2022 Fixtures Published

The 2022 domestic fixtures have now been published!

RACHAEL HEYHOE FLINT TROPHY

Lord’s is set to stage the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on Sunday, September 25 to close what promises to be a memorable summer of women’s cricket.

Heyhoe Flint was a pioneer of the game, leading England to the first-ever Women’s World Cup title in 1973, and challenging convention and fighting for progress as a player, administrator and campaigner throughout her life.

The MCC announced last year that the North Gate at Lord’s would be named in Heyhoe Flint’s honour and the final bearing her name will conclude a bumper summer for women’s cricket that will also include the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Commonwealth Games, and The Hundred in addition to the England Women’s schedule.

Western Storm begin the 50-over competition on July 2 against Lightning at Loughborough.

Each team will play each other once during the group stage. The second and third-placed teams will meet in the playoff on September 21. The winner of that match will play the first-placed team after the group stage in the Lord’s final.

CHARLOTTE EDWARDS CUP

The 20-over Charlotte Edwards Cup will open the women’s regional summer from May 14th and will offer the first piece of domestic silverware, with Finals Day at The County Ground, Northampton on June 11th.

The month-long Twenty20 competition will see the eight women’s regional teams split into two groups, and play six group-stage matches, before Finals Day on Saturday, June 11th.

Group A: Central Sparks, South East Stars, Sunrisers, Western Storm

Group B: Lightning, Northern Diamonds, Thunder, Southern Vipers

Western Storm begin the campaign with a trip to Sophia Gardens to take on Central Sparks.

There will also double-headers when Charlotte Edwards Cup and Vitality Blast T20 matches are played back-to-back at the same venue.

  • May 29th: Western Storm v Sunrisers and Somerset v Essex Eagles – The Cooper Associates County Ground
  • June 1st: Western Storm v SE Stars and Gloucestershire v Kent Spitfires – The Bristol County Ground