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

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team for the English historic county of

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Tunstall Road, Knypersley and are captained by Stephanie Butler. In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the

Women's County Championship The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup,Women's Twenty20 Cup The Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the Vitality Women's County T20, is a women's Twenty20 cricket competition organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Until the end of the 2019 season, teams were organised in tie ...

. They are partnered with the

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regional side Central Sparks.

History

Staffordshire Women joined the

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, replacing West Midlands Women, and won Division 2 in their first season, going unbeaten and gaining promotion. Staffordshire were relegated two seasons later, and reached as low as Division Four in

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. They also joined the

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, winning two promotions when the tournament was regionalised, and since playing in Division Two and Three. In

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, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th. They finished second in their group of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, before losing in the group final to

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. Staffordshire batter

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was the fourth-highest run-scorer in the competition, with 242 runs. They also competed in the

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in 2022, finishing fourth out of four teams. Meanwhile, in the Championship, Staffordshire began their progression back up through the Divisions, winning promotion from Division Three in

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, and from Division Two in

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, with batter

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ending the 2015 season as leading run-scorer in the division. Their stay in Division 1 was short-lived, however, as they were relegated in

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, and suffered a second consecutive relegation the following season. In the final two years of the Championship, Staffordshire played in Division 3, but did win their group in

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batter

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made her international debut whilst playing for Staffordshire, and the county is also the original team of England bowler

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Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2022 season.

Notable players

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

Julie Crump Julie Lynn Harris (; born 7 January 1969) is an English former cricketer who played as an all-rounder. She was a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in two One Day Internationals for England in the 1989 Women's Europe ...

(1989) * Barbara Daniels (1993) * Sue Redfern (1995) * Anna Smith (1996) * Lucy Pearson (1996) *

Laura Newton Laura Kelly Newton (born Macleod, 27 November 1977) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and off break bowler. She appeared in 13 Test matches, 73 WODIs and 3 WT20Is games for the English women's cricket team. S ...

(1997) *

Clare Gough Clare Elizabeth Gough (born 7 September 1982) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in three One Day Internationals for England in August 2001, making her debut against Scotland. ...

(2001) * Lonell de Beer (2005) *

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) *

Shanel Daley Shanel Francine Daley (born 25 December 1988) is a Jamaican former cricketer who played as a left-arm medium bowler and left-handed batter. She appeared in 70 One Day Internationals and 68 Twenty20 Internationals for the West Indies between 200 ...

(2008) *

Elyse Villani Elyse Jayne Villani (born 6 October 1989) is an Australian cricketer who played for the Australia national women's team from 2009 to 2019. She has also played domestic cricket for various teams in both the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) ...

(2009) *

Kate Ebrahim Kate Ellen Ebrahim (; born 11 November 1991) is a New Zealand cricketer. In August 2018, she was awarded a central contract by New Zealand Cricket, following the tours of Ireland and England in the previous months. In October 2018, she was named ...

(2010) *

(2011) *

Molly Strano Molly Rose Strano (born 5 October 1992) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter for the Tasmanian Tigers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Hobart Hurricanes in the Women' ...

History

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

See also

References