Leicestershire Women cricket team

The Leicestershire Women's cricket team, officially the Leicestershire and Rutland Women's cricket team since 2010, is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. They play their home games at various grounds across the two counties, often in Loughborough, Leicester or Empingham.[1] They are captained by Niki Patel.[2] In 2019, they played in Division Three of both the Women's County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the East Midlands regional side Lightning.[4]

Leicestershire Women
Personnel
CaptainNiki Patel
CoachThomas Leonard
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1948
Home groundVarious
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteLeicestershire Cricket

History

Leicestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1948, against Buckinghamshire Women.[5] They also played a match against a touring Australia side in 1951, as a combined team with Buckinghamshire.[6] Leicestershire joined the national women's cricket structure in 2004, competing in the County Challenge Cup, the lower tier of the Women's County Championship: they finished bottom of their group in their first season.[7] After this, Leicestershire remained in the lower levels of the Championship. They won their Division 5 group two years in a row, in 2010 and 2011, and after this have mainly played in Division Three.[8] They did gain promotion from Division Three in 2015, coming second, but were relegated the following season.[9]

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Leicestershire have had some successful seasons in the lower divisions of the competition: for example, they went unbeaten in 2015 and 2016.[10][11] For the last three seasons of the tournament, they have played in Division Three.[12]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2019 season.[13]

Name Nationality 2019 Appearances Notes
WCC WT20
Niki Patel England68 Club captain
Isobel Barnes England45
Rebecca Brazier England58
Flora England England62
Libby Haward England03
Isabelle Hudson England10
Amy Jenkins England50
Jessica Lapworth England06
Harriet Leach England66
Katie Midwood England67
Jessica Morgan England01
Eleanor Musson England57
Una Paramjothy England44
Jenny Peel England10
Molly Satterthwaite England45
Emily Stanyard England46
Ceara Toal England16
Collette Wale England02
Lucy Weston England64
Katie Winterton England68Wicket-keeper

Seasons

Women's County Championship
Season Division League standings[14] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2004 County Challenge Cup G1 202006.56.54th
2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3120014264th
2006 County Challenge Cup G2 3120010304th
2007 County Challenge Cup G3 320010602nd
2008 Division 5M 302106223rd
2009 Division 5 N&E -------- Withdrew from competition
2010 Division 5N 76100501101st
2011 Division 5E 5500037871st Promoted
2012 Division 3 8200614343rd
2013 Division 3 85300531034th
2014 Division 3 8530047975th
2015 Division 3 85300511012nd Promoted
2016 Division 2 7140224347th Relegated
2017 Division 3D 4210121412nd
2018 Division 3E 6320126563rd
2019 Division 3A 6420042823rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup
Season Division League standings[15] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2010 Division M&N 4 21100+1.3222nd Lost promotion play-off
2011 Division M&N 4 32100+1.0742nd Lost promotion play-off
2012 Division M&N 4 32100+1.5641st Promoted
2013 Division M&N 3 21001+2.2231st
2014 Division 3C 40400−0.7808th Relegated
2015 Division 4A 44000+3.16161st Lost promotion play-off
2016 Division 4C 66000+1.82241st
2017 Division 3B 85201+0.77212nd
2018 Division 3B 85300+0.13203rd
2019 Division 3C 80512−2.0744th

See also

References
  1. "Leicestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  2. "Leicestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. "Loughborough Selected as Host for Women's Cricket". Loughborough University. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. "Leicestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. "Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire Women vs Australia Women, 1951". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  7. "ECB Women's County Challenge Cup G1 - 2004". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  9. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2015". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 4A - 2015". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  11. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 4C - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  12. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  13. "Leicestershire One-Day Cup Averages 2019". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  14. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  15. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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