The Cornwall Women's cricket team is the women's representative
cricket
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Cornwall
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. 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
Western Storm
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.
History
Cornwall Women began playing in national competition in
2005
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, when they joined the County Challenge Cup, the second tier of the
Women's County Championship
The Women's County Championship, known since 2014 as the Royal London Women's One-Day Cup,Devon
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. After the County Championship expanded in
2008
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*International Year of Languages
*International Year of Planet Earth
*International Year of the Potato
*International Year of Sanitation
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, they immediately won promotion to Division 4, where they remained for two seasons before being relegated in
2010
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. Since then, they have remained in the lowest tier of the County Championship, but did top their division in
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
,
2014
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and
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
before losing play-offs to gain promotion.
In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Cornwall Women have consistently played in Division 3 of the tournament in recent years, after a successful season in
2014
The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, winning all of their matches to be promoted from Division 4. In
2021
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, Cornwall competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup and finished 3rd with 4 wins. They finished second in Group 8 of the
Twenty20 Cup
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in 2022, before losing in the group final to Devon. The side finished bottom of their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup. In 2024, the side finished 9th in their group in the
Twenty20 Cup
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Players who have played for Cornwall and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
* Laura Harper (1999)
Western Storm
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References
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Women
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