# Cumbria Women cricket team

The Cumbria Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Cumbria. They play their home games at various grounds across the county. In 2019, they played in Division 3 of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. Cumbria have links with Lancashire, with some players playing for both sides, and they are partnered with the regional side North West Thunder.

## History

Cumbria Women's first recorded match was against Scotland Women in 2000, which they lost by 10 wickets. The following year, Cumbria joined the Emerging Counties competition, which acted as a feeder competition for the Women's County Championship, in which they competed for three seasons before joining its successor, the County Challenge Cup. Since then, in the Challenge Cup and when they joined the County Championship proper in 2008, Cumbria Women have remained in the bottom tier of competition. They also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural year in 2009, and again have been consistently in the lowest division. They achieved one of their best finishes in 2019, finishing 2nd in Division 3C with 3 victories. In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing bottom with no victories. They again finished bottom of their group in the 2022 and 2023 Twenty20 Cups. In 2024, the side finished 7th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup.

## Players
### Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.
| Name | Nationality | Apps | Notes |
| Name | Nationality | Apps | Notes | Olivia Brinsden | England | 2 | Club captain |
| Grace Airey | England | 4 | |
| Carenza Curwen | England | 2 | |
| Sarah-Jayne Earl | England | 2 | |
| Jenny Fallows | England | 4 | |
| Kate Field | England | 4 | |
| Mahika Gaur ‡ | England | 2 | |
| Ruby Hutchison | England | 4 | Wicket-keeper |
| Maeve Jones | England | 2 | |
| Tilly Kesteven | England | 4 | |
| Lily King | England | 2 | |
| S Parker | England | 2 | |
| Bethan Robinson | England | 3 | |
| Hannah Snape | England | 2 | Dual-registration with Lancashire |
| Emily Tucker | Scotland | 2 | |
| Maddie Wood | England | 4 | |

### Notable players

Players who have played for Cumbria and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
* Hannah Rainey (2018)
* Mahika Gaur (2019)
* Seren Smale (2024)

## Seasons
### Women's County Championship

| Season | Division | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | Notes |
| Season | Division | P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | Notes |
| 2001 | Emerging Counties | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | Unknown | |
| 2002 | Emerging Counties | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 3rd | |
| 2003 | Emerging Counties | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 3rd | |
| 2004 | County Challenge Cup G2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 31.5 | 2nd | |
| 2005 | County Challenge Cup G1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4th | |
| 2006 | County Challenge Cup G1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3rd | |
| 2007 | County Challenge Cup G4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 32 | 3rd | |
| 2008 | Division 5N | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3rd | |
| 2009 | Division 5 N&E | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 45 | 1st | |
| 2010 | Division 5N | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 61 | 3rd | |
| 2011 | Division 5N | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 4th | |
| 2012 | Division 4 N&E | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 4th | |
| 2013 | Division 4 N&E | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 54 | 2nd | |
| 2014 | Division 4 N&E | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 42 | 2nd | |
| 2015 | Division 4 N&E | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 55 | 2nd | |
| 2016 | Division 4 N&E | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 28 | 5th | |
| 2017 | Division 3A | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -15 | 4th | |
| 2018 | Division 3A | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 51 | 3rd | |
| 2019 | Division 3A | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 43 | 5th | |

### Women's Twenty20 Cup

| Season | Division | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | Notes |
| Season | Division | P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | Notes |
| 2009 | Division 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – | 3 | 1st | |
| 2010 | Division M&N 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.36 | 0 | 3rd | |
| 2011 | Division M&N 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.91 | 0 | 4th | |
| 2012 | Division M&N 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.54 | 0 | 4th | Relegated |
| 2013 | Division M&N 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.35 | 2 | 2nd | |
| 2014 | Division 4C | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.50 | 16 | 3rd | |
| 2015 | Division 4C | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | +0.19 | 11 | 2nd | |
| 2016 | Division 4C | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.36 | 8 | 3rd | |
| 2017 | Division 3B | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | −2.55 | 0 | 6th | |
| 2018 | Division 3B | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −1.70 | 8 | 6th | |
| 2019 | Division 3C | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −0.13 | 14 | 2nd | |
| 2021 | North | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | −3.95 | 2 | 6th | |
| 2022 | Group 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −1.77 | 0 | 7th | |
| 2023 | Group 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −5.90 | 4 | 7th | |
| 2024 | Group 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | –3.68 | 36 | 7th | |