TheBerkshire Women's cricket team is the women's representativecricket team for the Englishhistoric county ofBerkshire. 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 theWomen's County Championship until 2017, when they were relegated, and they won theWomen's Twenty20 Cup in 2010.[3] They are partnered with the regional sideSouthern Vipers.[4]
Berkshire joined theWomen's County Championship in2000, replacing Thames Valley, and finished 4th in Division 1 in their first season. After being relegated in2003, they did not return to Division 1 until2008, after which they became a consistently mid-table side.[7] This period saw much greater success in theWomen's Twenty20 Cup for Berkshire, reaching the final three times in a row between2010 and2012, including winning the competition in 2010, beatingYorkshire by 46 runs.[8] In2017, Berkshire were relegated from Division 1 and have remained in Division 2 since, whilst also suffering two consecutive relegations in the T20 Cup.[9] In2021, they competed in the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom with 4 losses and 4 abandoned matches.[10] In2022 and2023, they finished third in their group of the Twenty20 Cup.[11][12] They also joined theSouth Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing third out of six teams in the inaugural edition.[13] In 2024, the side finished 5th in their group in theTwenty20 Cup and 3rd in their group in the newECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[14][15]
England
South Africa
New Zealand
Alex Blackwell (2003)
Ellen Watson (2019)
