Essex Women
Personnel
CaptainKelly Castle
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1949
Home groundVarious
Including Toby Howe Cricket Ground, Billericay
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official 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.[1] They are captained by Kelly Castle.[2] 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.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] They played in the bottom tier of the Championship until 2008, when they were promoted to Division Two.[7] In Division Two, Essex performed strongly, finishing third and second in their first two seasons before being promoted in 2011.[8] In a rain-hit 2012 season, Essex then finished second in Division One, behind Kent.[9] After this, however, Essex fell away, being relegated from Division One in 2014, and then again from Division Two in 2016.[10][11] They managed to bounce straight back, winning Division 3C in 2017, and playing in Division Two ever since.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14] In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom.[15] They topped their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost to Suffolk in the group final.[16] 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.[17][18]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[19]‡ denotes players with international caps.

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Catherine Dalton ‡ Ireland24 October 1992Right-handedRight-arm medium
Francesca Hughes England11 December 1999UnknownUnknown
Bella Johnson England28 November 2000UnknownUnknown
All-rounders
Tilly Callaghan England5 May 1998UnknownUnknown
Kelly Castle England4 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm mediumClub captain
Sally Chapman England30 November 2004Left-handedUnknown
Emily Dack England25 May 1995UnknownUnknown
Beth Dodd England2 February 2002UnknownUnknown
Bella Howarth EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Emma Jones England8 August 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
Katherine Speed England5 October 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Jessica Bird England21 November 2003Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Yasmin Daswani ‡ Hong Kong21 September 1994Right-handedRight-arm mediumDual-registration with Huntingdonshire
Scarlett Hughes England18 June 2002Left-handed–
Jessica Olorenshaw England27 January 2005Right-handedRight-arm mediumDual-registration with Cambridgeshire
Bowlers
Prisha Bedi England20 August 2000UnknownRight-arm leg break
Holly Dring-Richardson England20 August 2003UnknownUnknown
Esmae MacGregor England31 July 2004Right-handedRight-arm medium
Sophia Mitchell EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Afra Rose Mohamed EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Grace Poole England26 August 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
Jessica Pugh EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Millie Rawlins EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Mady Villiers ‡ England26 August 1998Right-handedRight-arm off break
Sophie Willson EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown

Notable players

Players who have played for Essex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[20]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[21] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Division 3 4220031.555.53rd
2002 Division 3 5120221.555.54th
2003 Division 3 5031125425th
2004 County Challenge Cup G2 2110014.5263rd
2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3120025.537.53rd
2006 County Challenge Cup G2 321004441st Lost promotion playoff
2007 County Challenge Cup Div A 631024992nd
2008 Division 4 6600001201st Promoted
2009 Division 2 104600331033rd
2010 Division 2 108200631432nd
2011 Division 2 107201611311st Promoted
2012 Division 1 8200616362nd
2013 Division 1 8250132528th
2014 Division 1 8150220309th Relegated
2015 Division 2 8340139695th
2016 Division 2 7070032328th Relegated
2017 Division 3C 5500037871st Promoted
2018 Division 2 7330125556th
2019 Division 2 7520044943rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[22] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 3 32001+0.6151st
2010 Division S&W 1 32100−0.7542nd
2011 Division S1 30300−1.3804th Relegated
2012 Division S2 33000+6.1761st Promoted
2013 Division S1 30300−2.7004th
2014 Division 1B 40400−3.4409th Relegated
2015 Division 2 85300+0.31203rd
2016 Division 2 73301+0.55135th
2017 Division 2 81601−0.7959th Relegated
2018 Division 3C 87100+3.23281st Promoted
2019 Division 2 84202−0.07185th
2021 South East 80602−1.5426th
2022 Group 4 66000+3.92241st Lost final
2023 Group 7 62103+0.54113rd

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Essex Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Essex Women". Essex Women. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ↑ "Sunrisers Cricket Home Page". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Essex Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 - 2008". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2011". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2012". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 1 - 2014". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  12. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "Sussex to join London Championship for second edition of women's 50-over competition". The Cricketer. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  15. ↑ "Women's County T20 South East Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  16. ↑ "Women's County T20 Group 4 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  17. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 7 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  18. ↑ "Women's London Championship (50 Overs) - 2023/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Essex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  20. ↑ "Essex Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
  21. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  22. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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