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

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team for the English historic county of

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...

. They play their home games at

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, Nettleworth and are captained by

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. In 2019, they played in Division One of the final season of the

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. They are partnered with the

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regional side

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History

1934–1999: Early History

Nottinghamshire Women's first recorded match took place in 1934, which they lost to the

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. They went on to play various one-off games against nearby teams, such as

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and

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

. East Midlands Women, which included players from Nottinghamshire, joined the

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in 1980, and was a founding member of the

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2000– : Women's County Championship

Nottinghamshire replaced East Midlands in Division One of the County Championship for the

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season, finishing second with four out of five wins. Nottinghamshire remained in Division One for a further four seasons, finishing second again in

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, but were relegated in

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. After two seasons in Division 2, Nottinghamshire returned to Division One and remained a consistently mid-table side. In 2009, Nottinghamshire played in the 2009 RSA T20 Cup, a tri-series in Ireland with

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and

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. They finished bottom of the table, but managed one win against Ireland. In

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, they joined the

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, placing 2nd in their regional division in their first season. They reached the semi-finals in

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, but lost to eventual winners

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. In

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, however, Nottinghamshire were crowned the Champions of the tournament, first qualifying for Round 2 unbeaten, then finishing above

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and Kent in the final group on Net Run Rate. Since then, Nottinghamshire have had a brief stint in Division Two in both competitions, in

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in the Championship and

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in the T20 Cup. In both instances, they gained promotion at their first attempt. In 2019, they finished 6th in the

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and 9th in the T20 Cup. In

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, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, going unbeaten with 5 wins and 3 matches abandoned due to rain. In 2022, they finished fourth in Group 1 of the

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Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.

Notable players

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

Betty Belton Margaret Betty Belton (1 February 1916 – 24 January 1989) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a bowler. She appeared in three Test matches for England in 1937, all against Australia. She played domestic cricket for Nottinghamsh ...

(1937) * Mona Greenwood (1937) * Annie Geeves (1951) *

Karen Smithies Karen Smithies (; born 20 March 1969) is a former England cricketer who played as a left-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in 15 Test matches and 69 One Day Internationals between 1986 and 2000, and was captain of Eng ...

(1986) * Wendy Watson (1987) *

Jane Smit Jane Smit (born 24 December 1972) is an English former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in 21 Test matches, 109 One Day Internationals and 4 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1992 and 2008 ...

(1992) * Ella Donnison (1999) * Dawn Holden (1999) * Kate Lowe (1999) * Nicky Shaw (1999) * Yulandi van der Merwe (2000) *

Jenny Gunn Jennifer Louise Gunn (born 9 May 1986) is an English former cricketer who plays as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 11 Test matches, 144 One Day Internationals and 104 Twenty20 Internationals for England bet ...

(2004) *

Leah Poulton Leah Joy Poulton (born 27 February 1984) is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. She played as a specialist batter who usually opened the batting. Poulton came to prominence in youth cricket by captain ...

(2006) *

Rene Farrell Rene Farrell (born 13 January 1987) is an Australian cricketer. A fast-medium pace bowler, she is a current member of the Australian team. On 1 December 2019, Farrell announced her retirement from Women's Big Bash League. Although Farrell ...

(2007) *

Lucy Doolan Lucy Rose Doolan (born 11 December 1987) is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in 40 One Day Internationals and 33 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zeala ...

(2008) *

Danni Wyatt Danielle Nicole Wyatt (born 22 April 1991) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex, Southern Vipers, Southern Brave and England. She plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She made her England debut ...

(2010) *

Maddy Green Madeline Lee Green (born 20 October 1992) is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Wellington and New Zealand. In April 2018, she won the Ruth Martin Cup for her domestic batting at the New Zealand Cricket Awards. On 8 June 2018, she sc ...

(2012) *

Megan Schutt Megan Schutt (born 15 January 1993) is an Australian cricketer who has played for the national team as a medium-fast bowler since 2012. Domestically, she plays for the South Australian Scorpions, for whom she debuted in 2009, and, since 2015, ...

(2012) *

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(2014) *

Sonia Odedra Sonia Balu Odedra (born 3 June 1988) is an English cricketer who most recently played for Nottinghamshire and Lightning. She is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batter. Her sole match for England was a Test match against India ...

(2014) *

Sarah Bryce Sarah Jennifer Bryce (born 8 January 2000) is a Scottish cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a wicket-keeper-batter. At the domestic level, she plays for the Watsonian cricket club, for English teams The Blaze (formerly known ...

(2018) *

Rachel Hawkins Rachel Valerie Hawkins (; born 31 January 1992) is a Scottish former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She played for Scotland between 2012 and 2019, including appearing in 16 Twenty20 ...

(2018) *

Kirstie Gordon Kirstie Louise Gordon (born 20 October 1997) is a Scottish cricketer who currently plays for Kent, The Blaze and Trent Rockets as a slow-left arm orthodox bowler. She played for Scotland from 2012 to 2017, before switching nationality to Eng ...

(2018) * Jasmine Titmuss (2019)

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 Two champions (1) –

** Group winners (1) –

References

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