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 County Championship Nottinghamshire replaced East Midlands in Division One of the County Championship for the 2000 season, finishing second with four out of five wins. Nottinghamshire remained in Division One for a further four seasons, finishing second again in 2003, but were relegated in 2004. After two seasons in Division 2, Nottinghamshire returned to Division One and remained a consistently mid-table side.
In 2009, Nottinghamshire played in the 2009 RSA T20 Cup, a tri-series in Ireland with Pakistan and Ireland. They finished bottom of the table, but managed one win against Ireland. In 2010, they joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup, placing 2nd in their regional division in their first season. They reached the semi-finals in 2013, but lost to eventual winners Kent. In 2014, however, Nottinghamshire were crowned the Champions of the tournament, first qualifying for Round 2 unbeaten, then finishing above Middlesex and Kent in the final group on Net Run Rate.
Since then, Nottinghamshire have had a brief stint in Division Two in both competitions, in 2016 in the Championship and 2017 in the T20 Cup. In both instances, they gained promotion at their first attempt. In 2019, they finished 6th in the Championship and 9th in the T20 Cup. In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, going unbeaten with 5 wins and 3 matches abandoned due to rain. In 2022, they finished fourth in Group 1 of the Twenty20 Cup. In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the side reached the group semi-final, where they lost to Lancashire. In 2024, the side finished 5th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 8th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.
Players Current squad Based on appearances in the 2023 season. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Diya Badge Unknown Unknown Hannah Hughes Unknown Unknown Eleanor Owen Unknown Unknown All-rounders Teresa Graves Right-handed Right-arm medium Club captain Yvonne Graves Right-handed Right-arm off break Lucy Higham Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Michaela Kirk Right-handed Right-arm off break Maddie Ward Right-handed – Annie Williams Age 15 Right-handed – Bowlers Olivia Baker Age 17 Unknown Unknown Evee-Mae Hicklin Age 16 Unknown Unknown Amelia Kite Right-handed Right-arm medium Rhiannon Knowling-Davies Right-handed Right-arm medium Sophie Munro Right-handed Right-arm medium Rebecca Widdowson Right-handed Right-arm medium
Notable players Players who have played for Nottinghamshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Betty Belton (1937) Mona Greenwood (1937) Annie Geeves (1951) Karen Smithies (1986) Wendy Watson (1987) Jane Smit (1992) Ella Donnison (1999) Dawn Holden (1999) Kate Lowe (1999) Nicky Shaw (1999) Yulandi van der Merwe (2000) Jenny Gunn (2004) Leah Poulton (2006) Rene Farrell (2007) Lucy Doolan (2008) Danni Wyatt (2010) Maddy Green (2012) Megan Schutt (2012) Jodie Cook (2014) Sonia Odedra (2014) Sarah Bryce (2018) Rachel Hawkins (2018) Kirstie Gordon (2018) Jasmine Titmuss (2019) Polly Inglis (2025)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2000 Division 1 5 4 1 0 0 35.5 83.5 2nd 2001 Division 1 5 3 2 0 0 33 69 4th 2002 Division 1 5 1 2 0 2 20 54 4th 2003 Division 1 5 4 1 0 0 38 86 2nd 2004 Division 1 5 1 4 0 0 34.5 46.5 5th Relegated 2005 Division 2 6 3 2 0 1 37.5 84.5 2nd 2006 Division 2 6 4 1 0 1 4 88 1st Promoted 2007 Division 1 6 1 4 0 1 12 47 3rd 2008 Division 1 6 2 4 0 0 13 53 3rd 2009 Division 1 10 6 4 0 0 17 137 3rd 2010 Division 1 10 2 8 0 0 42 62 5th 2011 Division 1 10 0 9 0 1 34 34 6th 2012 Division 1 8 1 2 0 5 15 25 6th 2013 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 48 88 4th 2014 Division 1 8 4 3 0 1 46 86 4th 2015 Division 1 8 3 4 0 1 38 68 8th Relegated 2016 Division 2 7 5 1 0 1 38 88 2nd Promoted 2017 Division 1 7 4 3 0 0 48 88 4th 2018 Division 1 7 2 4 1 0 38 63 6th 2019 Division 1 7 3 4 0 0 45 75 6th
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2010 Division M&N 1 3 2 1 0 0 +0.69 4 2nd 2011 Division M&N 1 3 0 3 0 0 −2.09 0 4th 2012 Division M&N 1 3 2 1 0 0 +0.70 4 2nd 2013 Division M&N 1 3 3 0 0 0 +2.57 6 1st Lost semi-final 2014 Division 1C 4 4 0 0 0 +0.92 16 1st Champions 2015 Division 1 8 3 5 0 0 +0.45 12 6th 2016 Division 1 7 2 4 0 1 −0.81 9 8th Relegated 2017 Division 2 8 7 0 0 1 +1.44 29 1st Promoted 2018 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 +0.09 16 5th 2019 Division 1 8 1 5 0 2 −0.78 6 9th 2021 East Midlands 8 5 0 0 3 +1.66 23 1st Group winners 2022 Group 1 6 3 3 0 0 −0.02 12 4th 2023 Group 1 6 0 0 0 6 +0.00 6 4th 2024 Group 1 7 3 3 0 1 –0.91 54 5th
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 8th
Honours County Championship: Division Two champions (1) – 2006 Women's Twenty20 Cup: Champions (1) – 2014 Division Two champions (1) – 2017 Group winners (1) – 2021
See also Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club The Blaze (women's cricket)
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