Berkshire Women

Personnel
Captain	Ashleigh Muttitt
Coach	Paul Bew
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1936
Home ground	Various Including Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead
History
WCC wins	0
T20 Cup wins	1
Official website	Official Website

The Berkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Berkshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Summerleaze Road, Maidenhead and Falkland CC, Newbury, and are captained by Ashleigh Muttitt.^[1][2] They competed in Division One of the Women's County Championship until 2017, when they were relegated, and they won the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2010.^[3] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.^[4]

History

1936–1999: Early History

Berkshire Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Buckinghamshire Women, which they lost by 66 runs.^[5] When the Women's County Championship began in 1997, Thames Valley Women, which included Berkshire, competed, having also previously played in various regional competitions.^[6]

2000– : Women's County Championship

Berkshire joined the Women's County Championship in 2000, replacing Thames Valley, and finished 4th in Division 1 in their first season. After being relegated in 2003, they did not return to Division 1 until 2008, after which they became a consistently mid-table side.^[7] This period saw much greater success in the Women's Twenty20 Cup for Berkshire, reaching the final three times in a row between 2010 and 2012, including winning the competition in 2010, beating Yorkshire by 46 runs.^[8] In 2017, Berkshire were relegated from Division 1 and have remained in Division 2 since, whilst also suffering two consecutive relegations in the T20 Cup.^[9] In 2021, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with 4 losses and 4 abandoned matches.^[10] In 2022 and 2023, they finished third in their group of the Twenty20 Cup.^[11][12] They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing third out of six teams in the inaugural edition.^[13]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.^[14]‡ denotes players with international caps.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Abigail Avery	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Lauren Avery	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Izzy Storrar	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
All-rounders
Heather Knight ‡	England	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Ava Lee	England	(2005-08-26) 26 August 2005 (age 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Alice Macleod	England	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Ashleigh Muttitt	England	(1999-02-21) 21 February 1999 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Club captain
Shristi Patil	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Amanda Potgieter	South Africa	(1978-04-04) 4 April 1978 (age 46)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Holly Rider	England	(2006-05-05) 5 May 2006 (age 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Poppy Tulloch	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Wicket-keepers
Ariana Dowse	England	(2001-02-08) 8 February 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	—
Olivia Gain	New Zealand	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	—	Overseas player
Mia Rogers	England	(2002-01-29) 29 January 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Laura Bailey	England	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Dual-registration with Surrey
Lauren Bell ‡	England	(2001-01-21) 21 January 2001 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Mary Briscoe	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Molly Bulteel	England	(2007-08-06) 6 August 2007 (age 16)	Unknown	Right-arm medium
Shayna Chikhlia	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Francesca Clarke	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Kali-Ann Docherty	England	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Freya Johnson	England	(2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Hollie Summerfield	England	Unknown	Unknown	Right-arm off break

Notable players

Players who have played for Berkshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[15]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup