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2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup
The 2022 Charlotte Edwards Cup was the second edition of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition, which took place between 14 May and 11 June 2022. It featured eight teams playing in two double round-robin groups, followed by a Finals Day. The tournament ran alongside the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. The tournament was named after former England captain Charlotte Edwards. The tournament was won by Southern Vipers, beating Central Sparks in the final. Format Teams played in two groups, based on finishing positions in the 2021 edition of the tournament. Teams played each team in their group twice, home and away, with the two group winners and the best second-place team advancing to Finals Day, played at the County Ground, Northampton. The best group winner advanced straight to the final, whilst the other two teams played off in a semi-final. Teams The teams were as follows: * Central Sparks (representing Warwickshire, Worcestershire, H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England And Wales Cricket Board
The England and Wales Cricket Board, aka ECB, is the Sports governing body, national governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test and County Cricket Board, the National Cricket Association and the Cricket Council. In April 1998 the Women's Cricket Association was integrated into the organisation. The ECB's head offices are at Lord's Cricket Ground in NW postcode area, north-west London. The board oversees all levels of cricket in England and Wales, including the national teams: England cricket team, England Men (Test cricket, Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International, T20I), England women's cricket team, England Women, England Lions cricket team, England Lions (Men's second tier), Physical Disability, Learning Disability, Visually Impaired, and England Deaf cricket team, Deaf. Although the organisation is the England and Wales Cricket Board, it is refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shropshire Women Cricket Team
The Shropshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Shropshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Ellesmere College Ground, Ellesmere and are captained by Lara Jones. Shropshire withdrew from the Women's County Championship after the 2018 season, have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the West Midlands regional side Central Sparks. History Shropshire Women joined the Women's County Championship in 2008, finishing bottom of Division 5 Midlands in their first season. Shropshire went on to consistently play in the bottom tiers of the Championship, but did win Division 4 South & West in 2016. Shropshire bowlers Bethan Ellis and Zoe Griffiths were the joint-second highest wicket-takers in the division. Shropshire did not compete in the final season of the Women's County Championship, 2019. Shropshire have also competed in the Women's Twenty20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire Women Cricket Team
The Lancashire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Lancashire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes. They are coached by Chris Chambers and captained by Eleanor Threlkeld. They won both the County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup in 2017. Lancashire have links with Cumbria, with some players playing for both sides, as well as some of their players making up a North Representative XI in 2021 and 2022. They are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder. History 1930–1997: Early History Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs. Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as Yorkshire and Cheshire. They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North West Thunder
North West Thunder, commonly referred to as Thunder, were a women's cricket team that represented Lancashire and North West England, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They played their home matches at various grounds, including Old Trafford Cricket Ground. They were captained by Eleanor Threlkeld and coached by Chris Read. The team carried over many elements of the WCSL team Lancashire Thunder, but were partnered with Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria. At the end of the 2024 season, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, the team was effectively replaced by a professionalised Lancashire team. History In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both 50-over and 20-over cricket. North West Thunder were one of the sides created under this structure, effectively replacing the Women's Cricket Super League team Lancashire Thunder and representin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland Women Cricket Team
The Northumberland Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Northumberland. They played their home games at Stocksfield Cricket Club Ground, Stocksfield. They competed in the Women's County Championship from 1998 to 2019 and in the Women's Twenty20 Cup from 2009 to 2018. In 2020, it was announced that Northumberland was merging its team with Durham, becoming North East Warriors. They are partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds. History Northumberland Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Durham. They joined the national county structure in 1998, playing in the Women's County Championship Division 3, winning one out of five games. They played in the Championship for a further two years with little success, before withdrawing and only returning in 2005. Since then, Northumberland consistently played in the bottom tier of the Championship, with their best season coming in 2016, finishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham Women Cricket Team
The Durham Women cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Durham. They play their home games at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street, having previously used various grounds across the county, including Green Lane Cricket Ground, Durham and Park Drive, Hartlepool. They competed in the Women's County Championship from 2001 to 2019 and in the Women's Twenty20 Cup from 2009 to 2019. In 2020, it was announced that Durham was merging its team with Northumberland, becoming North East Warriors. They were partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds. In 2024, Durham were selected as one of the eight counties to become a 'tier 1' professional women's cricket side from 2025, with all home matches to be played at the Riverside Ground. History 1930–2000: Early History Durham Women played their first recorded match in 1930, against Lancashire and Cheshire Women, which they won by 16 runs. Over the following years, Durh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire Women Cricket Team
