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Essex Women cricket team

FieldValue
nameEssex Women
imageEssex Women cricket team logo.png
coachStephen Parry
captainGrace Scrivens
foundedUnknownFirst recorded match: 1949
groundVariousIncluding Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
title1WCC
title1wins0
title2T20 Cup
title2wins0
websiteEssex Women

The Essex women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Essex. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay and Garon Park, Southend-on-Sea. They are captained by Grace Scrivens. In 2019, they played in Division Two of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since played in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.

History

1949–2000: Early history

Essex Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Buckinghamshire Women. Over the following years, Essex went on to play various one-off matches, most often against local Second XI teams.

2000– : Women's County Championship

Essex joined the Women's County Championship in 2001, competing in Division Three, in which they came third, with two victories. They played in the bottom tier of the Championship until 2008, when they were promoted to Division Two. In Division Two, Essex performed strongly, finishing third and second in their first two seasons before being promoted in 2011. In a rain-hit 2012 season, Essex then finished second in Division One, behind Kent. After this, however, Essex fell away, being relegated from Division One in 2014, and then again from Division Two in 2016. They managed to bounce straight back, winning Division 3C in 2017, and playing in Division Two ever since. Meanwhile, in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Essex have been a volatile side: when the tournament was regionalised in its early years, Essex bounced between Divisions One and Two of the South section. Since, they briefly fell into Division 3 in 2018, but apart from this have played in Division 2, achieving their best finish of 3rd in 2015.

The side began competing in the Women's London Championship in 2020. In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom. They topped their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to Suffolk in the group final. Essex finished third in their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but won the Women's London Championship, winning all four of their matches. In 2024, the side finished 4th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 4th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.

Players

Current squad

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • denotes players with international caps.
No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotesBattersAll-roundersWicket-keepersBowlers
4Florence MillerRight-handedRight-arm medium
6Cordelia GriffithRight-handedRight-arm medium
25Liberty HeapRight-handedRight-arm off break
8Esmae MacGregorRight-handedRight-arm medium
9Jodi GrewcockLeft-handedRight-arm leg break
10Eva GrayRight-handedRight-arm medium
14Jo GardnerRight-handedRight-arm off break
16Sophia SmaleRight-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
29Grace ScrivensLeft-handedRight-arm off breakClub captain
44Alice MacleodRight-handedRight-arm off break
17Amara CarrRight-handed—
83Ariana DowseRight-handed—
11Kate CoppackRight-handedRight-arm medium
18Abtaha MaqsoodRight-handedRight-arm leg break
22Sophie MunroRight-handedRight-arm medium

Notable players

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

  • NZ Lucy Doolan (2008)
  • NZ Sian Ruck (2009)
  • ENG Beth MacGregor (2010)
  • ENG Beth Langston (2013)
  • AUS Kristen Beams (2014)
  • NZ Leigh Kasperek (2015)
  • IRE Catherine Dalton (2015)
  • Netherlands Sterre Kalis (2018)
  • Hong Kong Yasmin Daswani (2019)
  • ENG Mady Villiers (2019)
  • AUS Heather Graham (2019)
  • GER Sharanya Sadarangani (2020)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standingsNotesPWLTA/CBPPtsPos2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
Division 34220031.555.53rd
Division 35120221.555.54th
Division 35031125425th
County Challenge Cup G22110014.5263rd
County Challenge Cup G23120025.537.53rd
County Challenge Cup G2321004441stLost promotion playoff
County Challenge Cup Div A631024992nd
Division 46600001201stPromoted
Division 2104600331033rd
Division 2108200631432nd
Division 2107201611311stPromoted
Division 18200616362nd
Division 18250132528th
Division 18150220309thRelegated
Division 28340139695th
Division 27070032328thRelegated
Division 3C5500037871stPromoted
Division 27330125556th
Division 27520044943rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standingsNotesPWLTA/CNRRPtsPos200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192021202220232024
Division 332001+0.6151st
Division S&W 132100−0.7542nd
Division S130300−1.3804thRelegated
Division S233000+6.1761stPromoted
Division S130300−2.7004th
Division 1B40400−3.4409thRelegated
Division 285300+0.31203rd
Division 273301+0.55135th
Division 281601−0.7959thRelegated
Division 3C87100+3.23281stPromoted
Division 284202−0.07185th
South East80602−1.5426th
Group 466000+3.92241stLost final
Group 762103+0.54113rd
Group 383401+0.27634th

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standingsNotesPWLTA/CBPPtsPos2024
Group 441201164th

References

References

  1. "Essex Women Scorecards".
  2. (31 January 2025). "Scrivens named Essex Women captain". Essex Cricket.
  3. "ECB Women's County Championship".
  4. "Sunrisers Cricket Home Page". Sunrisers Cricket.
  5. "Essex Women Scorecards".
  6. "ECB Women's County Championship".
  7. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 - 2008".
  8. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2011".
  9. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2012".
  10. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2014".
  11. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2016".
  12. "ECB Women's County Championship".
  13. "ECB Women's County Championship".
  14. (15 February 2021). "Sussex to join London Championship for second edition of women's 50-over competition".
  15. "Women's County T20 South East Group - 2021".
  16. "Women's County T20 Group 4 - 2022".
  17. "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 7 - 2023". Play-Cricket.
  18. "Women's London Championship (50 Overs) - 2023/Table". Play-Cricket.
  19. "Vitality Women's County T20 2024".
  20. "Vitality Women's County Championship 2024".
  21. "Essex Women Players". CricketArchive.
  22. "ECB Women's County Championship".
  23. "ECB Women's County Championship".
  24. "ECB Women's County Championship".
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