Surrey Women cricket team

Surrey Women
Personnel
Captain Aylish Cranstone
Coach Jonathan Batty
Team information
Founded Unknown
First recorded match: 1811
Home ground Various
History
WCC wins 0
T20 Cup wins 1
Official website Surrey Women's Cricket

The Surrey Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Surrey. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Reed's School Ground, Cobham, as well as The Oval and Woodbridge Road, Guildford. They are captained by Aylish Cranstone and coached by Jonathan Batty. In 2019, Surrey played in Division One of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and have since played in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side South East Stars.

History

1811–1996: Early History

Surrey Women played their first recorded match in 1811, against Hampshire Women. They went on to play various one-off matches, including regular games against Middlesex, as well as against touring sides such as Australia. Surrey joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and continued to play in the competition until it was discontinued, in 1996.

1997–present: Women's County Championship

Surrey Women joined the Women's County Championship in 1997, its inaugural season, finishing 3rd in Division One. After finishing 2nd in 1998, they battled relegation in subsequent seasons, before suffering two successive relegations in 2004 and 2005. Surrey bounced back with a rapid climb back up through the Divisions, winning Division 3 in 2006 and Division 2 in 2008. In 2009, they were again relegated from Division 1, but did find success in the first season of the Women's Twenty20 Cup, where they were crowned champions of Division 1. Surrey were unable to find further success in the Twenty20 Cup however, and soon became a regular lower-table Division 1 side in both competitions.

Since 2015, Surrey have also competed in the London Cup, in which they play a Twenty20 match against Middlesex. After losing the first five competitions, Surrey finally triumphed in 2020, winning the match by 4 wickets. The side also won the inaugural Women's London Championship in 2020. In 2021, they played in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 2nd with 4 wins, as well as losing the London Cup to Middlesex by 8 wickets and finishing second to Kent in the London Championship. They finished bottom of their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but regained their title in the Women's London Championship. They finished third in their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup.

Players

Current squad

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

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
11 Madeleine Blinkhorn-Jones England 20 April 2003 Right-handed –
14 Kirstie White England 14 March 1988 Right-handed Right-arm medium
28 Aylish Cranstone England 28 August 1994 Left-handed Left-arm medium Club captain
30 Laxmi Johal England 12 July 2006 Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Ellie Barker England Unknown Unknown Unknown
– Imogen Brown England Unknown Unknown Unknown
– Nikki Chaudhuri England 23 March 1998 Unknown Unknown
All-rounders
2 Chloe Brewer England 12 July 2002 Right-handed Right-arm medium
4 Bryony Smith ‡ England 12 December 1997 Right-handed Right-arm off break
10 Nat Sciver-Brunt ‡ England 20 August 1992 Right-handed Right-arm medium
26 Alice Capsey ‡ England 11 August 2004 Right-handed Right-arm off break
– Robyn Bentley England 7 August 2000 Unknown Unknown
– Thea Brookes England 15 February 1993 Right-handed Right-arm off break
– Emily Burke England 30 November 2004 Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Priyanaz Chatterji ‡ Scotland 12 August 1993 Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Sophia Dunkley ‡ England 16 July 1998 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
– Charlotte Lambert England 22 June 2006 Right-handed Right-arm medium
– Charlotte Stubbs England 28 November 2006 Unknown Unknown
Wicket-keepers
17 Rhianna Southby England 16 October 2000 Right-handed –
20 Kira Chathli England 29 July 1999 Right-handed –
– Hannah Burridge England 28 November 2000 Unknown –
– Abbie Thompson England Unknown Unknown Unknown
– Alex Travers England 8 November 1999 Unknown –
Bowlers
9 Claudie Cooper England 1 May 2002 Right-handed Right-arm off break
18 Eva Gray England 24 May 2000 Right-handed Right-arm medium
19 Danielle Gregory England 4 December 1998 Right-handed Right-arm leg break
21 Amy Gordon England 3 October 2001 Right-handed Right-arm medium
36 Izzy Berry England 23 September 1997 Right-handed Right-arm medium
38 Bethan Miles England 25 November 2003 Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
47 Anjali Ketan England 28 February 2006 Right handed Right-arm leg break
– Laura Bailey England 13 September 2000 Right-handed Right-arm leg break Dual-registration with Berkshire
– Ashneet Chahal England 16 November 2000 Unknown Unknown
– Daisy Feast England 18 October 2000 Unknown Unknown
– Priya Khatkar India 29 June 2000 Unknown Unknown

Notable players

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

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Season Division League standings Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
1997 Division 1 5 3 2 0 0 31 67 3rd
1998 Division 1 5 4 1 0 0 34.5 82.5 2nd
1999 Division 1 5 2 3 0 0 32.5 56.5 4th
2000 Division 1 5 1 4 0 0 31.5 43.5 5th
2001 Division 1 5 1 4 0 0 27 39 5th
2002 Division 1 5 1 2 0 2 15 49 5th
2003 Division 1 5 2 3 0 0 30.5 54.5 5th
2004 Division 1 5 0 5 0 0 26 26 6th Relegated
2005 Division 2 6 0 5 0 1 22 33 4th Relegated
2006 Division 3 6 3 1 0 2 11 79 1st Promoted
2007 Division 2 6 3 2 0 1 6 91 2nd
2008 Division 2 6 5 1 0 0 6 106 1st Promoted
2009 Division 1 10 1 9 0 0 31 51 6th Relegated
2010 Division 2 10 5 4 0 1 46 96 4th
2011 Division 2 10 6 3 0 1 59 119 2nd Promoted
2012 Division 1 8 1 2 0 5 12 22 7th
2013 Division 1 8 1 6 0 1 37 47 9th
2014 Division 1 8 5 2 0 1 46 96 2nd
2015 Division 1 8 3 5 0 0 53 83 6th
2016 Division 1 8 1 7 0 0 43 53 8th Relegated
2017 Division 2 7 4 3 0 0 47 87 4th
2018 Division 2 7 6 1 0 0 49 109 2nd Promoted
2019 Division 1 7 2 5 0 0 39 59 7th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Season Division League standings Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 1 3 2 0 0 1 −0.36 5 1st Champions
2010 Division S1 3 0 3 0 0 −2.62 0 4th Relegated
2011 Division S2 3 3 0 0 0 +2.44 6 1st Promoted
2012 Division S1 3 0 2 0 1 −5.53 1 4th Relegated
2013 Division S2 3 3 0 0 0 +2.05 6 1st
2014 Division 1B 4 3 1 0 0 +0.78 12 6th
2015 Division 1 8 0 6 0 2 −2.12 2 9th Relegated
2016 Division 2 7 4 1 0 2 +0.71 18 2nd Promoted
2017 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 −0.36 16 5th
2018 Division 1 8 3 5 0 0 −0.77 12 7th
2019 Division 1 8 4 3 0 1 +0.95 17 5th
2021 South East 8 4 3 0 1 –0.16 17 2nd
2022 Group 6 6 1 5 0 0 –1.35 4 4th
2023 Group 6 6 2 2 0 2 +0.11 10 3rd

Honours

See also