Middlesex’s women commemorated the end of the 2024 league cricket season in style on Friday evening when the Middlesex Women’s Cricket League (MWCL) held its awards evening at Ealing Cricket Club. The evening brought an end to what has been an extremely successful summer for women’s teams in Middlesex. Along with the winning of trophies in the MWCL Middlesex’s women also had significant success in National competitions. As reported previously here Gunnersbury 1st XI won the Women’s Cricket Southern League (WCSL) and the ECB’s Women’s Club Cup T20 National Final, whilst Ickenham created an opportunity to potentially play in the WCSL by winning the Southern Counties Cup.
Listed below are the winners of the three Middlesex leagues – Esme Irwin, Sheila Hill and Derick Morgan - and the star performers in each of the leagues.
Esme Irwin League –
Winners– Ickenham
Leading Batter – Sherisa Gumbs (Ickenham) – 486 runs, best 142 off 86 balls, averaging 55.22
Leading Bowler – Aishah Khan (Actonians) – 16 wickets inc. 5-16 vs Ickenham, got numbers 2,3,4,5&6.
Honourable Mentions –
Sheila Hill League –
Winners – Gunnersbury Women 2nd XI
Leading Batter – Sorcha Breslin (North London) – 306 runs in 7 innings @ 43.71, HS of 96
Leading Bowling – Anja Peisl (Gunnersbury) – 14 wickets @ 8.14, best of 3-3.
Honourable mentions –
Derick Morgan –
Winners – Harrow
Leading Batter – Marilyn Smith (Shepherds Bush) – 283 @ 94.33, HS off 77* vs Ickenham
Leading Bowling – Ruchita Ganesh (Wembley) – 8 wickets @ 13.13
Honourable mentions –
MWCL would like to thank AJ Sports for their sponsorship of the league and it looks forward to working with them in the future.
