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The Middlesex 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, most commonly at
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, and are captained by
Naomi Dattani Naomi Dilip Dattani (born 28 April 1994) is an English professional cricketer who plays for and captains Middlesex Women, as well as playing for North West Thunder and London Spirit. She previously played for Surrey Stars, Western Storm and S ...
. They won Division 2 of the
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and won the
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in
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. They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.


History


1935–1996: Early History

Middlesex Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women, and went on to play various one-off games over the following years, most often against surrounding teams such as Surrey Women. They joined the
Women's Area Championship The Women's Area Championship was a women's cricket competition organised by the Women's Cricket Association that ran from 1980 until 1996. It operated as a 55-over limited overs cricket competition, with teams organised into a number of groups, ...
in 1980, winning the first two titles, and winning again in 1985.


1997– : Women's County Championship

After the Area Championship ended in 1996, Middlesex Women were one of the founding teams for the
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, finishing 5th in Division Two in their first season. After being relegated to Division Three the following season, Middlesex then began a steady rise up through the divisions, finally reaching Division One for the first time in
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. From here, they remained a mid-table side over subsequent seasons, until they were relegated in
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, the same year in which they won their first major title, the
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(after being runners-up in
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and
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). In
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, the final year of the County Championship, Middlesex won Division 2. Since 2015, Middlesex have also competed in the
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, in which they play a
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match against Surrey. Middlesex won the first five competitions, but Surrey won in 2020. The side has also competed in the
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since 2020. In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th with 3 wins, and regained the London Cup, beating Surrey by 8 wickets. They won their group of the
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in 2022, going unbeaten.


