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[Cow_corner]

Playing cricket in China, we have two women who play regularly in our league (7 clubs playing across 3 divisions) wondered what the situation is like elsewhere in the world?

[tim2000s]

Based on last year, in our 3rds league, we occasionally come up against Australian 1st XI Women....

[shamelessshaun]

Played against 2 this year and have played with my better half twice. She will also be playing for us when not involved with the Scotland Womens team. There are also another 2 that I can think of who play, who I have yet to come across play against.

[The Cricket Boutique]

As far as I am aware there is only one in the division I play in and that's Arran Brindle. Played against her last weekend and up against her and the Louth team she captains again this weekend. She's a good bat!

Over the last 20 years I think I have only played against about 5 women.

[Kulli]

Played against 2 this year and have played with my better half twice. She will also be playing for us when not involved with the Scotland Womens team. There are also another 2 that I can think of who play, who I have yet to come across play against.

Who do you play for?

[shamelessshaun]

I play down in Cumbria, only played in Scotland during my Uni Days, She is moving down with me before a years teaching placement in Stirling.

[Six Sixes Cricket]

There's quite a few playing in the lower Bristol leagues. I didn't play last week but the opposition teams female opener scored I think 103no

[TangoWhiskey]

We've only just joined the Herts league and have had to start right at the bottom. Last weekend they had a girl playing for them and she was a pretty good bowler. Just landed it on a length, nothing more nothing less.

We've played two friendly's against a team that also have a girl in their side. She does nothing more than bowl a steady line and length with maybe a little bit of wobble at a very friendly pace. The first game last year she got 4-48 against us including a hattrick. This season she took 6-41. Luckily I haven't been part of the 10. 

[Kulli]

I play down in Cumbria, only played in Scotland during my Uni Days, She is moving down with me before a years teaching placement in Stirling.

Cool, Stirling was my old club before moving, woman are pretty well represented in the Saturdays sides there.

[dcullen8]

As mentioned Arran Brindle and Hayley Butts is floating around the lincs leagues somewhere im sure. Captained a few girls that had yorkshire experience before sprouting out kids and played with Salliann Briggs when i first started playing cricket.

[Northern monkey]

As far as I am aware there is only one in the division I play in and that's Arran Brindle. Played against her last weekend and up against her and the Louth team she captains again this weekend. She's a good bat!

Over the last 20 years I think I have only played against about 5 women.

Used to play cricket with Arran and her sister holly and their father
All very very good cricketers
Arran was possibly one of the best close fielders I've ever seen
As I recall, there were a couple more women played at barnoldswick cc at that time

Played a league game last week down in Oxfordshire against a team with a young girl in.
She wasn't the best fielder shall we say

[Jlscarroll17]

Have only ever played against one, that being Danielle hazell , she got a few runs and wickets that day but other than that she's the only woman that I can recall playing in the league

[The Cricket Boutique]

@dcullen8 Arran now captains Louth 2nds in the Lincs 1st div.

[ProCricketer1982]

Played against a few from the glos women's team in Sunday friendlies snd they are poor. Northants ones were about the same. I can only assume the standards are low if these are playing 'county' cricket.

I'd except players like Taylor, Edwards and brunt who are several levels above any other female

[Seniorplayer]

Only played against 2 women so far season both played for the same team one was the captains girlfriend and the other his sister  both only played because the Captain promised to take them  out for a meal after the match.