Warwickshire Women cricket team

Warwickshire Women played their first recorded match in 1937, against Australia, which they lost by 7 wickets.[4] Warwickshire went on to play various one-off matches, including regular matches against Surrey.[5] Meanwhile, West Midlands Women, which included players from Warwickshire, joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it ended in 1996, upon which they joined the Women's County Championship.[6]

Warwickshire Women replaced West Midlands Women in the County Championship in 2001, and finished 4th in Division 3 in their first season.[7] Warwickshire played in the lower tiers of the Championship in the early years of the competition, before making their way up the divisions, beginning with their promotion from the County Challenge Cup in 2006, followed by promotions from Division Three in 2007 and Division Two in 2012.[8] Ever since, Warwickshire have played in Division 1, with their highest finish of 3rd coming in both 2016 and 2017.[9]

Warwickshire joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season in 2009. The team rapidly improved in recent years, being promoted from Division 2 in 2015, then finishing 2nd in Division 1 in 2016.[10] In 2019, Warwickshire won Division 1, topping the league with 5 wins from 8 to be crowned Champions.[11] Captain Marie Kelly was their star batter, ending the season as the division's leading run-scorer.[12] Key contributions also came from wicket-keeper Gwenan Davies and bowlers Jessica Couser and Bethan Ellis.[13] In 2021, the Twenty20 Cup was regionalised (and the County Championship discontinued), with Warwickshire competing in the West Midlands Group. They finished 2nd in the group, going unbeaten with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned.[14] They topped their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, before beating Somerset in the group final on Finals Day.[15] Warwickshire bowler Anisha Patel was the leading wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 15 wickets.[16] They also competed in the West Midlands Regional Cup in 2022, as a "consortium" team with Shropshire, finishing third.[17][18]

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.[19]

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
11	Evelyn Jones	England	(1992-08-08) 8 August 1992	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
54	Marie Kelly	England	(1996-02-09) 9 February 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Club captain
77	Ria Fackrell	England	(1999-09-16) 16 September 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
–	Milly Home	England	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	On loan to Worcestershire
–	Ffion Purviss	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
All-rounders
53	Bethan Ellis	England	(1999-07-07) 7 July 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
64	Georgia Davis	England	(1999-06-03) 3 June 1999	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
79	Gwenan Davies	Wales	(1994-05-12) 12 May 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Amy Jones ‡	England	(1993-06-13) 13 June 1993	Right-handed	–
–	Natasha Smitten	England	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
12	Hannah Baker	England	(2004-02-03) 3 February 2004	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
42	Elizabeth Russell	England	(1994-05-22) 22 May 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
49	Anisha Patel	England	(1995-08-17) 17 August 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
85	Issy Wong ‡	England	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
–	Eleanor Phillips	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
–	Samadhi Samarakoon	England	(2005-11-22) 22 November 2005	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Players who have played for Warwickshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[20]