Oxfordshire Women
Personnel
CaptainAbi Currie
CoachEmma Boswell and Shaz Khan
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1948
Home groundAkeman Street, Chesterton
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteOxfordshire Cricket

The Oxfordshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Oxfordshire. They play their home games at Akeman Street, Chesterton and are captained by Abi Currie.[1] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[2] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.[3]

History

Oxfordshire Women played their first recorded match in 1948, against Buckinghamshire Women.[4] They went on to play various one-off matches, often as a combined team with Berkshire, including games against touring Netherlands and Australia sides.[5]

Oxfordshire joined the national county structure in 2007, competing in the County Challenge Cup, finishing bottom of their group in their first season.[6] In the first season of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, in 2009, Oxfordshire won Division Eight with three wins from three games.[7] They went on to become a regular Division Three side, and finished second in their group in every season between 2017 and 2019.[8] In 2021, they competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and finished 5th with 2 victories.[9] They finished second in their group of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup.[10] Oxfordshire bowler Chloe Westbury was the joint-second leading wicket-taker in the competition, with 13 wickets.[11]

Oxfordshire gained promotion from Division Four of the Championship in 2012, and played in Division Three since then.[12] Their most successful seasons came in the final years of the competition: finishing second in 2017 before topping Division 3C in both 2018 and 2019.[13] In 2018, they lost a promotion play-off against Durham by 85 runs,[14] whereas in 2019 there was no promotion as it was the final season of the County Championship.[15]

In 2022, Oxfordshire joined the South Central Counties Cup, finishing second out of six teams in the inaugural edition.[16]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.[17]

Name Nationality 2023 Appearances Notes
WT20 SCCC
Abi Currie England64Club captain; wicket-keeper
Emilia Bartram ‡ Italy54
Eleanor Bath England40
Aimee Diab England54
Sophia Hanson England10
Georgia Haworth England03
Eleanor Ingram England64Wicket-keeper
Laura Jacob England41
Lucy Johnson England10
Isobel Kirby England52
Bethan Lewis England10
Honor Murray England15
Abi Norgrove England43
Genevieve Porter England75
Georgia Prestedge England13
Numa Shah England40
Kitty Spurgeon England02
Zoe Soonawalla England11
Finty Trussler England05Dual-registration with Hampshire
Katie Waugh England55Wicket-keeper
Chloe Westbury England75
Carla Wood England64
Rebecca Woodnorth England30

Notable players

Players who have played for Oxfordshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[18]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings[19] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2007 County Challenge Cup G2 302014144th
2008 Division 5 S&W 40400555th
2009 Division 5 S&W 523008484th
2010 Division 5E 6240027473rd
2011 Division 5 S&W 8340142723rd
2012 Division 4 S&W 4300120501st Promoted
2013 Division 3 8070131319th
2014 Division 3 8251040656th
2015 Division 3 8321234694th
2016 Division 3 8340143735th
2017 Division 3B 4310028582nd
2018 Division 3C 6510043931st Lost promotion playoff
2019 Division 3C 5500040901st

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings[20] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 8 33000+0.6561st
2010 Division M&N 4 20110−2.4713rd
2011 Division M&N 4 30300−5.3004th
2012 Division M&N 4 32100+0.4743rd
2013 Division M&N 4 31200−0.7224th
2014 Division 3A 40400−1.7207th
2015 Division 3 82600−1.5187th
2016 Division 3 83401−0.14135th
2017 Division 3A 85102+1.29222nd
2018 Division 3A 85300+0.57202nd
2019 Division 3A 86200+0.05242nd
2021 South West 82204–0.10125th
2022 Group 5 64200+0.29162nd
2023 Group 6 60600–2.1304th

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Oxfordshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Southern Vipers Preview". the Cricketer. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Oxfordshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Oxfordshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Women's County Challenge Cup 2007 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 8 - 2009". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ↑ "Women's County T20 South West Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Women's County T20 Group 5 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship/Statistics/Season 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "Women's County Championship 2012 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Play-Off - Oxfordshire v Durham, 27 August 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 3C - 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  16. ↑ "Report: South Central Counties Cup, Round Five". The Ageas Bowl. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  17. ↑ "Batting and Fielding for Oxfordshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
  18. ↑ "Oxfordshire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  19. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  20. ↑ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
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