Players


Current squad

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


Notable players

Players who have played for Middlesex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Doris Turner (1934) *
Joan Davis Josephine "Joan" Davis (June 29, 1907 – May 22, 1961) was an American comedic actress whose career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television. Remembered best for the 1950s television comedy ''I Married Joan'', Davis had a successful earl ...
(1937) *
Eileen Whelan Eileen May Ash ( Whelan; 30 October 1911 – 3 December 2021) was an English cricketer and supercentenarian who played primarily as a right-arm medium bowler. As Eileen Whelan, she appeared in seven Test matches for England between 1937 an ...
(1937) * Audrey Collins (1937) *
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(1949) *
Megan Lowe Dorothy Megan Lowe (17 November 1915 – 16 May 2017) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm Fast bowling, medium Bowling (cricket), bowler. She appeared in four Women's Test cricket, Test matches for England women's cricke ...
(1949) * Netta Rheinberg (1949) * Winifred Leech (1951) * Mary Spry (1951) * Betty Birch (1951) *
Anne Sanders Elizabeth Anne Sanders (born 20 July 1931) is an English former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 11 Test matches for England between 1954 and 1969. She played domestic cricket for Middlesex ...
(1954) * Helen Sharpe (1957) *
Esme Irwin Esme Rosemary Irwin (13 June 1931 – 18 August 2001) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm pace bowler. She appeared in 4 Test matches for England in 1960 and 1961, all against South Africa. She played domestic cricket ...
(1960) * Liz Amos (1961) * Margaret Jude (1963) * Bev Brentnall (1966) *
Jacqueline Court Jacqueline Margaret "Jackie" Court (born 22 January 1950) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler. She appeared in 17 Test matches and 23 One Day Internationals for England between 1 ...
(1973) * Ros Heggs (1973) *
Glynis Hullah Glynis Hullah (born 8 August 1948) is an English former cricketer who played as a medium pace bowler. She appeared in 4 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for England between 1976 and 1982. Her final WODI appearance was in the final o ...
(1976) * Catherine Mowat (1978) *
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) * Helen Stother (1982) * Gillian Smith (1986) * Lisa Nye (1988) *
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) * Sandra Dawson (1993) * Chanderkanta Kaul (1993) *
Shaiza Khan Shaiza Said Khan (born 18 March 1969) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a right-arm leg break bowler and right-handed batter. She and her sister, Sharmeen, are considered pioneers of women's cricket in Pakistan. She appeared in th ...
(1997) * Sharmeen Khan (1997) * Beth Morgan (1999) *
Laura Joyce Laura Michelle Joyce (born 4 October 1983) is an English former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in three One Day Internationals for England in August 2001, making her debut against Scotland. She bat ...
(2001) *
Kate Blackwell Katherine Anne Blackwell (born 31 August 1983) is a former Australian cricketer. Blackwell was born in Wagga Wagga, but raised in Yenda, a small rural town outside of Griffith, New South Wales. She and her identical twin sister Alex Blackwell w ...
(2005) * Isabelle Westbury (2005) *
Jodie Fields Jodie Maree Fields (, born 19 June 1984) is a sports administrator, coach, women's sport and physical activity advocate, and former Australian cricket player. Fields grew up in Queensland playing boy's and men's cricket before playing women's ...
(2006) *
Lauren Ebsary Lauren Kaye Ebsary (born 15 March 1983) is an Australian cricketer. Primarily a batter, she is a former member of the Australia national women's cricket team. Ebsary made her senior debut for South Australia in the Women's National Cricket Le ...
(2008) *
Julie Hunter Julie Lauren Hunter (born 15 March 1984) is a female cricketer who played for Victorian Spirit, Tasmanian Tigers and Australia. She is a right-handed pace bowler who also bats right-handed batsman. After playing for the Australian Under-19 tea ...
(2010) *
Fran Wilson Frances Claire Wilson (born 7 November 1991) is an English cricketer. A right handed batter and right arm off break bowler, she was born in Farnham in Surrey and plays for Gloucestershire, Western Storm and Welsh Fire. She previously played ...
(2010) *
Holly Huddleston Holly Rachael Huddleston (born 11 October 1987) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 36 One Day Internationals and 16 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between ...
(2014) *
Catherine Dalton Catherine Clare Dalton (born 24 October 1992) is an Irish cricketer who currently plays for Essex in English domestic cricket. She plays as a right-handed batter. Dalton gained Irish citizenship in 2015, and was subsequently named in the Irish ...
(2015) * Alex Hartley (2016) *
Sophia Dunkley Sophia Ivy Rose Dunkley (born 16 July 1998) is an English cricketer who plays for Surrey, South East Stars, Welsh Fire, Gujarat Giants and England. A right-handed batter and right-arm leg break bowler, she made her county debut in 2012 for ...
(2018) * Maia Bouchier (2021) *
Natasha Miles Natasha Tara Miles (born 19 October 1988) is a British Hong Kong cricketer who plays for the Hong Kong women's national cricket team and Middlesex in English county cricket. An all-rounder, she is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bow ...
(2021) * Lauren Bell (2022) *
Saskia Horley Saskia Meg Horley (born 23 February 2000) is an Australian cricketer who plays for Scotland, New South Wales and Sydney Thunder. She played in four matches for Sydney Thunder in the 2019–20 Women's Big Bash League season. In 2022, she played fo ...
(2022)


Seasons


Women's County Championship


Women's Twenty20 Cup


Honours

*
Women's Area Championship The Women's Area Championship was a women's cricket competition organised by the Women's Cricket Association that ran from 1980 until 1996. It operated as a 55-over limited overs cricket competition, with teams organised into a number of groups, ...
: ** Champions (3) – 1980, 1981 & 1985 *
County Championship The County Championship (referred to as the LV= Insurance County Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the domestic first-class cricket competition in England and Wales and is organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). It bec ...
: ** Division Two Champions (2) –
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&
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** Division Three Champions (1) –
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*
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 ...
: ** Division One Champions (1) –
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** Group winners (1) –
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See also

*
Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial ...
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Sunrisers (women's cricket) Sunrisers are a women's cricket team that represent the London and East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds, including the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford. The ...


References

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