Middlesex Women cricket team

The Middlesex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Middlesex. They play their home games at various grounds, most commonly at Mill Hill School, and are captained by Naomi Dattani.[1][2] They won Division 2 of the Women's County Championship in 2019 and won the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2018.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.[4]

Middlesex Women

Personnel
Captain	Naomi Dattani
Coach	Sanjay Patel
Team information
Founded	1935
Home ground	Various including Mill Hill School Ground
History
WCC wins	0
T20 Cup wins	1
Official website	Middlesex Cricket

History

1935-1996: Early History

Middlesex Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Civil Service Women, and went on to play various one-off games over the following years, most often against surrounding teams such as Surrey Women. They joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, winning the first two titles, and winning again in 1985.[5]

1997- : Women's County Championship

After the Area Championship ended in 1996, Middlesex Women were one of the founding teams for the Women's County Championship, beginning in 1997, finishing 5th in Division Two in their first season.[6] After being relegated to Division Three the following season, Middlesex then began a steady rise up through the divisions, finally reaching Division One for the first time in 2011. From here, they remained a mid-table side over subsequent seasons, until they were relegated in 2018, the same year in which they won their first major title, the Twenty20 Cup (after being runners-up in 2014 and 2017). In 2019, the final year of the County Championship, Middlesex won Division 2.[7] Since 2015, Middlesex have also competed in the London Cup, in which they play a Twenty20 match against Surrey. Middlesex won the first five competitions, but Surrey won in 2020.[8][9]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2020 season.[10][11]

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Naomi Dattani	England	28 April 1994	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	Club captain
Amara Carr	England	17 April 1994	Right-handed	–	Wicket-keeper
Kate Coppack	England	30 August 1994	Unknown	Unknown
Anisha Dissanayake	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Bhavika Gajipra	England	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Cordelia Griffith	England	19 September 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Gayatri Gole	England	22 July 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Iqraa Hussain	England	21 September 1999	Unknown	–	Wicket-keeper
Gemma Marriott	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Natasha Miles	Hong Kong	19 October 1988	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Amelie Munday	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Sonali Patel	England	23 May 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lucy Porter	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Olivia Rae	Scotland	14 April 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Emily Thorpe	England	27 January 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Katie Wolfe	England	30 April 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season	Division	League standings[12]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	BP	Pts	Pos
1997	Division 2	5	1	4	0	0	26	38	5th
1998	Division 2	5	1	4	0	0	26	38	6th	Relegated
1999	Division 3	5	3	2	0	0	39	75	2nd
2000	Division 3	5	3	2	0	0	40	76	2nd
2001	Division 3	4	4	0	0	0	38.5	86.5	1st	Promoted
2002	Division 2	5	0	3	0	2	20	42	5th
2003	Division 2	5	4	1	0	0	38.5	86.5	2nd
2004	Division 2	5	2	3	0	0	31.5	55.5	5th
2005	Division 3	6	2	3	0	1	36.5	71.5	2nd
2006	Division 3	6	3	2	0	1	6	74	3rd
2007	Division 3	6	2	2	0	2	7	77	2nd
2008	Division 3	6	3	3	0	0	10	70	2nd	Promoted
2009	Division 2	10	7	3	0	0	14	154	2nd
2010	Division 2	10	8	2	0	0	64	144	1st	Promoted
2011	Division 1	10	5	3	0	2	45	95	3rd
2012	Division 1	8	1	2	0	5	18	28	4th
2013	Division 1	8	2	6	0	0	45	65	7th
2014	Division 1	8	2	3	0	3	28	48	6th
2015	Division 1	8	3	4	0	1	44	74	5th
2016	Division 1	8	4	3	0	1	36	76	6th
2017	Division 1	7	3	4	0	0	46	76	5th
2018	Division 1	7	2	4	0	1	32	52	7th	Relegated
2019	Division 2	7	5	1	1	0	47	102	1st

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season	Division	League standings[13]								Notes
		P	W	L	T	A/C	NRR	Pts	Pos
2009	Division 3	3	1	1	0	1	–0.25	3	3rd
2010	Division S1	3	1	2	0	0	–1.84	2	3rd
2011	Division S1	3	1	2	0	0	–1.52	2	3rd
2012	Division S1	3	0	2	0	1	–1.23	2	3rd
2013	Division S1	3	2	1	0	0	+0.34	8	3rd
2014	Division 1A	4	3	1	0	0	+0.31	6	2nd
2015	Division 1	8	5	3	0	0	+1.34	20	4th
2016	Division 1	7	3	2	0	2	+0.29	14	3rd
2017	Division 1	8	5	3	0	0	+0.76	20	2nd
2018	Division 1	8	7	1	0	0	+0.55	28	1st	Champions
2019	Division 1	8	2	4	0	2	–0.61	10	8th

Honours

• Women's Area Championship:
  • Champions (3) – 1980, 1981 & 1985
• County Championship:
  • Division Two champions (2) – 2010 & 2019
  • Division Three champions (1) – 2001
• Twenty20 Cup:
  • Division One Champions (1) – 2018

See also

• Middlesex County Cricket Club
• Sunrisers (women's cricket)

References

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4. "About Sunrisers". Sunrisers Cricket. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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8. "Middlesex Women name squad for London Cup Clash at Oval". Middlesex Cricket. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
9. "Surrey beat Middlesex to win London Cup as women's cricket returns". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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