Berkshire Cricket Foundation

Berkshire Women's 1st team completed their South-Central Cup campaign with defeat to Bucks last week to finish 4th in the table.

Reflecting on the season there were some excellent performances with the bat and ball from a young side that continue to grow as a team and have put in some excellent performances across the campaign.

Ariana Dowse hitting the competitions top score of 118* vs Sussex finishing with 176 runs at 88 from her 3 appearances. Along with runs for Holly Rider 134 best of 63 and poppy Tulloch 112 best of 81. Partnerships in 50 over cricket were a key area to develop this season for the batters and this was evident in a 190-run partnership between Ariana Dowse and Ava Lee against eventual title winners Sussex. Dowse again was part of a 91-run partnership with Holly Rider against Dorset. Congratulations go to u15 Shristi Patil making her senior debut against Hampshire, continuing the brilliant number of players coming through the pathway making debuts.

With the ball Ava Lee finished our top wicket taker and has enjoyed a stellar season with the ball capped with a debut for the Southern Vipers in the Rachel Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Ending with 9 wickets with a best of 4-14 against Sussex in the SC cup. Poppy Tulloch and Kali-Ann Docherty ended with 6 wickets each.

Ariana Dowse , Holly Rider , Ava Lee , Poppy Tulloch and Kali-Ann Docherty will now play in the best v best south-central cup game at the nursery ground Ageas owl on Sept 2nd our congratulations go to all of you.

We would like to thank all of the clubs that have kindly hosted our games and to all of the supporters who have followed the team this season thank you for your support !