Sunrisers (women's cricket)

Sunrisers are a women's cricket team that represent the London and East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They play their home matches at various grounds, including the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford.[1][2] They are captained by Kelly Castle and coached by Andy Tennant.[3][4] The team is partnered with Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, as well as Marylebone Cricket Club.[5]

Sunrisers
Personnel
CaptainKelly Castle (2021–)
CoachAndy Tennant (2022–)
Team information
Colours   Black and red
Established2020
Home groundCounty Ground, Chelmsford
County Ground, Northampton
History
RHFT wins0
CEC wins0
Official websiteSunrisers Cricket

Playing kit

History

In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both 50-over and 20-over cricket.[6] Sunrisers were one of the sides created under this structure, representing the London and East region, Middlesex, Essex, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, as well as Marylebone Cricket Club.[5] The side was to be captained by Amara Carr and coached by Trevor Griffin.[7] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.[8] Sunrisers finished bottom of the South Group in the competition, losing all six of their matches.[9] At the end of the season, five Sunrisers players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Amara Carr, Naomi Dattani, Cordelia Griffith, Jo Gardner and Kelly Castle.[10]

The following season, 2021, Sunrisers competed in both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly-formed Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. The side again lost all of their matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, finishing bottom of the eight-team group.[11] For the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Kelly Castle was named as captain of the side.[3] In the first match of the tournament, Sunrisers recorded their first ever victory, beating Western Storm by 7 wickets.[12] However, they did not win another match in the tournament and finished bottom of their group, although they did tie their home match against North West Thunder.[13]

Ahead of the 2022 season, it was announced that Castle was becoming captain of the side in all formats, and that Trevor Griffin was stepping down as Head Coach for personal reasons.[14] Griffin was later replaced by Laura Marsh, taking on the Head Coach role on an interim basis for the 2022 season.[15] The side finished bottom of their Charlotte Edwards Cup group, losing all six of their matches.[16] The side also finished bottom of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy group, losing all of their completed matches.[17] Sunrisers all-rounder Grace Scrivens was the joint-leading wicket-taker in the competition, with 13 wickets, and the third-highest run-scorer, with 297 runs.[18][19] At the end of the season, it was announced that Andy Tennant had been appointed as the permanent Head Coach of the side.[4]

Home grounds
Venue Games hosted by season
202122Total
County Ground, Chelmsford33410
Fenner's–2–2
County Ground, Northampton–123
Merchant Taylors' School–1–1

Players

Current squad

As per 2023 season.[20]

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • double-dagger denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
4Florence Miller England (2004-02-26) 26 February 2004Right-handedRight-arm medium
6Cordelia Griffith England (1995-09-19) 19 September 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
9Jodi Grewcock England (2004-11-30) 30 November 2004Left-handedRight-arm leg break
All-rounders
7Kelly Castle England (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997Right-handedRight-arm mediumClub captain
11Kate Coppack England (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994Right-handedRight-arm medium
14Jo Gardner England (1997-03-25) 25 March 1997Right-handedRight-arm medium
22Katherine Speed England (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium
29Grace Scrivens England (2003-11-10) 10 November 2003Left-handedRight-arm off break
44Alice Macleod England (1994-05-14) 14 May 1994Right-handedRight-arm off break
81Dane van Niekerk double-dagger South Africa (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg breakOverseas player
Wicket-keepers
12Jessica Olorenshaw England (2005-01-27) 27 January 2005Right-handedRight-arm medium
13Mia Rogers England (2002-01-29) 29 January 2002Right-handed—
17Amara Carr England (1994-04-17) 17 April 1994Right-handed—
84Scarlett Hughes England (2002-06-18) 18 June 2002Left-handed—
Bowlers
10Eva Gray England (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000Right-handedRight-arm medium
18Abtaha Maqsood double-dagger Scotland (1999-06-11) 11 June 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break
26Mady Villiers double-dagger England (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998Right-handedRight-arm off break

Academy

The Sunrisers Academy team plays against other regional academies in friendly and festival matches across various formats. The Academy selects players from across the Sunrisers regional hub, and includes some players who are also in the first team squad. Players in the 2022/23 Academy are listed below:[21]

Name County
Molly Barbour-SmithMiddlesex
Elsa BarnfatherHertfordshire
Evie BookerSuffolk
Hannah DavisBuckinghamshire
May DrinkellNorfolk
Jodi GrewcockNorthamptonshire
Isabella JamesCambridgeshire
Layla JudgeMiddlesex
Esmae MacGregorEssex
Jessica OlorenshawEssex
Charley PhillipsHertfordshire
Riva PindoriaMiddlesex
Maddy ReynoldsNorfolk
Amuruthaa SurenkumarMiddlesex
Jasmine WestleyEssex

Overseas players

Coaching staff
  • Head Coach: Andy Tennant
  • Regional Director: Danni Warren
  • Spin Bowling Coach: Mark Lane
  • Talent Manager/Seam Bowling Coach: Luke Pomfret
  • Sports Doctor: Phil Batty
  • Head Strength & Conditioning Coach: Tom Brazier
  • Performance Analyst: Kieran Phillips
  • Psycho-Social Lead: Kate Green

As of the 2022 season.[7][4]

Seasons

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Season Final standing League standings[23] Notes
P W L T NR BP Pts NRR Pos
2020 Group stage 6060000−1.3654th DNQ
2021 Group stage 7070000−1.5988th DNQ
2022 Group stage 7060102−1.0468th DNQ

Charlotte Edwards Cup
Season Final standing League standings Notes
P W L T NR BP Pts NRR Pos
2021 Group stages 6141006–0.8714th DNQ
2022 Group stages 6060000–1.2874th DNQ

Statistics

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – summary of results[23]
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %
2020 606000.00
2021 707000.00
2022 706010.00
Total 20019010.00
  • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
  • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – teamwise result summary[24]
Opposition Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Central Sparks202000.00
Lightning202000.00
Northern Diamonds202000.00
North West Thunder201010.00
Southern Vipers404000.00
South East Stars404000.00
Western Storm404000.00

Charlotte Edwards Cup
Charlotte Edwards Cup - summary of results
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %
2021 6141016.67
2022 606000.00
Total 12110108.33
  • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
  • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.
Charlotte Edwards Cup - teamwise result summary
Opposition Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Central Sparks202000.00
Northern Diamonds202000.00
North West Thunder201100.00
South East Stars202000.00
Western Storm4130025.00

Records

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

Charlotte Edwards Cup

See also

Notes
  1. Horley qualified as an overseas player as she was born and raised in Australia.[22]

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