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Cornwall Women Cricket Team
The Cornwall Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Cornwall. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Kellie Williams. In 2019, they played in Division 3 of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and they have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Western Storm. History Cornwall Women began playing in national competition in 2005, when they joined the County Challenge Cup, the second tier of the Women's County Championship: they finished bottom of their division with one win, against Devon. After the County Championship expanded in 2008, they immediately won promotion to Division 4, where they remained for two seasons before being relegated in 2010. Since then, they have remained in the lowest tier of the County Championship, but did top their division in 2013, 2014 and 2018 before losing play-offs to gain promo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Boscawen Park
Boscawen Park is a cricket ground located in recreation grounds along Malpas Road in Truro, Cornwall. The ground is situated directly next to the River Truro, which runs alongside its western side. The end names are the City End to the north and the Malpas End to the south. Alternatively, these ends are also known as the Cathedral End and River End. History Boscawen Park is not located in the Boscawen electoral ward but shares the same name. The name probably originates from Edward Boscawen, an admiral and member of parliament from Truro. Established by 1858, a team representative of Cornwall first played there against an All England Eleven in that same year. Cornwall County Cricket Club first used the ground in July 1895, eight months after the club's founding, when it played a friendly against Devon. Cornwall first played minor counties cricket there over seventy years later, with Devon the visitors in the 1968 Minor Counties Championship. Two years later, the first List ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup
The 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, known for sponsorship reasons as the 2022 Vitality Women's County T20, was the 13th edition of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, an English women's cricket Women's Twenty20, Twenty20 domestic competition. It took place in April and May 2022, with 35 teams taking part, organised into eight regional groups. There was no overall winner, with Lancashire Women cricket team, Lancashire, Worcestershire Women cricket team, Worcestershire, Warwickshire Women cricket team, Warwickshire, Suffolk Women cricket team, Suffolk, Leicestershire Women cricket team, Leicestershire and Rutland, Sussex Women cricket team, Sussex, Middlesex Women cricket team, Middlesex and Devon Women cricket team, Devon winning their individual groups. Format Teams played matches within a series of regional divisions, playing three matchdays, with most matchdays consisting of two matches between the same teams. Matches were played using a Women's Twenty20, Twenty20 format. The group stages we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2012 Women's County Championship
The 2012 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 16th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, beating Essex in the division final. The Championship was Kent's fifth title, and their second in two seasons. Competition format Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The championship worked on a points system, with placings decided by average points of completed games. The top two in each division played in a final to determine the winner, subsequently followed by promotion play-offs. The points are awarded as follows: Win: 10 points + bonus points. Tie: 5 points + bonus points. Loss: Bonus points. Aban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2011 Women's County Championship
The 2011 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 15th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from April to September and saw 33 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, with Sussex finishing second. The Championship was Kent's fourth title, and their first of two titles in 2011, as they later won the 2011 Women's Twenty20 Cup. Competition format Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The championship worked on a points system, with placings decided by average points of completed games. Due to restructuring ahead of the 2012 season, which had divisions of nine teams compared to six in 2011, there was no relegation and more teams were promoted per division. The points are aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2009 Women's County Championship
The 2009 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 13th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to September and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Netherlands compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, going through the season unbeaten and winning their third title. Competition format Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: Win: 20 points. Tie: 15 points. Loss: Bonus points. Abandoned or No Result: 10 points. Cancelled No Play: 5 points. Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match. Teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2007 Women's County Championship
The 2007 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 11th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 30 county teams and teams representing Scotland and Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving their second title in two seasons. Competition format Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: Win: 25 points. Tie: 15 points. Loss: Bonus points. No Result: 4 points. Abandoned: 10 points. Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match. Teams The 2007 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2006 Women's County Championship
