Middlesex Women cricket team

Middlesex Women
Personnel
CaptainSaskia Horley
CoachMarc Broom
Team information
Founded1935
Home groundVarious
including Mill Hill School Ground
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins1
T20 Blast League Two wins1 (2025)
Official websiteMiddlesex Cricket

The Middlesex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Middlesex. They are a tier two county side and play their home games at various grounds, including Lord's, Merchant Taylors' School and Radlett Cricket Club. They 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] Prior to the 2025 restructure of women's county cricket they were partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

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 have won three of the four matches played since 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] In 2024, the side finished 3rd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 5th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[15][16] They also won the Women's London Championship for the first time, winning all of their matches.[17]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.[18]

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Cordelia Griffith England19 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Gemma Marriott EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknownDual-registration with Hertfordshire
Natasha Miles ‡ Hong Kong19 October 1988Right-handedRight-arm medium
Louise Poulter England18 March 1998UnknownUnknown
Isabella Routledge England2 November 2002Right-handedRight-arm off break
All-rounders
Chloe Abel ‡ ScotlandUnknownRight-handedRight-arm medium
Kate Coppack England30 August 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium
Naomi Dattani England28 April 1994Left-handedLeft-arm medium
Mariko Hill ‡ Hong Kong20 November 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Saskia Horley ‡ Scotland23 February 2000Right-handedRight-arm off breakClub captain
Riva Pindoria EnglandUnknownRight-handedRight-arm off break
Lucy Porter EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Amuruthaa Surenkumar England24 October 2006Right-handedRight-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Hermione Baxter-Chinery EnglandFebruary 2001 (age 25)Unknown–
Amara Carr England17 April 1994Right-handed–
Iqraa Hussain England21 September 1999Unknown–
Amelie Munday EnglandUnknownUnknown–Dual-registration with Devon
Bowlers
Jenny Bloefeld EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Anisha Dissanayake EnglandUnknownUnknownRight-arm leg break
Bhavika Gajipra EnglandUnknownRight-handedRight-arm off break
Gayatri Gole England22 July 1998Right-handedRight-arm medium
Katie Green EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown
Abtaha Maqsood ‡ Scotland11 June 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Sonali Patel England23 May 2003Right-handedRight-arm medium
Emily Thorpe England27 January 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Lauren Turner EnglandUnknownUnknownUnknown

Notable players

Players who have played for Middlesex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[19]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[20] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
1997 Division 2 5140026385th
1998 Division 2 5140026386th Relegated
1999 Division 3 5320039752nd
2000 Division 3 5320040762nd
2001 Division 3 4400038.586.51st Promoted
2002 Division 2 5030220425th
2003 Division 2 5410038.586.52nd
2004 Division 2 5230031.555.55th
2005 Division 3 6230136.571.52nd
2006 Division 3 632016743rd
2007 Division 3 622027772nd
2008 Division 3 6330010702nd Promoted
2009 Division 2 107300141542nd
2010 Division 2 108200641441st Promoted
2011 Division 1 10530245953rd
2012 Division 1 8120518284th
2013 Division 1 8260045657th
2014 Division 1 8230328486th
2015 Division 1 8340144745th
2016 Division 1 8430136766th
2017 Division 1 7340046765th
2018 Division 1 7240132527th Relegated
2019 Division 2 75110471021st

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[21] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 3 31101–0.2533rd
2010 Division S1 31200–1.8423rd
2011 Division S1 31200–1.5223rd
2012 Division S1 30201–1.2323rd
2013 Division S1 32100+0.3483rd
2014 Division 1A 43100+0.3162nd
2015 Division 1 85300+1.34204th
2016 Division 1 73202+0.29143rd
2017 Division 1 85300+0.76202nd
2018 Division 1 87100+0.55281st Champions
2019 Division 1 82402–0.61108th
2021 South East 83401+0.18135th
2022 South East 66000+5.13241st Group winners
2023 Group 6 64002+1.34181st Shared group winners
2024 Group 3 84202+0.13733rd

ECB Women's County One-Day

Season Group League standings[22] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2024 Group 4 41300155th

Honours

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Middlesex Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  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.
  6. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  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. ↑ "Vitality Women's County T20 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Vitality Women's County Championship 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "Women's London Championship (50 Overs) - 2024/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  18. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Middlesex Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "Middlesex Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  20. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  21. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  22. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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