Middlesex Women cricket team

History

1935–1996: Early History

Middlesex Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women, and went on to play various one-off games over the following years, most often against surrounding teams such as Surrey Women. They joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, winning the first two titles, and winning again in 1985.

1997– : Women's County Championship

After the Area Championship ended in 1996, Middlesex Women were one of the founding teams for the Women's County Championship, beginning in 1997, finishing 5th in Division Two in their first season. After being relegated to Division Three the following season, Middlesex then began a steady rise up through the divisions, finally reaching Division One for the first time in 2011. From here, they remained a mid-table side over subsequent seasons, until they were relegated in 2018, the same year in which they won their first major title, the Twenty20 Cup (after being runners-up in 2014 and 2017). In 2019, the final year of the County Championship, Middlesex won Division 2. Since 2015, Middlesex have also competed in the London Cup, in which they play a Twenty20 match against Surrey. Middlesex won the first five competitions, but Surrey have won three of the four matches played since 2020. The side has also competed in the Women's London Championship since 2020. In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th with 3 wins, and regained the London Cup, beating Surrey by 8 wickets. They won their group of the Twenty20 Cup in 2022, going unbeaten. In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Middlesex finished top of their group and reached the group final, but the title was shared due to rain. In 2024, the side finished 3rd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 5th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. They also won the Women's London Championship for the first time, winning all of their matches.

Players

Current squad

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

Notable players

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

• ENG Doris Turner (1934)
• ENG Joan Davis (1937)
• ENG Eileen Whelan (1937)
• ENG Audrey Collins (1937)
• ENG Mary Duggan (1949)
• ENG Megan Lowe (1949)
• ENG Netta Rheinberg (1949)
• ENG Winifred Leech (1951)
• ENG Mary Spry (1951)
• ENG Betty Birch (1951)
• ENG Anne Sanders (1954)
• ENG Helen Sharpe (1957)
• ENG Esme Irwin (1960)
• AUS Liz Amos (1961)
• AUS Margaret Jude (1963)
• NZ Bev Brentnall (1966)
• ENG Jacqueline Court (1973)
• ENG Ros Heggs (1973)
• ENG Glynis Hullah (1976)
• ENG Catherine Mowat (1978)
• ENG Avril Starling (1982)
• ENG Helen Stother (1982)
• ENG Gillian Smith (1986)
• ENG Lisa Nye (1988)
• ENG Debra Stock (1992)
• IRE Sandra Dawson (1993)
• IND Chanderkanta Kaul (1993)
• PAK Shaiza Khan (1997)
• PAK Sharmeen Khan (1997)
• ENG Beth Morgan (1999)
• ENG Laura Joyce (2001)
• AUS Kate Blackwell (2005)
• Netherlands Isabelle Westbury (2005)
• AUS Jodie Fields (2006)
• AUS Lauren Ebsary (2008)
• AUS Julie Hunter (2010)
• ENG Fran Wilson (2010)
• NZ Holly Huddleston (2014)
• IRE Catherine Dalton (2015)
• ENG Alex Hartley (2016)
• SCO Abtaha Maqsood (2018)
• ENG Sophia Dunkley (2018)
• HK Mariko Hill (2019)
• ENG Maia Bouchier (2021)
• HK Natasha Miles (2021)
• ENG Lauren Bell (2022)
• SCO Saskia Horley (2022)
• SCO Chloe Abel (2023)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day

Honours

• Women's Area Championship:
  • Champions (3) – 1980, 1981 & 1985
• County Championship:
  • Division Two Champions (2) – 2010 & 2019
  • Division Three Champions (1) – 2001
• Twenty20 Cup:
  • Division One Champions (1) – 2018
  • Group winners (1) – 2022; shared (1): 2023

References

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