The Berkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative

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team for the English historic county of

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. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Summerleaze Road,

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and Falkland CC, Newbury, and are captained by Ashleigh Muttitt. They competed in Division One of the

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in 2010. They are partnered with the regional side

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History

1936–1999: Early History

Berkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Buckinghamshire Women, which they lost by 66 runs. When the

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, Thames Valley Women, which included Berkshire, competed, having also previously played in various regional competitions.

2000– : Women's County Championship

Berkshire joined the

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, replacing Thames Valley, and finished 4th in Division 1 in their first season. After being relegated in

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, they did not return to Division 1 until

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, after which they became a consistently mid-table side. This period saw much greater success in the

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for Berkshire, reaching the final three times in a row between

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and

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, including winning the competition in 2010, beating

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by 46 runs. In

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, Berkshire were relegated from Division 1 and have remained in Division 2 since, whilst also suffering two consecutive relegations in the T20 Cup. In

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, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with 4 losses and 4 abandoned matches. In

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, the finished third in their group of the Twenty20 Cup. They also joined the

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in 2022, finishing third out of six teams in the inaugural edition.

Players

Current Squad

Based on appearances in the 2022 season. denotes players with international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for Berkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): *

Debra Stock Debra Ann Stock (born 17 July 1962) is a former English international cricketer. A right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler, she played in seven Test matches and fifteen One Day Internationals for England between 1992 and 1996, and w ...

(1992) *

Claire Taylor Samantha Claire Taylor (born 25 September 1975) is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter,In women's cricket, "batsman" is commonly used, alongside "batter". Taylor was the f ...

(1998) *

Isa Guha Isa Tara Guha (born 21 May 1985) is an English cricket commentator, television and radio cricket broadcaster, and a former England cricketer who played in the 2005 World Cup and the 2009 World Cup.Alex Blackwell Alexandra Joy Blackwell (born 31 August 1983) is a former professional cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia as a specialist batter. In October 2017, she made her 250th international appearance for the Australian women's cricke ...

(2003) *

Rachel Priest Rachel Holly Priest (born 13 June 1985 in New Plymouth, Taranaki) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She played for New Zealand between 2007 and 2020. Career Domestic and franchise In May 2018, ...

(2007) *

Anya Shrubsole Anya Shrubsole (born 7 December 1991) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Berkshire, Southern Vipers and the Southern Brave. She played for England between 2008 and 2022, and has previously played domestic cricket for Somerset, ...

(2008) *

Victoria Lind Victoria Jayne Lind (born 15 May 1985) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in 8 One Day Internationals and 2 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand in 2009 and 2010. She played ...

(2009) * Heather Knight (2010) *

Jodie Cook Jodie Cook (born Jodie Elizabeth Cole) is an entrepreneur and author from Birmingham, UK. Cook featured in Forbes’ Europe's 30 Under 30 list of social entrepreneurs in 2017. She is an international powerlifter for Great Britain. Early life a ...

(2014) *

Linsey Smith Linsey Claire Neale Smith (born 10 March 1995) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Northern Superchargers and Sydney Sixers. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, she originally played for Berkshire before moving to Sussex ...

(2018) *

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(2019) * Lauren Bell (2022)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Honours

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: ** Division Two champions (1) –

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** Champions (1) –

** Division 3A champions (1) –

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References

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