Lancashire Women cricket team

1930–1997: Early History

Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs.^[6] Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as Yorkshire and Cheshire.^[7] They also competed in the Women's Area Championship, and the inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with Cheshire, Lancashire and Cheshire Women.^[8]

1998– : Women's County Championship

1998 was the first season in which Lancashire competed in the County Championship on their own, and they finished 3rd in Division 3, before being promoted the following season.^[9][10] Over the following seasons, Lancashire bounced between the divisions, having a four-year stint in Division One, from 2004 to 2007, but also reaching as low as Division Three in 2010 and 2011.^[11] They topped Division Two in 2013 and 2014: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to Somerset, but managed to gain promotion in 2014.^[12] They were relegated in 2015, but bounced straight back up to Division One in 2016.^[13][14]

Lancashire then went on to have an exceptional 2017 season, in which they won both the County Championship and the Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the Championship, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games.^[15] Lancashire bowler Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while Amy Satterthwaite and Evelyn Jones were the 3rd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively.^[16] Meanwhile in the T20 Cup, Lancashire won 7 from 8 games to claim the title, with batter Emma Lamb ending the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the division.^[17] In the following years, Lancashire retained their place in Division One of the Championship without seriously challenging for the title, whilst managing a second-place finish in the 2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, one point behind Champions Warwickshire.^[18] In 2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain.^[19] Batter Emma Lamb was the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 233 runs including one century.^[20] They again won their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating Yorkshire in the final.^[21] Batter Georgie Boyce was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 306 runs, whilst bowlers Alex Hartley and Phoebe Graham were joint-second leading wicket-takers, with 13 wickets.^[22] They won their Women's Twenty20 Cup group for the third consecutive season in 2023, defeating Scotland in the final.^[23] In 2024, the side finished 2nd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and won their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.^[24][25]

Current squad

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• ‡ denotes players with international caps.

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No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
6	Emma Lamb ‡	England	(1997-12-16) 16 December 1997 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	England skills contract
11	Eve Jones	England	(1992-08-08) 8 August 1992 (age 33)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
30	Danielle Collins	England	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 25)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
32	Ailsa Lister ‡	Scotland	(2004-04-08) 8 April 2004 (age 22)	Right-handed	—
45	Tilly Kesteven	England	(2004-11-30) 30 November 2004 (age 21)	Left-handed	Right-arm leg break
47	Seren Smale ‡	England	(2004-12-13) 13 December 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	—
66	Gaby Lewis ‡	Ireland	(2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
—	Meg Lanning ‡	Australia	(1992-03-25) 25 March 1992 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
All-rounders
22	Madeline Penna	Australia	(2000-08-30) 30 August 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
31	Fi Morris	England	(1994-01-31) 31 January 1994 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
72	Darcey Carter ‡	Scotland	(2005-05-31) 31 May 2005 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
21	Ellie Threlkeld	England	(1998-11-16) 16 November 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	—	Club captain
35	Alice Clarke	England	(2001-08-04) 4 August 2001 (age 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
3	Sophie Morris	England	(2004-01-02) 2 January 2004 (age 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
4	Olivia Bell ‡	Scotland	(2003-11-12) 12 November 2003 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
7	Hannah Jones	England	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999 (age 27)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
9	Grace Potts	England	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
16	Kate Cross ‡	England	(1991-10-03) 3 October 1991 (age 34)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
18	Mahika Gaur ‡	England[a]	(2006-03-09) 9 March 2006 (age 20)	Right-handed	Left-arm fast-medium	England central contract
19	Sophie Ecclestone ‡	England	(1999-05-06) 6 May 1999 (age 27)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	England central contract
24	Tara Norris ‡	United States	(1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 27)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium	UK passport
53	Grace Johnson	England	(2004-12-21) 21 December 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Source:[26] Updated: 28 March 2026

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Notable players

Players who have played for Lancashire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[27]

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day

Women's One-Day