The Northumberland Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Northumberland. They played their home games at Stocksfield Cricket Club Ground, Stocksfield. They competed in the Women's County Championship from 1998 to 2019 and in the Women's Twenty20 Cup from 2009 to 2018. In 2020, it was announced that Northumberland was merging its team with Durham, becoming North East Warriors. They are partnered with the regional side Northern Diamonds.
History Northumberland Women played their first recorded match in 1949, against Durham. They joined the national county structure in 1998, playing in the Women's County Championship Division 3, winning one out of five games. They played in the Championship for a further two years with little success, before withdrawing and only returning in 2005. Since then, Northumberland consistently played in the bottom tier of the Championship, with their best season coming in 2016, finishing 3rd in Division 4 N&E.
In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Northumberland performed similarly, playing in Divisions Three and Four. In 2010, they reached a Divisional Final to play for promotion, but lost to Northamptonshire. Northumberland did not compete in the 2019 tournament, but will return in 2021 as North East Warriors, a combined side with Durham.
Players Notable players Players who have played for Northumberland and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Dorothy Macfarlane (1957) Margaret Rutherford (1960) Sara MacLean (2001) Linda Spence (2001) Anuradha Doddaballapur (2020) Lauren Payas (2024)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 1998 Division 3 5 1 4 0 0 27 39 5th 1999 Division 3 5 0 5 0 0 20.5 20.5 6th 2000 Division 3 5 0 5 0 0 19.5 19.5 6th 2005 County Challenge Cup G1 2 0 2 0 0 7.5 7.5 3rd 2006 County Challenge Cup G1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4th 2007 County Challenge Cup G4 3 0 2 0 1 6 16 4th 2008 Division 5N 3 0 3 0 0 8 8 4th 2009 Division 5 N&E 3 1 2 0 0 4 24 4th 2010 Division 5N 7 1 6 0 0 13 23 5th 2011 Division 5N 4 1 3 0 0 15 25 3rd 2012 Division 4 N&E 4 1 2 0 1 12 22 3rd 2013 Division 4 N&E 4 1 2 0 1 15 25 3rd 2014 Division 4 N&E 4 1 2 0 1 11 21 4th 2015 Division 4 N&E 4 1 3 0 0 21 31 4th 2016 Division 4 N&E 5 2 2 0 1 28 48 3rd 2017 Division 3A 6 2 3 0 1 13 33 3rd 2018 Division 3A 6 0 6 0 0 15 15 4th 2019 Division 3A 6 0 5 0 1 13 8 7th
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 7 3 0 0 0 3 – 3 1st 2010 Division M&N 3 2 1 1 0 0 −1.26 2 2nd Lost promotion play-off 2011 Division M&N 3 3 1 2 0 0 −1.22 2 3rd Relegated 2012 Division M&N 4 3 0 3 0 0 −3.02 0 4th 2013 Division M&N 4 3 1 2 0 0 −0.69 2 3rd 2014 Division 4C 4 1 3 0 0 −0.54 4 7th 2015 Division 4C 6 0 3 0 3 −1.44 3 4th 2016 Division 4C 6 3 3 0 0 +0.35 12 2nd 2017 Division 3B 8 4 4 0 0 +0.28 16 4th 2018 Division 3B 8 2 6 0 0 −1.53 8 5th
See also Northumberland County Cricket Club North East Warriors Northern Diamonds
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