The 2006 Women's County One-Day Championship was the 10th cricket Women's County Championship season. It ran from May to August and saw 27 county teams plus Wales compete in a series of divisions. Kent Women won the County Championship as winners of the top division, achieving the first Championship title. Competition format Teams played matches within a series of divisions with the winners of the top division being crowned County Champions. Matches were played using a one day format with 50 overs per side. The championship works on a points system with positions within the divisions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows: Win: 20 points. Tie: 15 points. Loss: Bonus points. No Result: 4 points. Abandoned: 4 points. Up to four batting and four bowling points were available to the losing side only, or both sides in an incomplete match. Teams The 2006 Championship was divided into two tiers: the County Championship and the County Challenge Cup. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Laura Harper (cricketer)
Laura Julyen Harper (born 22 January 1984) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in 6 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals One Day International (ODI) is a format of cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs, with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The World Cup, generally held every four year ... for England women's cricket team, England between 1999 and 2005. She played domestic cricket for West Women cricket team, West, Somerset Women cricket team, Somerset and Cornwall Women cricket team, Cornwall. At the time of her debut, she was the youngest player to have played for England. Early life Harper started playing cricket aged eight and began bowling off spin at ten. She played with Cornwall boys under-11s and progressed through the age groups, touring South Africa in 1997. She was selected for an England boys under-15 tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rebecca Odgers
Rebecca Niamh Odgers (born 10 February 2003) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Somerset Women cricket team, Somerset. She plays primarily as a right-handed Batting (cricket), batter and occasional wicket-keeper. Early life Odgers was born on 10 February 2003 and grew up in St Austell, Cornwall. She studies medical sciences at the University of Exeter. Domestic career Odgers made her county debut in 2018, for Cornwall Women cricket team, Cornwall against Netherlands women's national cricket team, the Netherlands, in which she made 39. In her second match for the side, she hit her maiden List A cricket, List A century, scoring 122 from 97 deliveries against Dorset Women cricket team, Dorset. She went on to be the side's second-highest run-scorer in the 2018 Women's County Championship, Women's County Championship that season, with 240 runs at an average of 48.00. In 2019 for Cornwall, she scored 118 runs at an average of 29.50 in the 2019 Women's County Championship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Emily Geach
Emily Rose Geach (born 15 February 2004) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Gloucestershire. She plays as a right-arm medium bowler. She has previously played for Cornwall and Western Storm. Domestic career Geach made her county debut in 2018, for Cornwall against Dorset. She went on to take 5 wickets at an average of 18.20 in the 2018 Women's County Championship, and 7 wickets at an average of 7.14 in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Cup. The following season, she again took 5 wickets in the County Championship and 7 wickets in the Twenty20 Cup. She took two wickets in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup and three wickets in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. Geach was named in the Western Storm Academy squad in 2021 and 2022. She was promoted to the first team squad in September 2022, making her debut for the side on 18 September, against North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was an English and Welsh women's cricket domestic co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wicket-keeper
In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the Cricket player, player on the fielding (cricket), fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop Delivery (cricket), deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a Caught, catch, Stumped, stump the batsman out, or run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 and of the ''Laws of Cricket''. Stance Initially, during the bowling of the ball the wicket-keeper crouches in a full squatting position but partly stands up as the ball is received. Australian wicket-keeper Sammy Carter (1878 to 1948) was the first to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist (stooping). Purposes The keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent run (cricket), runs being scored as 'byes'), but he can also attempt to dismissal (cricket), dismiss the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Captain (cricket)
The captain of a cricket team, often referred to as the skipper, is the appointed leader, having several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of the other players. As in other sports, the captain is usually experienced and has good communication skills, and is likely to be one of the most regular members of the team, as the captain is responsible for the team selection. Before the game the captains toss for innings. During the match the captain decides the team's batting order, who will bowl each over, and where each fielder will be positioned. While the captain has the final say, decisions are often collaborative. A captain's knowledge of the complexities of cricket strategy and tactics, and shrewdness in the field, may contribute significantly to the team's success. Due to the smaller coaching/management role played out by support staff, as well as the need for greater on-field decision-making, the captain of a cricket team typically shoulders mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
