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

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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

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. 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

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. They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with Cheshire, Lancashire and Cheshire Women.

1998– : Women's County Championship

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was the first season in which Lancashire competed in the County Championship on their own, and they finished 3rd in Division 3, before being promoted the following season. Over the following seasons, Lancashire bounced between the divisions, having a four-year stint in Division One, from

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, but also reaching as low as Division Three in

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and

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. They topped Division Two in

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and

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: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to Somerset, but managed to gain promotion in 2014. They were relegated in

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, but bounced straight back up to Division One in

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. Lancashire then went on to have an exceptional 2017 season, in which they won both the County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the Championship, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games. Lancashire bowler Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while Amy Satterthwaite and Evelyn Jones were the 3rd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively. Meanwhile in the T20 Cup, Lancashire won 7 from 8 games to claim the title, with batter Emma Lamb ending the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the division. In the following years, Lancashire retained their place in Division One of the Championship without seriously challenging for the title, whilst managing a second-place finish in the

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, one point behind Champions Warwickshire. In

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, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain. Batter Emma Lamb was the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 233 runs including one century. They again won their group in the

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, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Yorkshire in the final. Batter

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was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 306 runs, whilst bowlers Alex Hartley and

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were joint-second leading wicket-takers, with 13 wickets.

Players

Current squad

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

Notable players

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

Joy Liebert Joyce Liebert, married name Joyce Lawrence, (16 May 1914 – 8 June 1999) was an English cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She appeared in 4 Test matches for England in 1934 and 1935. These were the first four women's tests, and she was th ...

(1934) *

Betty Snowball Elizabeth "Betty" Alexandra Snowball (9 July 1908 – 13 December 1988) was an English sportswoman. She played international cricket in the England women's cricket team, and also played international squash and lacrosse for Scotland. She appea ...

(1934) * June Bragger (1963) *

Avril Starling Avril Moira Starling (born 19 April 1953) is an English former cricketer who played as a medium pace bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals for England between 1982 and 1986. She played domestic cricket for Lanc ...

(1982) *

Carole Hodges Carole Ann Hodges (married name Carole Cornthwaite; born 1 September 1959) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 18 Test matches and 47 One Day Internationals for En ...

(1982) * Laura Newton (1997) *

Sune van Zyl Sune Susanna Deborah van Zyl (born 16 July 1977) is a South African former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She appeared in 2 Test matches Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and ma ...

(1999) *

Arran Brindle Arran Brindle (; born 23 November 1981) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 88 One Day Internationals and 35 Twenty20 Interna ...

(1999) *

Leanne Davis Leanne Clare Davis is an English former international cricketer notable for being the youngest player, male or female, to represent the national side. In total she played two One Day Internationals for the England women's cricket team. She is c ...

(2000) * Nelly Williams (2003) *

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(2005) * Amy Satterthwaite (2007) * Kate Cross (2013) * Alex Hartley (2016) * Sophie Ecclestone (2016) * Jasmine Titmuss (2019) * Emma Lamb (2021)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Honours

* County Championship: ** Division One champions (1) –

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** Division Two champions (3) –

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** Division Three champions (1) –

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* Women's Twenty20 Cup ** Division One champions (1) –

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** Division Two champions (1) –

** Group winners (1) –

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References

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