Middlesex Women cricket team

Middlesex Women
Personnel
CaptainSaskia Horley
CoachSanjay Patel
Team information
Founded1935
Home groundVarious
including Mill Hill School Ground
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins1
Official websiteMiddlesex Cricket

The Middlesex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Middlesex. They play their home games at various grounds, most commonly at Mill Hill School, and are captained by Saskia Horley.[1][2] They won Division 2 of the Women's County Championship in 2019 and won the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2018.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

History[edit]

1935–1996: Early History[edit]

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.[5]

1997– : Women's County Championship[edit]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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 won in 2020.[8][9] The side has also competed in the Women's London Championship since 2020.[10] 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.[11][12] They won their group of the Twenty20 Cup in 2022, going unbeaten.[13] 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.[14]

Players[edit]

Current squad[edit]

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.[15]

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Cordelia Griffith  England (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Gemma Marriott  England Unknown Unknown Unknown Dual-registration with Hertfordshire
Natasha Miles ‡  Hong Kong (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Louise Poulter  England (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26) Unknown Unknown
Isabella Routledge  England (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Chloe Abel ‡  Scotland Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium
Kate Coppack  England (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Naomi Dattani  England (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 29) Left-handed Left-arm medium
Mariko Hill ‡  Hong Kong (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Saskia Horley ‡  Scotland (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break Club captain
Riva Pindoria  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm off break
Lucy Porter  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Amuruthaa Surenkumar  England (2006-10-24) 24 October 2006 (age 17) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Hermione Baxter-Chinery  England February 2001 (age 23) Unknown –
Amara Carr  England (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 30) Right-handed –
Iqraa Hussain  England (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24) Unknown –
Amelie Munday  England Unknown Unknown – Dual-registration with Devon
Bowlers
Jenny Bloefeld  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Anisha Dissanayake  England Unknown Unknown Right-arm leg break
Bhavika Gajipra  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm off break
Gayatri Gole  England (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Katie Green  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abtaha Maqsood ‡  Scotland (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Sonali Patel  England (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Emily Thorpe  England (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Lauren Turner  England Unknown Unknown Unknown

Notable players[edit]

Players who have played for Middlesex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[16]

Seasons[edit]

Women's County Championship[edit]

Season Division League standings[17] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
1997 Division 2 5 1 4 0 0 26 38 5th
1998 Division 2 5 1 4 0 0 26 38 6th Relegated
1999 Division 3 5 3 2 0 0 39 75 2nd
2000 Division 3 5 3 2 0 0 40 76 2nd
2001 Division 3 4 4 0 0 0 38.5 86.5 1st Promoted
2002 Division 2 5 0 3 0 2 20 42 5th
2003 Division 2 5 4 1 0 0 38.5 86.5 2nd
2004 Division 2 5 2 3 0 0 31.5 55.5 5th
2005 Division 3 6 2 3 0 1 36.5 71.5 2nd
2006 Division 3 6 3 2 0 1 6 74 3rd
2007 Division 3 6 2 2 0 2 7 77 2nd
2008 Division 3 6 3 3 0 0 10 70 2nd Promoted
2009 Division 2 10 7 3 0 0 14 154 2nd
2010 Division 2 10 8 2 0 0 64 144 1st Promoted
2011 Division 1 10 5 3 0 2 45 95 3rd
2012 Division 1 8 1 2 0 5 18 28 4th
2013 Division 1 8 2 6 0 0 45 65 7th
2014 Division 1 8 2 3 0 3 28 48 6th
2015 Division 1 8 3 4 0 1 44 74 5th
2016 Division 1 8 4 3 0 1 36 76 6th
2017 Division 1 7 3 4 0 0 46 76 5th
2018 Division 1 7 2 4 0 1 32 52 7th Relegated
2019 Division 2 7 5 1 1 0 47 102 1st

Women's Twenty20 Cup[edit]

Season Division League standings[18] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 3 3 1 1 0 1 –0.25 3 3rd
2010 Division S1 3 1 2 0 0 –1.84 2 3rd
2011 Division S1 3 1 2 0 0 –1.52 2 3rd
2012 Division S1 3 0 2 0 1 –1.23 2 3rd
2013 Division S1 3 2 1 0 0 +0.34 8 3rd
2014 Division 1A 4 3 1 0 0 +0.31 6 2nd
2015 Division 1 8 5 3 0 0 +1.34 20 4th
2016 Division 1 7 3 2 0 2 +0.29 14 3rd
2017 Division 1 8 5 3 0 0 +0.76 20 2nd
2018 Division 1 8 7 1 0 0 +0.55 28 1st Champions
2019 Division 1 8 2 4 0 2 –0.61 10 8th
2021 South East 8 3 4 0 1 +0.18 13 5th
2022 South East 6 6 0 0 0 +5.13 24 1st Group winners
2023 Group 6 6 4 0 0 2 +1.34 18 1st Shared group winners

Honours[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Middlesex Women Name First Team Squad For 2020 Season". Middlesex Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  3. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  4. ^ "About Sunrisers". Sunrisers Cricket. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Middlesex Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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  7. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Middlesex Women name squad for London Cup Clash at Oval". Middlesex Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Surrey beat Middlesex to win London Cup as women's cricket returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Sussex to join London Championship for second edition of women's 50-over competition". The Cricketer. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Women's County T20 South East Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Middlesex Women v Surrey Women, 23 June 2021 at Radlett". NV Play. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ^ "Women's County T20 Group 7 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  14. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 6 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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  17. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  18. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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