Hertfordshire Women cricket team

The Hertfordshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Hertfordshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Knebworth Park, Knebworth and London Road, Tring.[1] They are captained by Kezia Hassall.[2] In 2019, they played in Division Three of both the Women's County Championship and Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

Hertfordshire Women
Personnel
CaptainKezia Hassall
CoachLuke Heskett
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1935
Home groundVarious
Knebworth Park, Knebworth
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteHertfordshire Cricket

History

1935-2000: Early History

Hertfordshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women.[5] They went on to play various other matches throughout the 1940s and 1950s, including a match against a touring Australia side in 1951.[6] In 1980, East Anglia Women, which included players from Hertfordshire, joined the Women's Area Championship.[7]

2001- : Women's County Championship

Hertfordshire Women joined the Women's County Championship in 2001, replacing East Anglia Women, finishing 5th in Division Two in their first season.[8] After being relegated in 2003, they played in the County Challenge Cup, the tier below the County Championship, for the next four seasons.[9] Returning to the Championship proper in 2008, Hertfordshire have since played in the lower divisions of the structure, achieving their best performance in 2016, when they won Division Four North & East.[10]

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, which they joined for its inaugural season in 2009, Hertfordshire have fared similarly, playing mostly in Division 3.[11] In 2012, they had a chance at promotion from South Division 2, but lost to Essex in the Division final,[12] whilst they finished 2nd in Division 3C in 2017, with six wins from eight games.[13] In 2020, after the county season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hertfordshire competed in the East of England Championship, and won the 45-over competition.[14]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2019 season.[15]

Name Nationality 2019 Appearances Notes
WCC WT20
Kezia Hassall England56 Club captain
Arminah Awan England14
Alice Baird England10
Charlotte Banks England48Wicket-keeper
Elsa Barnfather England14
Roxana Buckley England30
Catherine Cirkel England38
Millie Dyer England34
Rose Fernando England56
Amelia Kemp England58
Tilly Larkins England56Wicket-keeper
Gemma Marriott England58
Amelia Munday England34Wicket-keeper
Amy Price England56
Elizabeth Ruxton England58
Callie Soutar England10
Cerys Walker England32
Katherine Webb England04
Charlotte Wilde England02

Seasons

Women's County Championship
Season Division League standings[16] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Division 2 5140028405th
2002 Division 2 5210222683rd
2003 Division 2 5050019.519.56th Relegated
2004 County Challenge Cup G2 2110014.526.52nd
2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3210024.548.51st Lost promotion playoff
2006 County Challenge Cup G2 321000402nd
2007 County Challenge Cup G3 320010601st Lost promotion playoff
2008 Division 5 L&E 321004442nd Promoted
2009 Division 4 107300111513rd
2010 Division 4 9430235754th
2011 Division 4 106301531132nd
2012 Division 3 8320331614th
2013 Division 3 8440048885th
2014 Division 3 8250131517th
2015 Division 3 8240224448th Relegated
2016 Division 4 N&E 5400129691st
2017 Division 3C 5140020105th
2018 Division 3C 6060016164th
2019 Division 3B 5230027474th

Women's Twenty20 Cup
Season Division League standings[17] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 5 31200+0.0224th
2010 Division S2 31200−0.2423rd
2011 Division S2 31200–[lower-alpha 1]23rd
2012 Division S2 31101−1.1132nd Lost promotion play-off
2013 Division S2 31200+0.2723rd
2014 Division 3B 40400−0.7809th Relegated
2015 Division 4B 66000+1.64241st Promoted
2016 Division 3 82600−1.0588th
2017 Division 3C 86200+1.00242nd
2018 Division 3C 84400−0.12163rd
2019 Division 3B 84400+0.22163rd

See also

Notes
  1. NRR unknown due to unrecorded matches

References
  1. "Hertfordshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. "Hertfordshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. 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. "Hertfordshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. "Lincolnshire, Essex and Hertfordshire Women vs Australia Women, 23 May 1951". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. "East Anglia Women List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. "Women's County Championship 2001 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 N&E - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  12. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division S2 - 2012". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 3C - 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. "End of Season Review 2020". Hertfordshire Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  15. "Hertfordshire One-Day Cup Averages 2019". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  16. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  17. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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