Worcestershire Women cricket team

The Worcestershire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Worcestershire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Chester Road, Kidderminster and Stourbridge Road, Himley.^[1] They are captained by Chloe Hill.^[2] In 2019, they played in Division Two of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.^[3] They are partnered with the West Midlands regional side Central Sparks.^[4]

Worcestershire Women

Personnel
Captain	Chloe Hill
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1949
Home ground	Various including Chester Road, Kidderminster
History
WCC wins	0
T20 Cup wins	0
Official website	Worcestershire Cricket

History

Worcestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Cheshire, which they won by 75 runs.^[5] They joined the Women's County Championship in 2004, as part of the County Challenge Cup, and placed 2nd in their group in their first season.^[6]

Worcestershire gained promotion from Division Three in 2009, topping the league with 7 wins from 10 games.^[7] They were relegated a season later, but immediately regained their place in Division 2, being promoted in 2011.^[8] Worcestershire have since retained their position in Division 2, apart from a brief stint in Division 3E in 2018.^[9]

They also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2009 for its inaugural season. When the competition was regionalised, Worcestershire gained promotion to Division Midlands & North 1 in 2011, beating Northamptonshire in the Division Final by 45 runs.^[10][11] Since the tournament's national structure was implemented, Worcestershire have been as low as Division 3 and as high as Division 1.^[12] Their promotion to Division 1 in 2017 was a high-point, with Worcestershire bowler Clare Boycott ending the season as the leading wicket-taker in the division.^[13] In 2021, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 3rd in the group with 2 victories.^[14] They won their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, topping the initial group stage before emerging victorious on the group Finals Day.^[15] Worcestershire batter Georgina Macey was the second-highest run-scorer across the whole competition, with 295 runs.^[16] They also competed in the West Midlands Regional Cup in 2022, winning the initial group stage but losing in the final to Wales.^[17]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2022 season.^[18]

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Ami Campbell	England	(1991-06-06) 6 June 1991 (age 31)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	On loan from North East Warriors
Milly Home	England	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	On loan from Warwickshire
Rachel Howells	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
All-rounders
Emily Arlott	England	(1998-02-23) 23 February 1998 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Clare Boycott	England	(1993-12-31) 31 December 1993 (age 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Millie Carr	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Charis Pavely	England	(2004-10-24) 24 October 2004 (age 18)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Wicket-keepers
Olivia Gough	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Chloe Hill	England	(1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 26)	Right-handed	–	Club captain; Dual-registration with Buckinghamshire
Georgina Macey	England	(1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 27)	Right-handed	Unknown
Bowlers
Ellie Anderson	England	(2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Flora Bertwistle	England	(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 23)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Holly Davidson	Scotland	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Eleanor Fawcett	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bryony Gillgrass	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Hannah Hardwick	England	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Jessica Humby	England	(1997-10-22) 22 October 1997 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Amy Maund	England	Unknown	Unknown	Right-arm medium
Charlotte Roberts	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

Notable players

Players who have played for Worcestershire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[19]

•   Zehmarad Afzal (2000)
•   Miranda Veringmeier (2008)
•   Sian Ruck (2009)
•   Heather Siegers (2018)
•   Sarah Glenn (2019)
•   Issy Wong (2022)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season	Division	League standings^[20]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	BP	Pts	Pos
2004	County Challenge Cup G3	3	2	1	0	0	25	49	2nd
2005	County Challenge Cup G3	2	0	1	0	1	5	16	4th
2006	County Challenge Cup G3	3	1	2	0	0	10	30	3rd
2007	County Challenge Cup G2	3	2	0	0	1	0	60	1st	Promoted
2008	Division 4	6	1	5	0	0	17	37	3rd
2009	Division 3	10	7	3	0	0	11	151	1st	Promoted
2010	Division 2	10	0	10	0	0	35	35	6th	Relegated
2011	Division 3	9	3	5	1	0	57	92	4th	Promoted
2012	Division 2	8	4	1	0	3	31	71	2nd
2013	Division 2	8	4	3	0	1	40	80	3rd
2014	Division 2	8	1	6	0	1	30	40	8th
2015	Division 2	8	4	3	0	1	45	85	3rd
2016	Division 2	7	2	4	0	1	32	52	6th
2017	Division 2	7	1	5	0	1	26	36	7th	Relegated
2018	Division 3E	6	4	1	0	1	37	77	1st	Promoted
2019	Division 2	7	2	5	0	0	33	53	6th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season	Division	League standings^[21]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2009	Division 4	3	2	1	0	0	−0.30	4	3rd
2010	Division M&N 2	3	2	0	0	1	+0.53	5	2nd	Lost promotion play-off
2011	Division M&N 2	3	2	1	0	0	−0.46	4	2nd	Promoted
2012	Division M&N 1	3	1	2	0	0	−0.91	2	3rd
2013	Division M&N 1	3	1	2	0	0	−0.87	2	3rd
2014	Division 2A	4	1	3	0	0	−1.81	4	9th	Relegated
2015	Division 3	8	8	0	0	0	+2.77	32	1st	Promoted
2016	Division 2	7	4	3	0	0	+0.35	16	4th
2017	Division 2	8	5	3	0	0	+0.33	20	2nd	Promoted
2018	Division 1	8	1	7	0	0	−1.36	4	9th	Relegated
2019	Division 2	8	3	3	0	2	+0.27	14	6th
2021	West Midlands	8	2	2	0	4	–1.19	12	3rd
2022	Group 2	6	5	1	0	0	+1.87	20	1st	Group winners

Honours

• Women's Twenty20 Cup:
  • Group winners (1) – 2022

See also

• Worcestershire County Cricket Club
• Central Sparks

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