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Leicestershire Women

Personnel
Captain	Rebecca Brooker
Coach	Steven Franklin
Team information
Founded	UnknownFirst recorded match: 1948
Home ground	Various
History
WCC wins	0
T20 Cup wins	0
Official website	Leicestershire Cricket

The Leicestershire Women's cricket team, officially the Leicestershire and Rutland Women's cricket team since 2010, is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic counties of Leicestershire and Rutland. They play their home games at various grounds across the two counties, often in Loughborough, Leicester or Empingham. They are captained by Rebecca Brooker. In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the East Midlands regional side The Blaze.

History

Leicestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1948, against Buckinghamshire Women. They also played a match against a touring Australia side in 1951, as a combined team with Buckinghamshire. Leicestershire joined the national women's cricket structure in 2004, competing in the County Challenge Cup, the lower tier of the Women's County Championship: they finished bottom of their group in their first season. After this, Leicestershire remained in the lower levels of the Championship. They won their Division 5 group two years in a row, in 2010 and 2011, and after this have mainly played in Division Three. They did gain promotion from Division Three in 2015, coming second, but were relegated the following season.

In the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Leicestershire have had some successful seasons in the lower divisions of the competition: for example, they went unbeaten in 2015 and 2016. Between 2017 and 2019, they played in Division Three. In 2021, they competed in the East Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 5th with 2 victories. In 2022 they finished third in Group 5 of the Twenty20 Cup, before beating Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire on Finals Day to win their group. They also joined the East of England Women's County Championship in 2022, finishing third out of seven in their first season. In 2023, all of their group stage matches were rained-off in the Twenty20 Cup, but they lost in the semi-final on the group Finals Day. They won the East of England Women's County Championship that season, going unbeaten to top the table. In 2024, the side finished 4th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and won their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament, winning all four of their matches.

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.

Name	Nationality	2023 Appearances		Notes
		WT20	EoE
Rebecca Brooker	England	1	4	Club captain
Madi Arthur	England	0	1
Grace Ballinger	England	0	0
Emily Batey	England	0	1
Sophie Bennett	England	1	3	Wicket-keeper
Ella Claridge ‡	United States	1	0	Wicket-keeper; dual-registration with Buckinghamshire
Piepa Cleary	Australia	0	1	Overseas player
Aimee Colquhoun	England	1	4
Flora Davies	England	1	3
Hannah Francis	England	1	3
Libby Haward	England	0	1
April Herathge	England	1	2	Dual-registration with Norfolk
Lucinda Hunter	England	0	1
Isobel Jemmott	England	0	1
Katie Midwood	England	0	1
Una Paramjothy	England	1	4
Matilda Prince	England	1	1
Brianna Ray	Bermuda	0	1
Georgia Relf	England	0	3
D'Nica Roff	England	0	1
Prisha Thanawala	England	0	1
Collette Wale	England	0	1
Lucy Weston	England	0	1
Katie Winterton	England	1	4	Wicket-keeper
Beth Wright	England	1	4

Notable players

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

• Sonia Odedra (2014)
• Ella Claridge (2024)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day

Honours

• Women's Twenty20 Cup:
  • Group winners (1) – 2022
• ECB Women's County One-Day:
  • Group winners (1) – 2024

See also

• Leicestershire County Cricket Club
• The Blaze (women's cricket)

References

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• Cricket in Leicestershire
• Women's cricket teams in England