Cumbria Women cricket team explained

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.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] Cumbria have links with Lancashire, with some players playing for both sides, and they are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.^{[4] [5]}

History

Cumbria Women's first recorded match was against Scotland Women in 2000, which they lost by 10 wickets.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8] They also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural year in 2009, and again have been consistently in the lowest division. ^[9] They achieved one of their best finishes in 2019, finishing 2nd in Division 3C with 3 victories.^[10] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing bottom with no victories.^[11] They again finished bottom of their group in the 2022 and 2023 Twenty20 Cups.^{[12] [13]} In 2024, the side finished 7th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup.^[14]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.^[15]

Name	Nationality		Notes
				Olivia Brinsden		2	Club captain
Grace Airey		4
Carenza Curwen		2
Sarah-Jayne Earl		2
Jenny Fallows		4
Kate Field		4
Mahika Gaur	[16]	2
Ruby Hutchison		4	Wicket-keeper
Maeve Jones		2
Tilly Kesteven		4
Lily King		2
S Parker		2
Bethan Robinson		3
Hannah Snape		2	Dual-registration with Lancashire
Emily 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):^[17]

• Hannah Rainey (2018)
• Mahika Gaur (2019)
• Seren Smale (2024)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season	Division	League standings[18]								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[19]								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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cumbria Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 4 January 2021.
2. Web site: Cumbria Women - About Us . Cumbria Women/Play-Cricket . 4 January 2021.
3. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 4 January 2021.
4. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship/Fixtures & Results/Women's County T20 Group 1 . Play-Cricket . 19 April 2022.
5. Web site: Thunder Cricket About . Lancashire Cricket . 4 January 2021.
6. Web site: Scotland Women vs Cumbria Women, 18 June 2000 . Cricket Archive . 4 January 2021.
7. Web site: Cumbria Women Scorecards . Cricket Archive . 4 January 2021.
8. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 4 January 2021.
9. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup . Play-Cricket . 4 January 2021.
10. Web site: ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 3C - 2019 . Play-Cricket . 4 January 2021.
11. Web site: Women's County T20 North Group - 2021 . ECB Women's County Championship . 18 May 2021.
12. Web site: Women's County T20 Group 1 - 2022 . Play-Cricket . 9 May 2022.
13. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 1 - 2023 . Play-Cricket . 1 November 2023.
14. Web site: Vitality Women's County T20 2024 . CricketArchive . 16 October 2024.
15. Web site: Batting and Fielding for Cumbria Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023 . CricketArchive . 18 May 2023.
16. Gaur has also played international cricket for the United Arab Emirates.
17. Web site: Cumbria Women Players. CricketArchive. 25 April 2022.
18. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 5 January 2021.
19. Web site: ECB Women's County Championship . Play-Cricket . 5 January 2021.