  • Champions (1) – 2014
  • Division Two champions (1) – 2017

See also

• Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
• Lightning (women's cricket)

References

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