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. They are captained by Kezia Hassall. 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.
History 1935–2000: Early History Hertfordshire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women. They went on to play various other matches throughout the 1940s and 1950s, including a match against a touring Australia side in 1951. In 1980, East Anglia Women, which included players from Hertfordshire, joined the Women's Area Championship.
2001–2024: 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. After being relegated in 2003, they played in the County Challenge Cup, the tier below the County Championship, for the next four seasons. 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.
In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, which they joined for its inaugural season in 2009, Hertfordshire have fared similarly, playing mostly in Division 3. In 2012, they had a chance at promotion from South Division 2, but lost to Essex in the Division final, whilst they finished 2nd in Division 3C in 2017, with six wins from eight games. 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. In 2021, they won the East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten with 5 victories and 3 matches abandoned due to rain. They also again competed in the East of England Championship, finishing second in the 45-over competition to Buckinghamshire. They finished second in their group of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and again finished second in the East of England Championship. They again finished second in both competitions in 2023. In 2024, the side qualified from their group in the Twenty20 Cup before finishing second overall at the National Finals, and finished 2nd in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.
2025– Women's Professional restructure From 2025 Hertfordshire will be part of Tier 3 in the new Women's Professional Structure . Hertfordshire have been placed in Division 1 of the Metro Bank One Day Cup Women's league Three and Division 1 South in the Vitality Blast Women's League 3
Players Current squad Based on appearances in the 2023 season.
Squad No. Name Nationality 2024 Appearances Notes2Amelia Kemp 16 4Saskia Heard 3 6Kezia Hassall 20 Club captain7Millie Dyer 9 8Hayley Arrol 2 12Charlotte Banks 12 14Chloe Eayrs 19 15Charley Phillips 16 17Rebecca Tyson 21 19Gemma Marriott 14 21Lucy Bell 14 23Elsa Barnfather 16 27Ella Phillips 20 28Elizabeth Ruxton 7 31Eva Cullen 17 50Jenna Botha 12 64Mabel Reid 22
Notable players Players who have played for Hertfordshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Rose Fernando (1997) Sian Ruck (2009)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2001 Division 2 5 1 4 0 0 28 40 5th 2002 Division 2 5 2 1 0 2 22 68 3rd 2003 Division 2 5 0 5 0 0 19.5 19.5 6th Relegated 2004 County Challenge Cup G2 2 1 1 0 0 14.5 26.5 2nd 2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3 2 1 0 0 24.5 48.5 1st Lost promotion playoff 2006 County Challenge Cup G2 3 2 1 0 0 0 40 2nd 2007 County Challenge Cup G3 3 2 0 0 1 0 60 1st Lost promotion playoff 2008 Division 5 L&E 3 2 1 0 0 4 44 2nd Promoted 2009 Division 4 10 7 3 0 0 11 151 3rd 2010 Division 4 9 4 3 0 2 35 75 4th 2011 Division 4 10 6 3 0 1 53 113 2nd 2012 Division 3 8 3 2 0 3 31 61 4th 2013 Division 3 8 4 4 0 0 48 88 5th 2014 Division 3 8 2 5 0 1 31 51 7th 2015 Division 3 8 2 4 0 2 24 44 8th Relegated 2016 Division 4 N&E 5 4 0 0 1 29 69 1st 2017 Division 3C 5 1 4 0 0 20 10 5th 2018 Division 3C 6 0 6 0 0 16 16 4th 2019 Division 3B 5 2 3 0 0 27 47 4th
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 5 3 1 2 0 0 +0.02 2 4th 2010 Division S2 3 1 2 0 0 −0.24 2 3rd 2011 Division S2 3 1 2 0 0 – 2 3rd 2012 Division S2 3 1 1 0 1 −1.11 3 2nd Lost promotion play-off 2013 Division S2 3 1 2 0 0 +0.27 2 3rd 2014 Division 3B 4 0 4 0 0 −0.78 0 9th Relegated 2015 Division 4B 6 6 0 0 0 +1.64 24 1st Promoted 2016 Division 3 8 2 6 0 0 −1.05 8 8th 2017 Division 3C 8 6 2 0 0 +1.00 24 2nd 2018 Division 3C 8 4 4 0 0 −0.12 16 3rd 2019 Division 3B 8 4 4 0 0 +0.22 16 3rd 2021 East 8 5 0 0 3 +3.52 23 1st Group winners 2022 Group 7 6 4 2 0 0 +1.57 16 2nd 2023 Group 7 6 3 1 0 2 –0.06 14 2nd Lost final 2024 Group 3 8 5 1 0 2 +1.68 91 2nd 2nd in National Finals Group
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 2 4 3 0 0 1 3 16 2nd
Honours Women's Twenty20 Cup: Group winners (1) – 2021
See also Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
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