
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: All you need to know – Fixtures, Teams and Squads
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy will see the eight regional teams in the new ECB women's domestic structure split into two groups, with the two respective group-winners of the 50-over tournament progressing to the final.
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy groups
North: Central Sparks, Lightning, Northern Diamonds, Thunder
South: South East Stars, Southern Vipers, Sunrisers, Western Storm
Those regions are formed of First-Class Counties and National Counties – and Loughborough University - who work together at the elite end of the women’s domestic game to support a squad of professional and semi-professional players, as well as an academy.
The eight regions are:
Central Sparks (Warwickshire CCC & Worcestershire CCC, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire)
Lightning (Loughborough University, Derbyshire CCC, Leicestershire CCC, Nottinghamshire CCC, Lincolnshire)
Northern Diamonds (Yorkshire CCC, Durham CCC, Northumberland)
Thunder (Lancashire CCC, Cheshire, Cumbria)
South East Stars (Surrey CCC, Kent CCC)
Southern Vipers (Hampshire Cricket Ltd, Sussex CCC, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire)
Sunrisers (Middlesex CCC, Essex CCC, Northamptonshire CCC, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Norfolk, Suffolk)
Western Storm (Glamorgan CCC, Gloucestershire CCC, Somerset CCC, Cricket Wales, Cornwall, Devon, Wiltshire)
Squads
Northern Diamonds - Hollie Armitage, Ami Campbell, Leah Dobson, Helen Fenby, Phoebe Graham, Jenny Gunn, Bess Heath, Rachel Hopkins, Sterre Kalis, Beth Langston, Katie Levick, Alex Macdonald, Rachel Slater, Ella Telford, Layla Tipton
South East Stars - Megan Belt, Maxine Blythin, Chloe Brewer, Alice Capsey, Aylish Cranstone, Tash Farrant, Phoebe Franklin, Grace Gibbs, Amy Gordon, Eva Gray, Danielle Gregory, Hannah Jones, Susie Rowe, Rhianna Southby, Kirstie White
Lightning - Abbey Freeborn, Alicia Presland, Bethan Ellis, Bethany Harmer, Grace Ballinger, Ilenia Sims, Kathryn Bryce, Leah Kellogg, Lucy Higham, Nancy Harman, Ria Fackrell, Sarah Bryce, Shachi Pai, Sophie Munro, Teresa Graves
Sunrisers - Amara Carr, Naomi Dattani, Cordelia Griffith, Jo Gardner, Kelly Castle, Sonali Patel, Gaya Gole, Emily Thorpe, Mia Rodgers, Katie Midwood, Hayley Brown, Scarlett Hughes, Katie Wolfe
Southern Vipers - Georgia Adams, Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Ella Chandler, Providence Cowdrill, Charlie Dean, Ariana Dowse, Freya Kemp, Cassidy McCarthy, Ella McCaughan, Alice Monaghan, Tara Norris, Carla Rudd, Paige Scholfield, Emily Windsor
Western Storm - Sophie Luff, Fi Morris, Danielle Gibson, Claire Nicholas, Alex Griffiths, Georgia Hennessy, Nat Wraith, Lauren Filer, Steph Hutchins, Lauren Parfitt, Emily Edgcombe, Niamh Holland, Emma Corney, Abbie Whybrow
Thunder - Georgie Boyce, Natalie Brown, Alice Clarke, Danielle Collins, Rebecca Duckworth, Alice Dyson, Alex Hartley, Liberty Heap, Laura Jackson, Hannah Jones, Laura Marshall, Daisy Mullan, Olivia Thomas , Ellie Threlkeld, Sophia Turner
England Women allocated players may or may not be available depending on International fixture schedule
Regional Team |
EW Allocated Players |
Northern Diamonds |
Brunt, Sciver, Winfield, L Smith* |
Thunder |
Cross, Ecclestone, Lamb* |
Central Sparks |
Jones, Glenn, Wong* |
Western Storm |
Knight, Shrubsole, George |
Southern Vipers |
Wyatt, Elwiss, Bell* |
South East Stars |
Davies, Davidson-Richards*, B Smith*, Dunkley* |
Sunrisers |
Wilson, Villiers |
Lightning |
Beaumont, Gordon |
*With the current England Women's group, but selected by the Regional Teams and not centrally allocated
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Fixtures
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Central Sparks v Northern Diamonds Starts at 10:30
Sunrisers v Southern Vipers Starts at 10:30
South East Stars v Western Storm Starts at 10:30
Monday, August 31, 2020
Western Storm v Southern Vipers Starts at 10:30
Thunder v Central Sparks Starts at 10:30
South East Stars v Sunrisers Starts at 10:30
Northern Diamonds v Lightning Starts at 10:30
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Sunrisers v Western Storm Starts at 10:30
Southern Vipers v South East Stars Starts at 10:30
Lightning v Northern Diamonds Starts at 10:30
Central Sparks v Thunder Starts at 10:30
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Thunder v Northern Diamonds Starts at 10:30
Friday, September 11, 2020
Western Storm v South East Stars Starts at 10:30
Southern Vipers v Sunrisers Starts at 10:30
Central Sparks v Lightning Starts at 10:30
Sunday, September 13, 2020
Thunder v Lightning Starts at 10:30
Sunrisers v South East Stars Starts at 10:30
Southern Vipers v Western Storm Starts at 10:30
Northern Diamonds v Central Sparks Starts at 10:30
Saturday, September 19, 2020
South East Stars v Southern Vipers Starts 10.30am
Western Storm v Sunrisers Starts 10.30am
Northern Diamonds v Thunder Starts 10.30am
Lightning v Central Sparks Starts 10.30am
Sunday, September 27 - Final
TBC vs TBC
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