|
Marie Kelly
Marie Kelly (born 9 February 1996) is an English cricketer who is currently the captain of Warwickshire, as well as playing for The Blaze, Northern Superchargers and Trinbago Knight Riders. She plays primarily as a right-handed batter. She led Warwickshire to the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup title, and was the leading run-scorer in Division 1 that year. She previously played for Southern Vipers, Central Sparks, Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets. Early life Kelly was born on 9 February 1996 in Birmingham, West Midlands. She has a degree in Sports Science from Loughborough University. Her twin sister, Sian, played for Warwickshire between 2011 and 2017. Domestic career Kelly made her county debut in 2011, for Warwickshire against Cheshire. She scored 12 runs and bowled 2 overs for no wicket. In 2012, in two innings over one weekend playing for Warwickshire Under-17s, Kelly scored 201 * and 110 * and soon after became a regular in Warwickshire's first team. She hit her mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup
The 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2019 Vitality Women's Twenty20 Cup was the 11th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament. It took place in June, with 35 teams taking part: 33 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. Warwickshire Women won the Twenty20 Cup, as winners of Division 1, therefore achieving their first title. The tournament followed the 50-over 2019 Women's County Championship, and was subsequently followed by the Twenty20 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, competed for by regional teams. Competition Format Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned the Champions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: Win: 4 points. Tie: 2 points. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/Cancelled: 1 point. Teams The 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup was divid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Women's Cricket Super League
The 2019 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2019 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the fourth and final season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), the semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format. The tournament was scheduled to be replaced by the Women's Hundred and a new regional domestic structure from the next season, although the full implementation of this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Surrey Stars were the defending champions. Western Storm defeated Southern Vipers by 6 wickets to win the 2019 title. Competition format Six teams competed for the T20 title from 6 August to 1 September 2019. The six teams played each other twice in a round robin format. The 2nd and 3rd team played the semi-final while the top team directly went to the final. Both semi-final and final were held on Finals Day at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Women's Cricket Super League
The 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2017 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), a semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format. The Southern Vipers were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Western Storm. Competition format Six teams competed for the T20 title which took place between 10 August and 1 September 2017. The six teams played each other once in a round robin format; followed by a finals day at the County Cricket Ground, Hove. Teams Points table Fixtures League stage Semi-final Final Statistics * Highest score by a team: Southern Vipers – 180/2 (20 overs) v Loughborough Lightning (15 August). * Lowest score by a team: Western Storm – 70 (18.5 overs) v Southern Vipers (10 August). * Top scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's Cricket Super League
The Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), known as the Kia Super League (KSL) for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition in England and Wales operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The competition featured six franchise teams, partnered with a variety of county teams and boards and universities, and was envisaged as a means to bridge the gap between amateur domestic cricket and the increasingly professional international game. The WCSL launched in 2016, with each team playing five group stage matches in a round-robin format, followed by a finals day; this was increased to ten group matches in 2018, following the ECB abandoning their initial plans to expand the tournament by also incorporating a 50-over competition. The WCSL ended after the 2019 season, ahead of the intended launch of the ECB's new format, The Hundred, and its city-based men's and women's franchises. Western Storm ended the competition as the most succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup
The 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2023 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 14th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It was scheduled to take place in April and May 2023, although one matchday was played later due to rain, with 35 teams taking part, organised into eight regional groups. There was no overall winner, with Lancashire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Sussex, Northamptonshire and Somerset winning their individual groups. Middlesex and Kent shared their group title due to rain on their group Finals Day. One group winner was not determined, with the Group 4 Finals Day abandoned due to rain. Format Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions, playing three matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches between the same teams. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The group stages were followed by a group Finals Day, scheduled for 14 May, with all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire Women Cricket Team
The Gloucestershire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Gloucestershire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Alice Hill. In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 won the South West Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Western Storm. History 1937–2006: Early History Gloucestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Hampshire. Two years later, they drew a match against Australia as part of their tour of England. Since then, they played various one-off matches against other county sides and Second XIs. 2007– : Women's County Championship In 2007, Gloucestershire Women joined the County Challenge Cup, the feeder tier of the Women's County Championship, finishing 3rd in their group. The following season, they joined the full Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup
The 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 13th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Twenty20 domestic competition. It took place in April and May 2022, with 35 teams taking part, organised into eight regional groups. There was no overall winner, with Lancashire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Suffolk, Leicestershire and Rutland, Sussex, Middlesex and Devon winning their individual groups. Format Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions, playing three matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches between the same teams. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. The group stages were followed by a group Finals Day, played on 8 May. In Group 1, the top four teams qualified for Finals Day (with the other three teams playing off at a different venue), whilst in Groups 2 to 7 all four teams qualified, with first playing fourth and second playing third in the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup
The 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2021 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 12th cricket Women's Twenty20 Cup tournament, taking place in April and May, with 36 teams taking part: 34 county teams plus Scotland and Wales. There was no overall winner, with Hertfordshire, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Kent, Gloucestershire and Somerset winning their respective regions. The 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and, following a restructuring of women's cricket in England that saw the ending of the Women's County Championship, the Twenty20 Cup was the only nationwide tournament featuring county sides in 2021. The tournament will be followed by competitions involving regional teams, in 50-over and Twenty20 formats, as well as The Hundred. Competition Format Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions. Matches were played using a Twenty20 format. There was no overall winner, as no stage further to the regional grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lancashire Women Cricket Team
The Lancashire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Lancashire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Beaconsfield Road, Widnes. They are coached by Chris Chambers and captained by Eleanor Threlkeld. They won both the County Championship and the Twenty20 Cup in 2017. Lancashire have links with Cumbria, with some players playing for both sides, as well as some of their players helping make up a North Representative XI. They are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder. History 1930–1997: Early History Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs. Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as Yorkshire and Cheshire. They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Grundy
Rebecca Louise Grundy (born 12 July 1990) is an English cricketer and coach, who played for her national cricket team and is now head coach of the Western Australia team. Grundy is a left-arm spin bowler. Playing career Grundy has played for Warwickshire. In 2014, Grundy was part of the England Academy squad. Grundy was brought into the England squad for the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. On pitches that generally help spin bowlers, Grundy made her England debut in the opening fixture of the tournament and retained her place through all the group matches. She was the holder of one of the first tranche of 18 ECB central contracts for women players, which were announced in April 2014. Grundy was called up for the summer series against India and South Africa, which included her first Women's Test match and Women's One Day International callups. She later had to withdraw from the series with a groin injury. She played for England in the 2015 Women's Ashes serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netherlands Women's National Cricket Team
The Netherlands women's national cricket team, nicknamed the Lionesses, represents the Kingdom of the Netherlands in international women's cricket. The team is organised by the Royal Dutch Cricket Association, which has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) since 1966. A Dutch women's team first played an international match in 1937, when Australia women's national cricket team, Australia toured on its way to play a series in England. The team regularly played fixtures against English club sides over the following decades, but it was not until the early 1980s that regular international competition commenced. The Netherlands made its Women's One Day International, One Day International (ODI) debut in 1984, against New Zealand women's national cricket team, New Zealand, and made its Women's Cricket World Cup, World Cup debut at the 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, 1988 edition of the tournament, in Australia. Considered a top-level team from the late 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
