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Middlesex Women cricket team

Middlesex Women cricket team

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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]

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History

1935–1996: Early History

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

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

Current squad

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

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Notable players

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

Seasons

Women's County Championship

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Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Honours

See also

References

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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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    "Middlesex Women name squad for London Cup Clash at Oval". Middlesex Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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    "Surrey beat Middlesex to win London Cup as women's cricket returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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    "Sussex to join London Championship for second edition of women's 50-over competition". The Cricketer. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
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    "Women's County T20 South East Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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    "Middlesex Women v Surrey Women, 23 June 2021 at Radlett". NV Play. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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    "Women's County T20 Group 7 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 6 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
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    "Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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    "Middlesex Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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    "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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