The Yorkshire Women's cricket team is the women's cricket team for the English historic county of Yorkshire. They play their home games at Headingley Stadium, Leeds, and are captained by Lauren Winfield-Hill. As of the start of the 2025 season Yorkshire Women will play their cricket in Tier 2 of the new division set up after Project Darwin. In 2026 they will move up to Tier 1 of the new division. History 1935–1996: Early History Yorkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Yorkshire Cricket Federation Women. They went on to play various one-off matches, often against neighbouring teams such as Lancashire, as well as against touring sides such as Australia and New Zealand. Yorkshire joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it ended in 1996. Yorkshire won the Area Championship six times, including all of the final five tournaments. 1997– : Women's County Championship Yorkshire joined the Women's County Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Diamonds
Northern Diamonds were a women's cricket team that represented the traditional areas of the Northumbria (modern), North East and Yorkshire, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They primarily played their home matches at Headingley Cricket Ground, Headingley and the Riverside Ground, Riverside. They were captained by Hollie Armitage and coached by former England women's cricket team, England cricketer Danielle Hazell. The team carried over elements of the Women's Cricket Super League, WCSL team Yorkshire Diamonds, and were partnered with Yorkshire Women cricket team, Yorkshire and North East Warriors. The Diamonds reached the final of the first three tournaments that they competed in, but lost each time. They won their first title in 2022, winning the 2022 Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. At the end of the 2024 season, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, the team was effectively replaced by a profess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincolnshire Women Cricket Team
The Lincolnshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Lincolnshire. They play their home matches at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Lauren Tuffrey. After joining the Women's County Championship in 2015, they competed in Division Three in the final season of the tournament in 2019. They have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the East Midlands regional team, The Blaze. History Lincolnshire Women's Cricket Association was formed in February 1947. Their representative team was due to play its first match against a Nottinghamshire XI at Belton Park on 14 June 1947 but the game was cancelled due to adverse weather. In 1948 Lincolnshire played two inter-county matches, beating Yorkshire Second XI at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School on 3 July, and losing to Nottinghamshire Second XI at Belton Park on 17 July. Before joining the nationwide county structure in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottinghamshire Women Cricket Team
The Nottinghamshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Nottinghamshire. They play their home games at John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Nettleworth and are captained by Teresa Graves. In 2019, they played in Division One of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 won the East Midlands Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the East Midlands regional side The Blaze. History 1934–1999: Early History Nottinghamshire Women's first recorded match took place in 1934, which they lost to the Women's Cricket Association. They went on to play various one-off games against nearby teams, such as Warwickshire and Lincolnshire. East Midlands Women, which included players from Nottinghamshire, joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and was a founding member of the Women's County Championship. East Midlands won Division One of the Championship in 1999. 2000– : Women's Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicestershire Women Cricket Team
The Leicestershire Women's cricket team, officially the Leicestershire and Rutland Women's cricket team since 2010, is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. They play their home games often at Grace Road, Leicester. They are captained by Rebecca Brooker. They currently play as a Tier 2 side in the Women's One-Day Cup, and the Women's T20 Blast. History Leicestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1948, against Buckinghamshire Women. They also played a match against a touring Australia side in 1951, as a combined team with Buckinghamshire. Leicestershire joined the national women's cricket structure in 2004, competing in the County Challenge Cup, the lower tier of the Women's County Championship: they finished bottom of their group in their first season. After this, Leicestershire remained in the lower levels of the Championship. They won their Division 5 group two years in a row, in 2010 and 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derbyshire Women Cricket Team
The Derbyshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Derbyshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Adrianna Darlow. In 2019, they competed in Division 3 of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, which they won in 2024. They are partnered with the regional side The Blaze. History Women's County Championship Derbyshire Women joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, in which they won Division 3 and were promoted. They played in Division 2 for two seasons, before being relegated in 1999; however, they bounced straight back and were promoted the following season, winning five out of five games. After being relegated again in 2002, Derbyshire ended up in the County Challenge Cup in 2004, the competition a tier below the County Championship. Derbyshire performed well here, j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
