Berkshire Women cricket team

History

1936–1999: Early History

Berkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Buckinghamshire Women, which they lost by 66 runs.{{cite web |url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/964/964228.html |title=Berkshire Women v Buckinghamshire Women, 1936 |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=26 December 2020}} When the Women's County Championship began in 1997, Thames Valley Women, which included Berkshire, competed, having also previously played in various regional competitions.{{cite web |url= https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/scorecard_oracle_reveals_results.cgi |title=Thames Valley Women Scorecards |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=26 December 2020}}

2000– : Women's County Championship

Berkshire joined the Women's County Championship in 2000, replacing Thames Valley, and finished 4th in Division 1 in their first season. After being relegated in 2003, they did not return to Division 1 until 2008, after which they became a consistently mid-table side. This period saw much greater success in the Women's Twenty20 Cup for Berkshire, reaching the final three times in a row between 2010 and 2012, including winning the competition in 2010, beating Yorkshire by 46 runs.{{cite web |url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/299/299384.html |title=Berkshire Women v Yorkshire Women, 18th September 2010 |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=26 December 2020}} In 2017, Berkshire were relegated from Division 1 and have remained in Division 2 since, whilst also suffering two consecutive relegations in the T20 Cup. In 2021, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with 4 losses and 4 abandoned matches. In 2022 and 2023, they finished third in their group of the Twenty20 Cup. They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing third out of six teams in the inaugural edition. In 2024, the side finished 5th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 3rd in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. denotes players with international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for Berkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):

• ENG Debra Stock (1992)
• ENG Claire Taylor (1998)
• ENG Isa Guha (2001)
• AUS Alex Blackwell (2003)
• NZ Rachel Priest (2007)
• ENG Anya Shrubsole (2008)
• NZ Victoria Lind (2009)
• ENG Heather Knight (2010)
• ENG Jodie Cook (2014)
• ENG Linsey Smith (2018)
• SCO Ellen Watson (2019)
• ENG Lauren Bell (2022)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day

Honours

• County Championship:
  • Division Two champions (1) – 2007
• Twenty20 Cup
  • Champions (1) – 2010
  • Division 3A champions (1) – 2009

References

References

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