The Norfolk Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Norfolk. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Ellie Stanley. In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.
History Norfolk Women joined the national women's cricket structure in 2002, as part of the Emerging Counties division: in their first season they played two games, winning one and losing one. The topped the Emerging Counties league in 2003, and joined the County Challenge Cup in 2004. Norfolk have consistently played in the lower levels of the Women's County Championship, although they did gain promotions in 2008 and 2015. In recent years, they have played in Division 3 of the Championship.
Norfolk have performed similarly in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, having always played in the bottom tier of the competition since 2010. Their most successful season was in 2017, when they won five of their eight games. In 2020, after the cancellation of the planned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Norfolk competed in the East of England Championship. In 2021, they competed in the East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with no wins, as well as finishing 5th in the East of England Championship. They again finished bottom of their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and finished sixth out of seven in the East of England Championship. They finished third in their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, before finishing fifth out of six in the East of England Championship. 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 Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2002 Emerging Counties 2 1 1 0 0 17.5 29.5 2nd 2003 Emerging Counties 2 2 0 0 0 18 42 1st 2004 County Challenge Cup G2 3 0 2 0 1 14.5 25.5 4th 2005 County Challenge Cup G2 3 2 1 0 0 24 48 2nd 2006 County Challenge Cup G2 3 1 2 0 0 10 30 3rd 2007 County Challenge Cup G3 3 1 2 0 0 6 31 3rd 2008 Division 5 L&E 3 2 0 0 1 0 50 1st Promoted 2009 Division 4 10 1 9 0 0 20 40 6th Relegated 2010 Division 5E 6 3 2 0 1 24 54 2nd 2011 Division 5E 5 1 4 0 0 27 37 4th 2012 Division 4 N&E 4 1 3 0 0 12 17 5th 2013 Division 4 N&E 4 0 4 0 0 15 15 5th 2014 Division 4 N&E 4 2 2 0 0 22 42 3rd 2015 Division 4 N&E 4 4 0 0 0 28 68 1st Promoted 2016 Division 3 8 0 8 0 0 27 27 9th 2017 Division 3D 4 0 4 0 0 13 13 5th 2018 Division 3D 6 2 4 0 0 25 45 3rd 2019 Division 3B 5 3 2 0 0 27 57 3rd
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 +0.99 2 3rd 2010 Division S3 2 1 1 0 0 −0.09 2 2nd 2011 Division S3 2 1 1 0 0 −0.74 2 3rd 2012 Division S3 3 1 2 0 0 −2.47 2 3rd 2013 Division S3 2 1 1 0 0 +0.15 2 2nd 2014 Division 4B 3 3 0 0 0 +1.27 12 3rd 2015 Division 4A 4 1 3 0 0 −2.20 4 3rd 2016 Division 4A 6 3 3 0 0 +0.90 12 2nd 2017 Division 3C 8 5 3 0 0 +0.36 20 3rd 2018 Division 3C 8 4 4 0 0 −0.78 16 4th 2019 Division 3B 8 3 5 0 0 −0.44 12 4th 2021 East 8 0 6 0 2 −2.34 2 6th 2022 Group 4 6 0 6 0 0 −1.79 0 4th 2023 Group 4 6 1 0 0 5 +1.05 9 3rd 2024 Group 2 8 3 3 0 2 –2.14 63 5th
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 8th
See also Norfolk County Cricket Club Sunrisers (women's cricket)
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