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

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, which they lost by 7 wickets. Warwickshire went on to play various one-off matches, including regular matches against

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. 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

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, 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

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, followed by promotions from Division Three in

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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

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, 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 began competing in the West Midlands Regional Cup in 2022, as a "consortium" team with

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, finishing third. They again won their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, beating

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in the group final. In 2024, the side won their group in the

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before finishing 4th at the National Finals, and 10th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2025 season. * No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * 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) * Rachael Heyhoe Flint (1960) * June Bragger (1963) * Rosemary Goodchild (1966) * Lisa Keightley (1995) * Zehmarad Afzal (2000) *

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(2004) *

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(2006) * Violet Wattenberg (2007) * Delissa Kimmince (2008) * Amy Jones (2013) * Rebecca Grundy (2014) * Sarah Aley (2017) * Kathryn Bryce (2018) * Christina Gough (2019) * Issy Wong (2022) * Hannah Baker (2024) * Georgia Davis (2024) * Emily Arlott (2025)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day

Honours

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: ** Division Two Champions (1) –

** Division Three Champions (1) –

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

** Division Two Champions (1) –

** Group winners (2) –

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References

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