Lancashire Women cricket team

Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs.[6] Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as Yorkshire and Cheshire.[7] They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with Cheshire, Lancashire and Cheshire Women.[8]

1998 was the first season in which Lancashire competed in the County Championship on their own, and they finished 3rd in Division 3, before being promoted the following season.[9][10] Over the following seasons, Lancashire bounced between the divisions, having a four-year stint in Division One, from 2004 to 2007, but also reaching as low as Division Three in 2010 and 2011.[11] They topped Division Two in 2013 and 2014: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to Somerset, but managed to gain promotion in 2014.[12] They were relegated in 2015, but bounced straight back up to Division One in 2016.[13][14]

Lancashire then went on to have an exceptional 2017 season, in which they won both the County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the Championship, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games.[15] Lancashire bowler Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while Amy Satterthwaite and Evelyn Jones were the 3rd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively.[16] Meanwhile in the T20 Cup, Lancashire won 7 from 8 games to claim the title, with batter Emma Lamb ending the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the division.[17] In the following years, Lancashire retained their place in Division One of the Championship without seriously challenging for the title, whilst managing a second-place finish in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, one point behind Champions Warwickshire.[18] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain.[19] Batter Emma Lamb was the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 233 runs including one century.[20] They again won their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Yorkshire in the final.[21] Batter Georgie Boyce was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 306 runs, whilst bowlers Alex Hartley and Phoebe Graham were joint-second leading wicket-takers, with 13 wickets.[22]

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.[23]

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Danielle Collins	England	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Eliza Cottam	England	(2005-01-29) 29 January 2005	Unknown	Unknown
Rebecca Duckworth	England	(2000-10-30) 30 October 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Laura Marshall	England	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Shachi Pai	England	(1998-10-10) 10 October 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Natalie Brown	England	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Liberty Heap	England	(2003-09-16) 16 September 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Laura Jackson	England	(1997-12-27) 27 December 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Grace Johnson	England	(2004-12-21) 21 December 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Emma Lamb ‡	England	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Fi Morris	England	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Daisy Mullan	England	(2002-11-29) 29 November 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Dual-registration with Cumbria
Sophia Turner	England	(2003-04-23) 23 April 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Alice Clarke	England	(2001-08-04) 4 August 2001	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Seren Smale	Wales	(2004-12-13) 13 December 2004	Right-handed	–
Hannah Snape	England	(2005-05-20) 20 May 2005	Right-handed	–	Dual-registration with Cumbria
Eleanor Threlkeld	England	(1998-11-16) 16 November 1998	Right-handed	–	Club captain
Bowlers
Summer Carrington	England	(2006-06-08) 8 June 2006	Unknown	Right-arm medium
Olivia Cunliffe	England	(2007-06-04) 4 June 2007	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kate Cross ‡	England	(1991-10-03) 3 October 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Alice Dyson	England	(1999-12-28) 28 December 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sophie Ecclestone ‡	England	(1999-05-06) 6 May 1999	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Phoebe Graham	England	(1991-10-23) 23 October 1991	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Hannah Jones	England	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Sophie Morris	England	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Amelia Sammons	England	(2007-03-02) 2 March 2007	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Olivia Thomas	England	(2004-05-03) 3 May 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break

Players who have played for Lancashire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[24]