18-747: Sunrisers may refer to: Sunrisers (women's cricket) , a cricket team in England Sunrisers Eastern Cape , a cricket team in South Africa Sunrisers Hyderabad , a cricket team in India Sunrisers Drum and Bugle Corps , a Drum and Bugle Corps in Long Island, New York Sylhet Sunrisers , a cricket team in Bangladesh (now renamed Sylhet Strikers) Topics referred to by
36-903: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sunrisers (women%27s cricket) Playing kit Sunrisers were a women's cricket team that represented the London and East region, one of eight regional hubs in English domestic women's cricket. They played their home matches at various grounds, including the County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford . They were captained by Grace Scrivens and coached by Andy Tennant . The team were partnered with Middlesex , Essex , Northamptonshire , Hertfordshire , Cambridgeshire , Suffolk , Norfolk , Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire , as well as Marylebone Cricket Club . Sunrisers won their first trophy in 2024, winning
54-634: The Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , scoring 129 runs. She also played one match for London Spirit in The Hundred . In 2023, she played 19 matches for Sunrisers, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup , scoring one half-century and making 14 dismissals. She also played one match for Manchester Originals in The Hundred . In 2024, she played 26 matches for Sunrisers, across
72-658: 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. For the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Kelly Castle was named as captain of the side. In the first match of the tournament, Sunrisers recorded their first ever victory, beating Western Storm by 7 wickets. 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 . Ahead of
90-448: The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy group, losing all of their completed matches. 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. At the end of the season, it was announced that Andy Tennant had been appointed as the permanent Head Coach of the side. In June 2023, it was announced that Kelly Castle had stepped down as captain of
108-492: The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy . At the end of the 2024 season, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, the team was effectively replaced by a professionalised Essex team. 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. Sunrisers were one of the sides created under this structure, representing
126-475: 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. Griffin was later replaced by Laura Marsh , taking on the Head Coach role on an interim basis for the 2022 season. The side finished bottom of their Charlotte Edwards Cup group, losing all six of their matches. The side also finished bottom of
144-500: The London and East region, Middlesex , Essex , Northamptonshire , Hertfordshire , Cambridgeshire , Suffolk , Norfolk , Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire , as well as Marylebone Cricket Club . The side was to be captained by Amara Carr and coached by Trevor Griffin . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy . Sunrisers finished bottom of
162-529: The South Group in the competition, losing all six of their matches. 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 . The following season, 2021, Sunrisers competed in both the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly-formed Twenty20 competition,
180-510: The Sunrisers regional hub, and included some players who are also in the first team squad. Players in the 2024 Academy are listed below: As of the 2024 season. Amara Carr Amara Danielle Carr (born 17 April 1994) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Middlesex . She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter . She has previously played for Devon , Sunrisers , London Spirit and Manchester Originals . Carr
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#1732858316222216-504: The semi-finals. In the final they played South East Stars , and defeated them by 27 runs ( DLS ) to win their first trophy. 2024 was the side's final season, with reforms to the structure of domestic cricket in England meaning that the side was effectively replaced by a professionalised Essex team. Final squad, 2024 season. The Sunrisers Academy team played against other regional academies in friendly and festival matches across various formats. The Academy selected players from across
234-549: The side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup . Carr was also part of the Western Storm squad for every season of the Women's Cricket Super League , from 2016 to 2019, but did not play a match. In 2020, she joined Sunrisers for the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , and was subsequently named as captain of the side. Whilst her side finished bottom of the South Group, Carr hit 99 in a match against South East Stars . In December 2020, it
252-476: The side, being replaced by overseas player Dane van Niekerk . After van Niekerk's spell with the side ended in September 2023, Grace Scrivens took over the captaincy. That season, the side finished bottom of the group in the Charlotte Edwards Cup , but won their first matches in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , including a late season winning run to finish fourth in the table. Ahead of the 2024 season, Scrivens
270-461: Was announced that Carr was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract. She played eight matches for the side in 2021, across the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the Charlotte Edwards Cup , with a top score of 25, missing parts of the season due to injury. She also played five matches for London Spirit in The Hundred , scoring 19 runs and making two stumpings. She played six matches for Sunrisers in 2022, across
288-594: Was born on 17 April 1994 in Plymouth , Devon . She attended the University of Exeter , where she graduated with a degree in sports science. In 2016, she won the ECB's Young Coach of the Year award. Carr made her county debut for Devon in 2008, at the age of 14, in which she scored 13 runs in a victory over Cornwall . Carr soon became a regular for Devon over the following years, and
306-436: Was confirmed as captain in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with van Niekerk captaining in the Charlotte Edwards Cup . van Niekerk was later ruled out of her stint with the club, meaning that Scrivens captained the side in both formats. The side finished bottom of the group in the Charlotte Edwards Cup . In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy , the side finished fourth in the group stage, going on to defeat Northern Diamonds in
324-543: Was part of the England Development Squad that won the Women's European Cricket Championship in 2010. She achieved her maiden List A century in 2019, scoring 105 for Devon against Middlesex . From 2017 to 2019, Carr played in the Women's Twenty20 Cup for Middlesex, and was part of their side that won the tournament in 2018 . In February 2020, it was announced that Carr was joining Middlesex from Devon in both formats. She scored 45 runs in four matches for
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