The Warwickshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Warwickshire. They play their home games at Edgbaston Foundation Sports Ground, Birmingham, and are captained by Marie Kelly. In 2019, they won the Women's Twenty20 Cup. They are partnered with the regional side Central Sparks.
History 1937–2000: Early History Warwickshire Women played their first recorded match in 1937, against Australia, which they lost by 7 wickets. Warwickshire went on to play various one-off matches, including regular matches against Surrey. 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.
2001– : Women's County Championship Warwickshire Women replaced West Midlands Women in the County Championship in 2001, and finished 4th in Division 3 in their first season. 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. Ever since, Warwickshire have played in Division 1, with their highest finish of 3rd coming in both 2016 and 2017.
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. In 2019, Warwickshire won Division 1, topping the league with 5 wins from 8 to be crowned Champions. Captain Marie Kelly was their star batter, ending the season as the division's leading run-scorer. Key contributions also came from wicket-keeper Gwenan Davies and bowlers Jessica Couser and Bethan Ellis. 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. They topped their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, before beating Somerset in the group final on Finals Day. Warwickshire bowler Anisha Patel was the leading wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 15 wickets. They also began competing in the West Midlands Regional Cup in 2022, as a "consortium" team with Shropshire, finishing third. They again won their group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, beating Staffordshire in the group final. In 2024, the side won their group in the Twenty20 Cup before finishing 4th at the National Finals, and 10th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.
Following the launch of the new professional era for the women's game, Warwickshire signed a deal with Vertu to become front-of-shirt sponsor of the Bears.
Players Current squad No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. denotes players with international caps. No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters2 Chloe Brewer Right-handed Right-arm medium 8 Davina Perrin Right-handed Right-arm medium 12 Sophie Beech Right-handed Right-arm medium 16 Meg Austin Right-handed Right-arm leg break 73 Nat Wraith Right-handed — All-rounders 11 Millie Taylor Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox 28 Charis Pavely Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 99 Katie George Right-handed Left-arm medium Wicket-keepers Bowlers3 Hannah Baker Right-handed Right-arm leg break 9 Mary Taylor Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium 10 Amu Surenkumar Right-handed Right-arm medium 15 Phoebe Brett Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 22 Alexa Stonehouse Right-handed Left-arm medium 95 Issy Wong Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium England skills contract Source: Updated: 1 October 2026
Notable players Players who have played for Warwickshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Muriel Haddelsey (1937) Rachael Heyhoe Flint (1960) June Bragger (1963) Rosemary Goodchild (1966) Lisa Keightley (1995) Zehmarad Afzal (2000) Jenny Gunn (2004) Sophie Devine (2006) Violet Wattenberg (2007) Delissa Kimmince (2008) Amy Jones (2013) Rebecca Grundy (2014) Sarah Aley (2017) Kathryn Bryce (2018) Christina Gough (2019) Issy Wong (2022) Hannah Baker (2024) Georgia Davis (2024) Emily Arlott (2025)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2001 Division 3 4 1 3 0 0 21.5 33.5 4th 2002 Division 3 5 2 1 0 2 22.5 68.5 2nd 2003 Division 3 5 3 1 0 1 27 74 3rd 2004 County Challenge Cup G3 3 3 0 0 0 26.5 62.5 1st 2005 County Challenge Cup G3 3 1 2 0 0 17.5 29.5 2nd 2006 County Challenge Cup G3 3 3 0 0 0 0 60 1st Promoted 2007 Division 3 6 3 0 0 3 0 105 1st Promoted 2008 Division 2 6 0 6 0 0 17 17 4th 2009 Division 2 10 4 6 0 0 16 96 5th 2010 Division 2 10 6 4 0 0 56 116 3rd 2011 Division 2 10 5 3 0 2 51 101 4th 2012 Division 2 8 6 0 0 2 43 103 1st Promoted 2013 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 42 82 6th 2014 Division 1 8 1 5 0 2 28 38 8th 2015 Division 1 8 3 4 0 1 41 71 7th 2016 Division 1 8 4 2 0 2 40 80 3rd 2017 Division 1 7 5 2 0 0 46 96 3rd 2018 Division 1 7 1 3 2 1 37 57 5th 2019 Division 1 7 1 6 0 0 40 50 8th
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 2 3 0 2 0 1 −1.63 1 4th 2010 Division M&N 1 3 0 3 0 0 −0.58 0 4th 2011 Division M&N 1 3 2 1 0 0 +1.80 4 2nd 2012 Division M&N 1 3 0 3 0 0 −1.27 0 4th Relegated 2013 Division M&N 2 2 2 0 0 0 +6.26 4 1st 2014 Division 1C 4 0 4 0 0 −1.85 0 8th Relegated 2015 Division 2 8 6 2 0 0 +1.82 24 2nd Promoted 2016 Division 1 7 4 2 0 1 +0.44 17 2nd 2017 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 +1.29 16 4th 2018 Division 1 8 4 4 0 0 +0.38 16 4th 2019 Division 1 8 5 3 0 0 −0.26 20 1st Champions 2021 West Midlands 8 4 0 0 4 +2.66 20 2nd 2022 Group 3 6 5 1 0 0 +2.44 20 1st Group winners 2023 Group 2 6 0 0 0 6 +0.00 6 3rd Group winners 2024 Group 2 8 6 0 0 2 +3.52 99 1st 4th in National Finals Group
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 3 4 0 3 0 1 0 1 10th
Honours County Championship: Division Two Champions (1) – 2012 Division Three Champions (1) – 2007 Women's Twenty20 Cup: Champions (1) – 2019 Division Two Champions (1) – 2015 Group winners (2) – 2022 & 2023
See also Warwickshire County Cricket Club Central Sparks
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