The Warwickshire 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 Edgbaston Foundation Sports Ground,

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, and are captained by Marie Kelly. In 2019, they won the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Central Sparks.

History

1937–2000: Early History

Warwickshire Women played their first recorded match in 1937, against Australia, which they lost by 7 wickets. Warwickshire went on to play various one-off matches, including regular matches against Surrey. Meanwhile, West Midlands Women, which included players from Warwickshire, joined the

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in 1980, and played in the competition until it ended in 1996, upon which they joined the

Women's County Championship The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women’s One-Day Cup,2001, and finished 4th in Division 3 in their first season. Warwickshire played in the lower tiers of the Championship in the early years of the competition, before making their way up the divisions, beginning with their promotion from the County Challenge Cup in 2006, followed by promotions from Division Three in 2007 and Division Two in

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. Ever since, Warwickshire have played in Division 1, with their highest finish of 3rd coming in both

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and

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. Warwickshire joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season in 2009. The team rapidly improved in recent years, being promoted from Division 2 in 2015, then finishing 2nd in Division 1 in

. In

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, Warwickshire won Division 1, topping the league with 5 wins from 8 to be crowned Champions. Captain Marie Kelly was their star batter, ending the season as the division's leading run-scorer. Key contributions also came from wicket-keeper Gwenan Davies and bowlers Jessica Couser and Bethan Ellis. In 2021, the Twenty20 Cup was regionalised (and the County Championship discontinued), with Warwickshire competing in the West Midlands Group. They finished 2nd in the group, going unbeaten with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned. They topped their group in the

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, before beating

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in the group final on Finals Day. Warwickshire bowler Anisha Patel was the leading wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 15 wickets. They also competed in the

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in 2022, as a "consortium" team with

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, finishing third.

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. denotes players with international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for Warwickshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Muriel Haddelsey (1937) *

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(1960) *

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(1963) * Rosemary Goodchild (1966) *

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(1995) *

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(2000) * Jenny Gunn (2004) *

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(2006) * Violet Wattenberg (2007) *

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(2008) * Amy Jones (2013) * Rebecca Grundy (2014) * Sarah Aley (2017) * Kathryn Bryce (2018) * Christina Gough (2019) * Issy Wong (2022)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Honours

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: ** Division Two Champions (1) –

** Division Three Champions (1) – 2007 * Women's Twenty20 Cup: ** Champions (1) –

** Division Two Champions (1) – 2015 ** Group winners (2) –

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References

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