Lincolnshire Women cricket team
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Lauren Tuffrey |
| Coach | Gary Lambert |
| Team information | |
| Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1948 |
| Home ground | Various |
| History | |
| WCC wins | 0 |
| T20 Cup wins | 0 |
| Official website | Lincolnshire Women |
The Lincolnshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Lincolnshire. They play their home matches at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Alicia Shaw.[1] After joining the Women's County Championship in 2015, they competed in Division Three in the final season of the tournament in 2019.[2] They have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[3] They are partnered with the East Midlands regional team, The Blaze.[4]
History
Lincolnshire Women's Cricket Association was formed in February 1947.[5] Their representative team was due to play its first match against a Nottinghamshire XI at Belton Park on 14 June 1947 but the game was cancelled due to adverse weather.[6] In 1948 Lincolnshire played two inter-county matches, beating Yorkshire Second XI at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School on 3 July, and losing to Nottinghamshire Second XI at Belton Park on 17 July.[7]
Before joining the nationwide county structure in 2014, Lincolnshire Women had only competed in friendlies and regional competitions.[8] In 2014, they competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, winning one of their four games in Division 4, against Northumberland Women.[9][10] In 2015, they joined the Women's County Championship as well, finishing bottom of Division 4 North & East with one win.[11] Since then, Lincolnshire remained in the bottom tier of both competitions, achieving their best season in 2018, finishing second in their division in both the County Championship and the T20 competition.[12][13] In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 2nd with 3 wins.[3] They also joined the East of England Championship in 2021, and finished 3rd out of 6 teams in their first season.[14] They finished bottom of their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and bottom of the group in the 2022 East of England Championship.[15][16] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the side finished second in their group, but the group finals day was abandoned due to rain.[17] In 2024, the side finished 8th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 9th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[18][19]
Players
Current squad
Based on appearances in the 2025 season. [20]
| Name | Nationality | 2025 Appearances | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Bank One Day Cup | Vitality Blast | |||
| Abigail Hannan | England | 4 | 11 | |
| Hester Dakin | England | 3 | 9 | |
| Alicia Shaw | England | 3 | 11 | |
| Lauren Tuffrey | England | 3 | 9 | |
| Jess Thatcher | England | 4 | 11 | |
| Eloise Hall | England | 4 | 9 | |
| Sophie Smith | England | 4 | 11 | Wicket-keeper |
| Molly Rebanks | England | 3 | 8 | |
| Emmeline Hannan | England | 1 | 0 | |
| Holly Vaughan | England | 4 | 8 | |
| Tess Buchanan | England | 1 | 1 | |
| Martha Cunningham | England | 2 | 2 | |
| Hannah Hughes | England | 2 | 9 | |
| Jodie Cook | England | 1 | 11 | |
| Kate Williams | England | 2 | 4 | |
| Anneka Watson | England | 2 | 11 | |
| Aqsa Akhtar | 4 | |||
| Rebecca Brooker | 1 | loan from Leicestershire | ||
| Natasha Allen | 1 | loan from Derbyshire | ||
| Jasmine Thomas | 1 | |||
| Harriet Parkin | 1 | loan from Derbyshire | ||
Notable players
Players who have played for Lincolnshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[21]
- Kathryn Bryce (2018)
Seasons
Women's County Championship
| Season | Division | League standings[22] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2015 | Division 4 N&E | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 29 | 5th | |
| 2016 | Division 4 N&E | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 41 | 4th | |
| 2017 | Division 3D | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 41 | 4th | |
| 2018 | Division 3D | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 80 | 2nd | |
| 2019 | Division 3A | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 51 | 4th | |
Women's Twenty20 Cup
| Season | Division | League standings[23] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2014 | Division 4C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –1.82 | 4 | 10th | |
| 2015 | Division 4C | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | –0.70 | 7 | 5th | |
| 2016 | Division 4C | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –1.72 | 4 | 4th | |
| 2017 | Division 3B | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –1.42 | 12 | 5th | |
| 2018 | Division 3C | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1.66 | 24 | 2nd | |
| 2019 | Division 3B | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | –0.98 | 12 | 5th | |
| 2021 | East Midlands | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1.81 | 16 | 2nd | |
| 2022 | Group 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | –1.15 | 0 | 4th | |
| 2023 | Group 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | –0.41 | 0 | 2nd | |
| 2024 | Group 2 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | –3.30 | 35 | 8th | |
ECB Women's County One-Day
| Season | Group | League standings[24] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
| 2024 | Group 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9th | |
See also
References
- ^ "Lincolnshire Cricket Board". lincscb.play-cricket.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ^ "Women's County Championship 2019 Division 3A Points Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Women's County T20 East Midlands Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Loughborough selected as force to drive women's cricket forward". Loughborough University. 18 June 2020. Archived from the original on 30 November 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ Lincolnshire Echo, 8 May 1948
- ^ Grantham Journal, 20 June 1947
- ^ Grantham Journal, 9 July 1948; Grantham Journal 23 July 1948
- ^ "Lincolnshire Women scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "2014 Twenty20 Cup Division 4 Group C Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Lincolnshire Women v Northumberland Women, 23 July 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Division 4 - North & East - 2015". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Division 3 - Group D - 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "T20 Division 3 - Group C - 2018". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2021/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
- ^ "Women's County T20 Group 5 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "Women's 1st XI Championship - 2022/Table". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 4 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Vitality Women's County T20 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Vitality Women's County Championship 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Lincolnshire Women Cricket Team | Linwm | News & Matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ^ "Lincolnshire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.