# 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 Saskia Horley. They won Division 2 of the Women's County Championship in 2019 and won the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2018. They are partnered with the regional side Sunrisers.

## 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.

### 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. 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. 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. The side has also competed in the Women's London Championship since 2020. In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th with 3 wins, and regained the London Cup, beating Surrey by 8 wickets. They won their group of the Twenty20 Cup in 2022, going unbeaten. In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, Middlesex finished top of their group and reached the group final, but the title was shared due to rain. In 2024, the side finished 3rd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 5th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. They also won the Women's London Championship for the first time, winning all of their matches.

## Players
### Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Cordelia Griffith | England | (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Gemma Marriott | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Dual-registration with Hertfordshire |
| Natasha Miles ‡ | Hong Kong | (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Louise Poulter | England | (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 26) | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Isabella Routledge | England | (2002-11-02) 2 November 2002 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Chloe Abel ‡ | Scotland | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Kate Coppack | England | (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Naomi Dattani | England | (1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Mariko Hill ‡ | Hong Kong | (1995-11-20) 20 November 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Saskia Horley ‡ | Scotland | (2000-02-23) 23 February 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Club captain |
| Riva Pindoria | England | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Lucy Porter | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Amuruthaa Surenkumar | England | (2006-10-24) 24 October 2006 (age 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Hermione Baxter-Chinery | England | February 2001 (age 23) | Unknown | – | |
| Amara Carr | England | (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 30) | Right-handed | – | |
| Iqraa Hussain | England | (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 25) | Unknown | – | |
| Amelie Munday | England | Unknown | Unknown | – | Dual-registration with Devon |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Jenny Bloefeld | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Anisha Dissanayake | England | Unknown | Unknown | Right-arm leg break | |
| Bhavika Gajipra | England | Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Gayatri Gole | England | (1998-07-22) 22 July 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Katie Green | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Abtaha Maqsood ‡ | Scotland | (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Sonali Patel | England | (2003-05-23) 23 May 2003 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Emily Thorpe | England | (1999-01-27) 27 January 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Lauren Turner | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |

### Notable players

Players who have played for Middlesex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
* Doris Turner (1934)
* Joan Davis (1937)
* Eileen Whelan (1937)
* Audrey Collins (1937)
* Mary Duggan (1949)
* Megan Lowe (1949)
* Netta Rheinberg (1949)
* Winifred Leech (1951)
* Mary Spry (1951)
* Betty Birch (1951)
* Anne Sanders (1954)
* Helen Sharpe (1957)
* Esme Irwin (1960)
* Liz Amos (1961)
* Margaret Jude (1963)
* Bev Brentnall (1966)
* Jacqueline Court (1973)
* Ros Heggs (1973)
* Glynis Hullah (1976)
* Catherine Mowat (1978)
* Avril Starling (1982)
* Helen Stother (1982)
* Gillian Smith (1986)
* Lisa Nye (1988)
* Debra Stock (1992)
* Sandra Dawson (1993)
* Chanderkanta Kaul (1993)
* Shaiza Khan (1997)
* Sharmeen Khan (1997)
* Beth Morgan (1999)
* Laura Joyce (2001)
* Kate Blackwell (2005)
* Isabelle Westbury (2005)
* Jodie Fields (2006)
* Lauren Ebsary (2008)
* Julie Hunter (2010)
* Fran Wilson (2010)
* Holly Huddleston (2014)
* Catherine Dalton (2015)
* Alex Hartley (2016)
* Abtaha Maqsood (2018)
* Sophia Dunkley (2018)
* Mariko Hill (2019)
* Maia Bouchier (2021)
* Natasha Miles (2021)
* Lauren Bell (2022)
* Saskia Horley (2022)
* Chloe Abel (2023)

## 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 | |
| 2021 | South East | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +0.18 | 13 | 5th | |
| 2022 | South East | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5.13 | 24 | 1st | Group winners |
| 2023 | Group 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1.34 | 18 | 1st | Shared group winners |
| 2024 | Group 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.13 | 73 | 3rd | |

### ECB Women's County One-Day

| Season | Group | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | Notes |
| Season | Group | P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | Notes |
| 2024 | Group 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5th | |

## 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
** Group winners (1) – 2022; shared (1): 2023