| Middlesex Women | |
| Coach: | Sanjay Patel |
| Captain: | Saskia Horley |
| Founded: | 1935 |
| Ground: | Various including Mill Hill School Ground |
| Title1: | WCC |
| Title1wins: | 0 |
| Title2: | T20 Cup |
| Title2wins: | 1 |
| Website: | Middlesex Cricket |
The Middlesex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Middlesex. They play their home games at various grounds, most commonly at Mill Hill School, and are captained by Saskia Horley.[1] [2] They won Division 2 of the Women's County Championship in 2019 and won the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2018.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]
Middlesex Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women, and went on to play various one-off games over the following years, most often against surrounding teams such as Surrey Women. They joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, winning the first two titles, and winning again in 1985.[5]
After the Area Championship ended in 1996, Middlesex Women were one of the founding teams for the Women's County Championship, beginning in 1997, finishing 5th in Division Two in their first season.[6] After being relegated to Division Three the following season, Middlesex then began a steady rise up through the divisions, finally reaching Division One for the first time in 2011. From here, they remained a mid-table side over subsequent seasons, until they were relegated in 2018, the same year in which they won their first major title, the Twenty20 Cup (after being runners-up in 2014 and 2017). In 2019, the final year of the County Championship, Middlesex won Division 2.[7] Since 2015, Middlesex have also competed in the London Cup, in which they play a Twenty20 match against Surrey. Middlesex won the first five competitions, but Surrey won in 2020.[8] [9] The side has also competed in the Women's London Championship since 2020.[10] In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th with 3 wins, and regained the London Cup, beating Surrey by 8 wickets.[11] [12] They won their group of the Twenty20 Cup in 2022, going unbeaten.[13] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Middlesex finished top of their group and reached the group final, but the title was shared due to rain.[14] 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.[15] [16] They also won the Women's London Championship for the first time, winning all of their matches.[17]
Based on appearances in the 2023 season. denotes players with international caps.[18]
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| 19 September 1995 | Right-handed | |||||
| Gemma Marriott | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Dual-registration with Hertfordshire | ||
| Natasha Miles | 19 October 1988 | Right-handed | ||||
| Louise Poulter | 18 March 1998 | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| Isabella Routledge | 2 November 2002 | Right-handed | ||||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Chloe Abel | Unknown | Right-handed | ||||
| 30 August 1994 | Right-handed | |||||
| 28 April 1994 | Left-handed | |||||
| Mariko Hill | 20 November 1995 | Right-handed | ||||
| Saskia Horley | 23 February 2000 | Right-handed | Club captain | |||
| Riva Pindoria | Unknown | Right-handed | ||||
| Lucy Porter | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| 24 October 2006 | Right-handed | |||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Hermione Baxter-Chinery | Unknown | – | ||||
| 17 April 1994 | Right-handed | – | ||||
| Iqraa Hussain | 21 September 1999 | Unknown | – | |||
| Amelie Munday | Unknown | Unknown | – | Dual-registration with Devon | ||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| Jenny Bloefeld | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| Anisha Dissanayake | Unknown | Unknown | ||||
| Bhavika Gajipra | Unknown | Right-handed | ||||
| 22 July 1998 | Right-handed | |||||
| Katie Green | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |||
| Abtaha Maqsood | 11 June 1999 | Right-handed | ||||
| 23 May 2003 | Right-handed | |||||
| 27 January 1999 | Right-handed | |||||
| Lauren Turner | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |||
Players who have played for Middlesex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[19]
Liz Amos (1961) Margaret Jude (1963)
Bev Brentnall (1966)
Chanderkanta Kaul (1993)
Shaiza Khan (1997) Sharmeen Khan (1997) Kate Blackwell (2005)
Isabelle Westbury (2005) Jodie Fields (2006) Lauren Ebsary (2008) Julie Hunter (2010) Holly Huddleston (2014)
Mariko Hill (2019) Natasha Miles (2021)| Season | Division | League standings[20] | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | ||||
| 1997 | Division 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 38 | 5th | ||
| 1998 | Division 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 38 | 6th | Relegated | |
| 1999 | Division 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 75 | 2nd | ||
| 2000 | Division 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 76 | 2nd | ||
| 2001 | Division 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 | 86.5 | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2002 | Division 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 42 | 5th | ||
| 2003 | Division 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 | 86.5 | 2nd | ||
| 2004 | Division 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | 55.5 | 5th | ||
| 2005 | Division 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 36.5 | 71.5 | 2nd | ||
| 2006 | Division 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 74 | 3rd | ||
| 2007 | Division 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 77 | 2nd | ||
| 2008 | Division 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 70 | 2nd | Promoted | |
| 2009 | Division 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 154 | 2nd | ||
| 2010 | Division 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 144 | 1st | Promoted | |
| 2011 | Division 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 95 | 3rd | ||
| 2012 | Division 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 18 | 28 | 4th | ||
| 2013 | Division 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 65 | 7th | ||
| 2014 | Division 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 48 | 6th | ||
| 2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 74 | 5th | ||
| 2016 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 76 | 6th | ||
| 2017 | Division 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 76 | 5th | ||
| 2018 | Division 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 52 | 7th | Relegated | |
| 2019 | Division 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 102 | 1st | ||
| Season | Division | League standings[21] | Notes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | ||||
| 2009 | Division 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –0.25 | 3 | 3rd | ||
| 2010 | Division S1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –1.84 | 2 | 3rd | ||
| 2011 | Division S1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | –1.52 | 2 | 3rd | ||
| 2012 | Division S1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | –1.23 | 2 | 3rd | ||
| 2013 | Division S1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.34 | 8 | 3rd | ||
| 2014 | Division 1A | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.31 | 6 | 2nd | ||
| 2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1.34 | 20 | 4th | ||
| 2016 | Division 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.29 | 14 | 3rd | ||
| 2017 | Division 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +0.76 | 20 | 2nd | ||
| 2018 | Division 1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.55 | 28 | 1st | Champions | |
| 2019 | Division 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | –0.61 | 10 | 8th | ||
| 2021 | South East | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +0.18 | 13 | 5th | ||
| 2022 | South East | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5.13 | 24 | 1st | Group winners | |
| 2023 | Group 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1.34 | 18 | 1st | Shared group winners | |
| 2024 | Group 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.13 | 73 | 3rd | ||