1930–1997: Early History Lancashire Women played their first game in 1930, against the Women's Cricket Association, which they won by 111 runs. Over the following years, Lancashire played various one-off games, often against nearby counties such as
Yorkshire and
Cheshire. They also competed in the
Women's Area Championship, and the
inaugural Women's County Championship, as a combined team with Cheshire,
Lancashire and Cheshire Women.
1998– : Women's County Championship 1998 was the first season in which Lancashire competed in the County Championship on their own, and they finished 3rd in Division 3, before being promoted the
following season. Over the following seasons, Lancashire bounced between the divisions, having a four-year stint in Division One, from
2004 to
2007, but also reaching as low as Division Three in
2010 and
2011. They topped Division Two in
2013 and
2014: in 2013 they lost the Division Final to
Somerset, but managed to gain promotion in 2014. They were relegated in
2015, but bounced straight back up to Division One in
2016. Lancashire then went on to have an exceptional 2017 season, in which they won both the County Championship and the
Women's Twenty20 Cup. In the
Championship, they topped Division One with 5 wins from 7 games. Lancashire bowler
Sophie Ecclestone was the leading wicket-taker in the Division, while
Amy Satterthwaite and
Evelyn Jones were the 3rd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively. Meanwhile in the
T20 Cup, Lancashire won 7 from 8 games to claim the title, with batter
Emma Lamb ending the tournament as the leading run-scorer for the division. In the following years, Lancashire retained their place in Division One of the Championship without seriously challenging for the title, whilst managing a second-place finish in the
2019 Women's Twenty20 Cup, one point behind Champions
Warwickshire. In
2021, they competed in the North Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won their region, with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain. Batter Emma Lamb was the third-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 233 runs including one century. They again won their group in the
2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating
Yorkshire in the final. Batter
Georgie Boyce was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 306 runs, whilst bowlers
Alex Hartley and
Phoebe Graham were joint-second leading wicket-takers, with 13 wickets. They won their Women's Twenty20 Cup group for the third consecutive season in
2023, defeating
Scotland in the final. In 2024, the side finished 2nd in their group in the
Twenty20 Cup and won their group in the new
ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. ==Players==