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Hertfordshire Women cricket team

Hertfordshire Women cricket team

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The Hertfordshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Hertfordshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Knebworth Park, Knebworth and London Road, Tring.[1] They are captained by Kezia Hassall.[2] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 won the East Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

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History

1935–2000: Early History

Hertfordshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women.[5] They went on to play various other matches throughout the 1940s and 1950s, including a match against a touring Australia side in 1951.[6] In 1980, East Anglia Women, which included players from Hertfordshire, joined the Women's Area Championship.[7]

2001– : Women's County Championship

Hertfordshire Women joined the Women's County Championship in 2001, replacing East Anglia Women, finishing 5th in Division Two in their first season.[8] After being relegated in 2003, they played in the County Challenge Cup, the tier below the County Championship, for the next four seasons.[9] Returning to the Championship proper in 2008, Hertfordshire have since played in the lower divisions of the structure, achieving their best performance in 2016, when they won Division Four North & East.[10]

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, which they joined for its inaugural season in 2009, Hertfordshire have fared similarly, playing mostly in Division 3.[11] In 2012, they had a chance at promotion from South Division 2, but lost to Essex in the Division final,[12] whilst they finished 2nd in Division 3C in 2017, with six wins from eight games.[13] In 2020, after the county season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hertfordshire competed in the East of England Championship, and won the 45-over competition.[14] In 2021, they won the East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten with 5 victories and 3 matches abandoned due to rain.[15] They also again competed in the East of England Championship, finishing second in the 45-over competition to Buckinghamshire.[16] They finished second in their group of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and again finished second in the East of England Championship.[17][18] They again finished second in both competitions in 2023.[19][20]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[21]

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Notable players

Players who have played for Hertfordshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[22]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

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Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Honours

See also

Notes

  1. NRR unknown due to unrecorded matches

References

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    "Sunrisers Cricket Home Page". Sunrisers Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "Hertfordshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "Lincolnshire, Essex and Hertfordshire Women vs Australia Women, 23 May 1951". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "East Anglia Women List A Matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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    "Women's County Championship 2001 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 N&E - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division S2 - 2012". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 3C - 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "End of Season Review 2020". Hertfordshire Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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    "Women's County T20 East Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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    "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2021/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
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    "Women's County T20 Group 7 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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    "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2022/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
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    "Women's County T20 Group 7 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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