The Buckinghamshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Buckinghamshire. They play their home games across the county, and are captained by Izzy Gurney. They consistently played in the bottom tier of the Women's County Championship until the competition ended, and they now play only in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.
History 1936–2008: Early History The first recorded match involving Buckinghamshire Women took place in 1936, in which they beat Berkshire Women by 66 runs. Over the following years, Buckinghamshire played various one-off matches against nearby sides, such as Surrey and Middlesex.
2009– : Women's County Championship Buckinghamshire Women joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season in 2009, in which they finished 3rd in Division Eight, with one win. In 2010, Buckinghamshire Women joined the Women's County Championship, finishing bottom of Division 5 South & West. They fared better in the Twenty20 Cup, however, finishing second in their division before losing the Division Final to Wiltshire; in 2011 and 2012, Buckinghamshire again lost Division Finals, after topping the group in both years. In subsequent years, Buckinghamshire have been one of the poorer performers across the two competitions, although they did earn promotion in the Twenty20 Cup in 2014 before being relegated the following season. In 2019, the final season before a restructuring of women's county cricket, Buckinghamshire achieved one of their best seasons, finishing second in their division in both the County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup. In 2020, they competed in the East of England Championship, and won the T20 competition. In 2021, they competed in the East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing second with 4 wins, as well as again competing in the East of England Championship, where they won the 45-over competition. The side withdrew from the East of England Championship in 2022, as well as finishing 3rd in their Twenty20 Cup group. They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing fourth out of six teams in the inaugural edition. In 2023, the side finished bottom of their group in the Twenty20 Cup, and third in the South Central Counties Cup. In 2024, the side finished 9th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 7th 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 2023 Appearances Notes Cara Duggan 5 3 Club captainRosie Burton-Pye 5 1 Molly Carter 3 3 Ella Claridge 0 3 Wicket-keeper; dual-registration with LeicestershireHannah Critchley 0 4 Hannah Davis 4 3 Amber Drewe 1 3 Rebecca Duggan 0 1 Tilly Fellows 0 2 Wicket-keeperChloe Hill 0 1 Wicket-keeper; dual-registration with WorcestershireEmily Hunt 0 1 Isabella James 1 4 Dual-registration with CambridgeshireGeorgia Lloyd 2 0 Rosie Lloyd 2 5 Pip Lloyd-Williams 2 0 Natasha MacBean 5 5 Charlie Mailey 3 2 Amelia Peck 3 0 Alissa Shannon 4 4 Caia Stockdale 2 2 Tegan Stockdale 4 3 Maisie Taylor 1 1 Annie Townsend 0 1 Lucy Warren 3 0 Abbie Whybrow 0 3 Wicket-keeper; dual-registration with North East WarriorsHolly Wilson 0 2 Megan Woodward 5 3
Notable players Players who have played for Buckinghamshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Joy Partridge (1934) Joan Hawes (1957) Rosemary Goodchild (1966) Janet Godman (1991) Elspeth Fowler (2022) Ella Claridge (2024)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2010 Division 5 S&W 6 0 6 0 0 10 10 4th 2011 Division 5E 5 2 3 0 0 26 46 3rd 2012 Division 4 N&E 4 2 0 0 2 14 34 2nd 2013 Division 4 S&W 4 2 2 0 0 18 38 4th 2014 Division 4 S&W 4 1 2 0 1 17 27 3rd 2015 Division 4 S&W 5 0 4 0 1 18 18 6th 2016 Division 4 S&W 4 1 2 0 1 12 22 5th 2017 Division 3C 5 2 3 0 0 23 43 4th 2018 Division 3C 6 3 3 0 0 28 58 3rd 2019 Division 3C 5 4 1 0 0 30 70 2nd
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 8 3 1 2 0 0 −1.37 2 3rd 2010 Division S&W 2 3 2 1 0 0 −0.51 4 2nd Lost promotion play-off 2011 Division S&W 2 3 2 1 0 0 +2.98 4 1st Lost promotion play-off 2012 Division S&W 2 3 3 0 0 0 +1.74 6 1st Lost promotion play-off 2013 Division S&W 2 3 2 1 0 0 +0.30 4 2nd 2014 Division 4A 4 4 0 0 0 +1.56 16 2nd Promoted 2015 Division 3 8 0 8 0 0 −2.32 0 9th Relegated 2016 Division 4B 6 2 2 0 2 −1.65 10 3rd 2017 Division 3C 8 2 6 0 0 −1.60 8 5th 2018 Division 3A 8 2 6 0 0 −1.37 8 5th 2019 Division 3B 8 5 3 0 0 +0.17 20 2nd 2021 East 8 4 2 0 2 +2.08 18 2nd 2022 Group 7 6 1 5 0 0 –0.75 4 3rd 2023 Group 5 6 0 4 0 2 –1.03 2 4th 2024 Group 3 8 0 6 0 2 –3.05 16 9th
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 2 0 1 1 6 7th
See also Buckinghamshire County Cricket Club Southern Vipers
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