The Lancashire Women's cricket team is the women's representative
cricket
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Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancash ...
. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Beaconsfield Road,
Widnes
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. They are coached by Chris Chambers and captained by Eleanor Threlkeld. They won both the
County Championship
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and the
Twenty20 Cup
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in 2017. Lancashire have links with
Cumbria
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, with some players playing for both sides, as well as some of their players helping make up a North Representative XI. 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
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Women's Area Championship
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, and the
inaugural
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1998
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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 2004 to 2007, but also reaching as low as Division Three in 2010 and 2011. They topped Division Two in
2013
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and
2014
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: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to
Somerset
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, but managed to gain promotion in 2014. They were relegated in 2015, but bounced straight back up to Division One in
2016
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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
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games. Lancashire bowler
Sophie Ecclestone
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was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while
Amy Satterthwaite
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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
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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
2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup
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, one point behind Champions
Warwickshire
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. In
2021
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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
2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup
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, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating
Yorkshire
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in the final. Batter Georgie Boyce was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 306 runs, whilst bowlers Alex Hartley and Phoebe Graham 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 (1934)
* Betty Snowball (1934)
*
June Bragger
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Nelly Williams
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Amy Satterthwaite
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(2007)
*
Kate Cross
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Career
Cross plays domestic cricket for Lancashire, North West Thunder an ...
Sophie Ecclestone
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(2016)
* Jasmine Titmuss (2019)
*
Emma Lamb
Emma Louise Lamb (born 16 December 1997) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire Women, North West Thunder and Manchester Originals, and has previously played for Lancashire Thunder. Lamb is a batting all-rounder, and bowls off spi ...
(2021)
Seasons
Women's County Championship
Women's Twenty20 Cup
Honours
*
County Championship
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:
** Division One champions (1) –
2018
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2014
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&
2016
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** Division Three champions (1) –
1999
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2017
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** Division Two champions (1) – 2015
** Group winners (1) –
2021
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&
2022
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