The fixtures for Nottinghamshire Women’s forthcoming season have been announced, with the Green and Golds seeking to add to their haul of silverware, having triumphed in last year's East Midlands County T20 competition.
This year, the Vitality Women’s County T20 is made up of eight groups.
Nottinghamshire are in Group 1 alongside Cumbria, Derbyshire, North East Warriors, a Northern Representative Team, Lancashire and Yorkshire. Each of the teams in Group 1 will host a fixture weekend of the tournament.
Notts open their account for the season with a friendly against Leicestershire on 10 April, before a double header in Derbyshire against Lancashire and the North Representative Team on 18 April begins their league campaign.
The following week, North East Warriors will host a fixture between themselves and Nottinghamshire, with Yorkshire the opponents for Notts in the afternoon.
In the final round of fixtures on 2 May, Nottinghamshire will face Cumbria and Derbyshire at home, with Finals Day a week later in the North East.
Nottinghamshire’s squad has also been named, with the pathway trio of Ella Porter, Maddie Ward and Rhiannon Knowling-Davies amongst the players to watch following impressive performances for Nottinghamshire U18s and the senior side in recent seasons.
The squad is bolstered with Lightning Cricket senior players Lucy Higham, Michaela Kirk, Sophie Munro, Teresa Graves and Yvonne Graves all adorning the green and gold flannels, while Hannah Hughes, Megan Burton, Amelia Kite and Rebecca Widdowson will also feature in Notts’ T20 campaign.
Nottinghamshire Squad
Amelia Kite - all rounder
Ella Porter - batter
Hannah Hughes - batter
Lucy Higham - all rounder
Maddie Ward - wicketkeeper-batter
Megan Burton - wicketkeeper-batter
Michaela Kirk - batter
Rebecca Widdowson - bowler
Rhiannon Knowling-Davies - bowler
Sophie Munro - all rounder
Teresa Graves - all rounder
Yvonne Graves - all rounder
Nottinghamshire Fixtues (all T20)
10 April: Nottinghamshire vs Leicestershire (warm-up game) - Cuckney (11:00)
10 April: Nottinghamshire vs Leicestershire (warm-up game) - Cuckney (14:00)
18 April: Nottinghamshire vs Lancashire - Northern CC, Crosby (11:00)
18 April: Nottinghamshire vs North Representative Team - Northern CC, Crosby (15:00)
24 April: North East Warriors vs Nottinghamshire - Moorlands CC, Mirfield (11:00)
24 April: Yorkshire vs Nottinghamshire - Moorlands CC, Mirfield (15:00)
2 May: Nottinghamshire vs Cumbria - Welbeck (10:30)
2 May: Nottinghamshire vs Derbyshire - Welbeck (16:30)
8 May: Finals Day (Venue and start time TBC)