The Buckinghamshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative
cricket
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team for the English historic county of Buckinghamshire. They play their home games across the county, and are captained by Izzy Gurney. They consistently played in the bottom tier of the
Southern Vipers
The Southern Vipers are a women's cricket team that represent the South of England. The Vipers wear an orange and black kit and play their home matches at the Ageas Bowl and the County Cricket Ground, Hove.
They are currently coached by former ...
.
History
1936-2008: Early History
The first recorded match involving Buckinghamshire Women took place in 1936, in which they beat Berkshire Women by 66 runs. Over the following years, Buckinghamshire played various one-off matches against nearby sides, such as Surrey and
Middlesex
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.
2009- : Women's County Championship
Buckinghamshire Women joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season in 2009, in which they finished 3rd in Division Eight, with one win. In 2010, Buckinghamshire Women joined the
Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup,Twenty20 Cup
The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...
, however, finishing second in their division before losing the Division Final to
Wiltshire
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2012
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, Buckinghamshire again lost Division Finals, after topping the group in both years. In subsequent years, Buckinghamshire have been one of the poorer performers across the two competitions, although they did earn promotion in the Twenty20 Cup in
2014
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before being relegated the following season. In 2019, the final season before a restructuring of women's county cricket, Buckinghamshire achieved one of their best seasons, finishing second in their division in both the
County Championship
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and the
Twenty20 Cup
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. In 2020, they competed in the East of England Championship, and won the T20 competition. In 2021, they competed in the East Group of the
Twenty20 Cup
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, finishing second with 4 wins, as well as again competing in the East of England Championship, where they won the 45-over competition. The side withdrew from the East of England Championship in 2022, as well as finishing 3rd in their
Twenty20 Cup
The T20 Blast, currently named the Vitality Blast for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket competition for English and Welsh first-class counties. The competition was established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (E ...
group. They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing fourth out of six teams in the inaugural edition.
Players
Current squad
Based on appearances in the 2023 season.
Notable players
Players who have played for Buckinghamshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
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Joy Partridge
Joy Evelyn Partridge (28 March 1899 – 27 April 1947) was an English cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm slow bowler. She appeared in four Test matches for England
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Southern Vipers
The Southern Vipers are a women's cricket team that represent the South of England. The Vipers wear an orange and black kit and play their home matches at the Ageas Bowl and the County Cricket Ground, Hove.
They are currently coached by former ...