The Cumbria Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Cumbria. They play their home games at various grounds across the county. In 2019, they played in Division 3 of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Cumbria have links with Lancashire, with some players playing for both sides, and they are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.
History Cumbria Women's first recorded match was against Scotland Women in 2000, which they lost by 10 wickets. The following year, Cumbria joined the Emerging Counties competition, which acted as a feeder competition for the Women's County Championship, in which they competed for three seasons before joining its successor, the County Challenge Cup. Since then, in the Challenge Cup and when they joined the County Championship proper in 2008, Cumbria Women have remained in the bottom tier of competition. They also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural year in 2009, and again have been consistently in the lowest division. They achieved one of their best finishes in 2019, finishing 2nd in Division 3C with 3 victories. In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing bottom with no victories. They again finished bottom of their group in the 2022 and 2023 Twenty20 Cups. In 2024, the side finished 7th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup.
Players Current squad Based on appearances in the 2023 season. Name Nationality NotesOlivia Brinsden 2 Club captainGrace Airey 4 Carenza Curwen 2 Sarah-Jayne Earl 2 Jenny Fallows 4 Kate Field 4 Mahika Gaur Gaur has also played international cricket for the United Arab Emirates. 2 Ruby Hutchison 4 Wicket-keeperMaeve Jones 2 Tilly Kesteven 4 Lily King 2 S Parker 2 Bethan Robinson 3 Hannah Snape 2 Dual-registration with LancashireEmily Tucker 2 Maddie Wood 4
Notable players Players who have played for Cumbria and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Hannah Rainey (2018) Mahika Gaur (2019) Seren Smale (2024)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2001 Emerging Counties 2 - - - - - - Unknown 2002 Emerging Counties 2 0 2 0 0 12.5 12.5 3rd 2003 Emerging Counties 2 0 2 0 0 10.5 10.5 3rd 2004 County Challenge Cup G2 3 1 2 0 0 19.5 31.5 2nd 2005 County Challenge Cup G1 2 0 2 0 0 6.5 6.5 4th 2006 County Challenge Cup G1 3 1 2 0 0 1 21 3rd 2007 County Challenge Cup G4 3 1 2 0 0 7 32 3rd 2008 Division 5N 3 1 2 0 0 1 21 3rd 2009 Division 5 N&E 3 2 1 0 0 5 45 1st 2010 Division 5N 7 3 4 0 0 31 61 3rd 2011 Division 5N 4 1 3 0 0 19 24 4th 2012 Division 4 N&E 4 1 3 0 0 12 22 4th 2013 Division 4 N&E 4 3 1 0 0 24 54 2nd 2014 Division 4 N&E 4 2 2 0 0 22 42 2nd 2015 Division 4 N&E 4 3 1 0 0 25 55 2nd 2016 Division 4 N&E 5 1 2 0 2 18 28 5th 2017 Division 3A 6 0 6 0 0 0 -15 4th 2018 Division 3A 6 2 4 0 0 31 51 3rd 2019 Division 3A 6 2 3 0 1 23 43 5th
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 0 2 0 0 −1.36 0 3rd 2011 Division M&N 3 3 0 3 0 0 −1.91 0 4th 2012 Division M&N 3 3 0 3 0 0 −1.54 0 4th Relegated 2013 Division M&N 4 3 1 2 0 0 −0.35 2 2nd 2014 Division 4C 4 4 0 0 0 +2.50 16 3rd 2015 Division 4C 6 2 1 0 3 +0.19 11 2nd 2016 Division 4C 6 2 4 0 0 −0.36 8 3rd 2017 Division 3B 8 0 8 0 0 −2.55 0 6th 2018 Division 3B 8 2 6 0 0 −1.70 8 6th 2019 Division 3C 8 3 3 0 2 −0.13 14 2nd 2021 North 8 0 6 0 2 −3.95 2 6th 2022 Group 1 6 0 6 0 0 −1.77 0 7th 2023 Group 1 6 0 2 0 4 −5.90 4 7th 2024 Group 1 7 1 4 0 2 –3.68 36 7th
See also Cumbria County Cricket Club North West Thunder
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