The Lincolnshire 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 matches at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Lauren Tuffrey. After joining the

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. They have since competed in the

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. They are partnered with the East Midlands regional team,

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History

Lincolnshire Women's Cricket Association was formed in February 1947. Their representative team was due to play its first match against a Nottinghamshire XI at Belton Park on 14 June 1947 but the game was cancelled due to adverse weather. In 1948 Lincolnshire played two inter-county matches, beating Yorkshire Second XI at

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on 3 July, and losing to Nottinghamshire Second XI at Belton Park on 17 July. Before joining the nationwide county structure in 2014, Lincolnshire Women had only competed in friendlies and regional competitions. In

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, they competed in the

, winning one of their four games in Division 4, against Northumberland Women. In 2015, they joined the

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and the T20 competition. In

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, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 2nd with 3 wins. They also joined the East of England Championship in 2021, and finished 3rd out of 6 teams in their first season. They finished bottom of their group in the

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, and bottom of the group in the 2022 East of England Championship.

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.

Notable players

Players who have played for Lincolnshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Kathryn Bryce (2018)

History

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

See also

References