The Cornwall Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Cornwall. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Kellie Williams. In 2019, they played in Division 3 of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and they have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Western Storm.
History
Cornwall Women began playing in national competition in 2005, when they joined the County Challenge Cup, the second tier of the Women's County Championship: they finished bottom of their division with one win, against Devon. After the County Championship expanded in 2008, they immediately won promotion to Division 4, where they remained for two seasons before being relegated in 2010. Since then, they have remained in the lowest tier of the County Championship, but did top their division in 2013, 2014 and 2018 before losing play-offs to gain promotion.
In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Cornwall Women have consistently played in Division 3 of the tournament in recent years, after a successful season in 2014, winning all of their matches to be promoted from Division 4. In 2021, Cornwall competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup and finished 3rd with 4 wins. They finished second in Group 8 of the Twenty20 Cup in 2022, before losing in the group final to Devon. The side finished bottom of their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 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 NotesKellie Williams 3 Club captainMillie Bray 1 Caitlin Burnett 4 Keira De Villiers 1 Hannah Dodd 2 Tilly Dodd 2 Robyn Edge 2 Bernadette Forge 4 Wicket-keeperEmily Geach 0 Isabel Grant-French 2 Wicket-keeperLucie Oakley 4 Rebecca Odgers 4 Isabelle Peacock 2 Emma Proctor 4 Sophie Richards 4 Tegan Smith 4
Notable players Players who have played for Cornwall and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Laura Harper (1999)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2005 County Challenge Cup G4 3 1 2 0 0 16 28 4th 2006 County Challenge Cup G4 3 0 3 0 0 8 8 4th 2007 County Challenge Cup G1 3 1 1 0 1 5 40 3rd 2008 Division 5 S&W 4 3 1 0 0 5 65 2nd Promoted 2009 Division 4 10 1 9 0 0 30 50 5th 2010 Division 4 9 0 8 0 1 20 20 6th Relegated 2011 Division 5 S&W 8 3 3 0 2 28 58 4th 2012 Division 4 S&W 4 1 1 0 2 11 21 3rd 2013 Division 4 S&W 4 4 0 0 0 26 66 1st Lost promotion playoff 2014 Division 4 S&W 4 4 0 0 0 28 68 1st Lost promotion playoff 2015 Division 4 S&W 5 2 1 0 2 18 38 3rd 2016 Division 4 S&W 4 1 1 0 2 9 19 2nd 2017 Division 3B 4 1 2 1 0 22 37 3rd 2018 Division 3B 6 5 1 0 0 43 93 1st Lost promotion playoff 2019 Division 3C 5 2 2 0 1 25 50 3rd
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2010 Division S&W 2 3 0 3 0 0 −1.57 0 4th 2011 Division S&W 2 3 2 1 0 0 −1.45 4 3rd 2012 Division S&W 2 3 2 1 0 0 +1.02 4 2nd Promoted 2013 Division S&W 1 3 0 3 0 0 −4.50 0 4th 2014 Division 4D 4 4 0 0 0 +2.51 16 1st Promoted 2015 Division 3 8 3 5 0 0 −1.21 12 6th 2016 Division 3 8 2 6 0 0 −1.24 8 7th 2017 Division 3A 8 3 5 0 0 −0.70 12 4th 2018 Division 3A 8 5 3 0 0 +0.09 20 3rd 2019 Division 3A 8 4 4 0 0 +0.40 16 3rd 2021 South West 8 4 2 0 2 +0.45 18 3rd 2022 Group 8 6 3 2 0 1 –0.16 13 2nd Lost final 2023 Group 8 6 0 2 0 4 –2.93 4 4th 2024 Group 4 8 0 6 0 2 –2.36 27 9th
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 3 4 1 3 0 0 1 5 7th
See also Cornwall County Cricket Club Western Storm
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