The Shropshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Shropshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Ellesmere College Ground, Ellesmere and are captained by Lara Jones. Shropshire withdrew from the Women's County Championship after the 2018 season, have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the West Midlands regional side Central Sparks.
History Shropshire Women joined the Women's County Championship in 2008, finishing bottom of Division 5 Midlands in their first season. Shropshire went on to consistently play in the bottom tiers of the Championship, but did win Division 4 South & West in 2016. Shropshire bowlers Bethan Ellis and Zoe Griffiths were the joint-second highest wicket-takers in the division. Shropshire did not compete in the final season of the Women's County Championship, 2019.
Shropshire have also competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, from 2009 to 2010 and from 2014 onwards. Their most successful season was in 2015, when they topped Division 4C and then gained promotion to Division 3 in a play-off group, winning a crucial game against Leicestershire by just three runs. Shropshire played in Division Three of the competition until the format changed after the 2019 season. In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 3rd with 2 victories. They finished bottom of their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the side reached their group final, but lost to Gloucestershire. 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.
Players Current squad Based on appearances in the 2023 season.
Name Nationality NotesLara Jones 4 Club captainCaitlin Belcher 4 Katie Brazier 4 Sophie Buckton 2 Beth Charnell 4 Sophie Grayson 1 Amy Griffiths 4 Lauren Kenvyn 4 Robyn Mathews 2 Wicket-keeperEmily Perrin 4 Ellie Phillips 1 Harriet Shuker 2 Megan Trickett 2 Amy Weir 2 Holly Whitfield 4
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2008 Division 5M 3 0 2 1 0 0 16 4th 2009 Division 5 S&W 5 3 2 0 0 8 68 3rd 2010 Division 5N 7 3 4 0 0 30 60 4th 2011 Division 5N 5 3 0 0 2 15 45 2nd 2012 Division 4 S&W 4 2 1 0 1 19 39 2nd 2013 Division 4 S&W 4 2 2 0 0 18 38 3rd 2014 Division 4 S&W 4 3 1 0 0 28 58 2nd 2015 Division 4 S&W 5 3 1 0 1 28 58 2nd 2016 Division 4 S&W 4 3 0 0 1 22 52 1st 2017 Division 3C 5 3 2 0 0 32 62 3rd 2018 Division 3E 6 0 5 0 1 18 18 4th
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 S2 3 0 3 0 0 −2.26 0 4th 2014 Division 4A 4 0 4 0 0 −1.19 0 9th 2015 Division 4C 6 3 0 0 3 +2.15 15 1st Promoted 2016 Division 3 8 0 8 0 0 −1.53 0 9th 2017 Division 3B 8 4 3 0 1 −0.44 17 3rd 2018 Division 3B 8 2 6 0 0 −0.80 8 4th 2019 Division 3C 8 0 5 1 2 −2.07 4 4th 2021 East Midlands 8 2 2 0 4 −0.02 12 3rd 2022 Group 2 6 0 6 0 0 −1.97 0 4th 2023 Group 3 6 0 1 0 5 −0.67 5 3rd Lost final 2024 Group 2 8 4 0 0 4 +2.47 81 3rd
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 9 5th
See also Shropshire County Cricket Club Central Sparks
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