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The '''Somerset Women cricket team''' is the women's representative [[cricket]] team for the [[England|English]] [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[Somerset]]. They play their home games at various grounds across Somerset, most often in [[Taunton]], and are captained by [[Emily Edgcombe]].<ref>{{cite web |url= |
The '''Somerset Women cricket team''' is the women's representative [[cricket]] team for the [[England|English]] [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of [[Somerset]]. They play their home games at various grounds across Somerset, most often in [[Taunton]], and are captained by [[Emily Edgcombe]].<ref>{{cite web |url= |
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https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/scorecard_oracle_reveals_results.cgi |title=Somerset Women Scorecards |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=23 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.somersetcricketboard.co.uk/performance/somerset-women/ |title=Somerset Women |publisher=[[Somerset Cricket Board]] |accessdate=23 December 2020}}</ref> Somerset consistently competed in either Division 1 or Division 2 of the [[Women's County Championship]], and won Division 2 of the [[Women's Twenty20 Cup]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's County Championship |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=23 December 2020}}</ref> In [[2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup|2021]], they won the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup.<ref name="twentyone">{{cite web |url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/95421 |title=Women's County T20 West Midlands Group - 2021 |website=ECB Women's County Championship |accessdate=17 May 2021}}</ref> They |
https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/scorecard_oracle_reveals_results.cgi |title=Somerset Women Scorecards |website=Cricket Archive |accessdate=23 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.somersetcricketboard.co.uk/performance/somerset-women/ |title=Somerset Women |publisher=[[Somerset Cricket Board]] |accessdate=23 December 2020}}</ref> Somerset consistently competed in either Division 1 or Division 2 of the [[Women's County Championship]], and won Division 2 of the [[Women's Twenty20 Cup]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/Competitions?season=77 |title=ECB Women's County Championship |website=Play-Cricket |accessdate=23 December 2020}}</ref> In [[2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup|2021]], they won the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup.<ref name="twentyone">{{cite web |url=https://ecbwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/division/95421 |title=Women's County T20 West Midlands Group - 2021 |website=ECB Women's County Championship |accessdate=17 May 2021}}</ref> They were formerly partnered with the regional team [[Western Storm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://westernstorm.co.uk/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Western Storm |accessdate=15 December 2020}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:48, 29 November 2024
Personnel | |
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Coach | Trevor Griffin |
Team information | |
Founded | 1953 |
Home ground | Variousincluding Taunton Vale Sports Club Ground |
History | |
WCC wins | 0 |
T20 Cup wins | 0 |
Official website | Somerset Women |
The Somerset Women cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English ceremonial county of Somerset. They play their home games at various grounds across Somerset, most often in Taunton, and are captained by Emily Edgcombe.[1][2] Somerset consistently competed in either Division 1 or Division 2 of the Women's County Championship, and won Division 2 of the Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2019.[3] In 2021, they won the West Midlands Group of the Twenty20 Cup.[4] They were formerly partnered with the regional team Western Storm.[5]
History
[edit]1953–1999: Early History
[edit]Somerset Women first formed in 1953, and played their first recorded match on 6 June that year, against Gloucestershire A.[6] After this, Somerset played various one-off games, whilst West of England Women, which included Somerset, played in the Women's Area Championship from 1980 until 1996 and the Women's County Championship from 1997 until 1999.[7]
2000– : Women's County Championship
[edit]Somerset replaced West of England Women in the County Championship in 2000, and finished 3rd in Division 2 in their first season. Somerset remained in the second division until 2005, when they were promoted. This then began a period in which Somerset bounced between the two divisions, being promoted in 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2017 and relegated in 2006, 2010, 2012, 2016 and 2018. Somerset also missed out on promotion in play-offs in 2013 and 2014, with the game being abandoned in 2013 and losing to Warwickshire Women in 2014.[8][9] In 2019, Somerset finished second-bottom of Division 2.[10]
Somerset have fared similarly in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, for example winning promotion to Division 1 in 2014 and 2016 before being relegated in the following seasons.[11] In 2019, Somerset won Division 2 with 6 victories from 8 games.[12] Following the 2019 season, women's cricket in England was restructured and the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, only the Twenty20 Cup took place, with Somerset competing in the West Midlands Group. They won their regional division, winning 5 of their 8 matches.[4] Somerset bowler Lorraine Szczepanski was the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament, with 13 wickets, and batters Georgia Hennessy and Sophie Luff were the 2nd and 4th leading run-scorers, respectively.[13][14] They finished second in their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup and subsequently progressed to the group final, where they lost to Warwickshire.[15] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, all of the side's group stage matches were rained-off, but they beat Devon and Wales on the group Finals Day to win their group.[16] They also played various 50-over friendlies against other sides in the South West.[17] In 2024, the side finished 2nd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 5th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[18][19]
Somerset have had various notable players appear for them over the years, most prominently the former England players Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson.[20]
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]- No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
- ‡ denotes players with international caps.
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
— | Heather Knight ‡ | England | 26 December 1990 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
— | Sophie Luff | England | 6 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
— | Rebecca Odgers | England | 10 February 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
— | Fran Wilson ‡ | England | 7 November 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
All-rounders | ||||||
— | Emma Corney | England | 15 September 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
— | Charlie Dean ‡ | England | 22 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
— | Danielle Gibson ‡ | England | 30 April 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
— | Alex Griffiths | Wales | 12 June 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
— | Niamh Holland | England | 27 October 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
— | Amelie Munday | England | 9 October 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
— | Jess Hazell | England | 22 August 2004 | Right-handed | — | |
— | Katie Jones | England | 28 December 2005 | Right-handed | — | |
Bowlers | ||||||
— | Ellie Anderson | England | 30 October 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
— | Lola Harris | England | 20 October 2006 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
— | Mollie Robbins | England | 4 October 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
— | Chloe Skelton | England | 20 June 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
— | Erin Vukusic ‡ | Croatia | 16 December 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Notable players
[edit]Players who have played for Somerset and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[21]
- Audrey Disbury (1957)
- Janet Godman (1991)
- Sarah Collyer (1998)
- Katharine Winks (1998)
- Laura Harper (1999)
- Jackie Hawker (1999)
- Hannah Lloyd (1999)
- Kath Wilkins (1999)
- Caroline Atkins (2001)
- Isabelle Westbury (2005)
- Steph Davies (2008)
- Anya Shrubsole (2008)
- Fran Wilson (2010)
- Lizelle Lee (2013)
- Lauren Filer (2023)
Seasons
[edit]Women's County Championship
[edit]Season | Division | League standings[22] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
2000 | Division 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 73 | 3rd | |
2001 | Division 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 70 | 3rd | |
2002 | Division 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 52 | 4th | |
2003 | Division 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32.5 | 56.5 | 4th | |
2004 | Division 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 89 | 1st | |
2005 | Division 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.5 | 101.5 | 1st | Promoted |
2006 | Division 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 33 | 4th | Relegated |
2007 | Division 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 89 | 3rd | |
2008 | Division 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 86 | 2nd | Promoted |
2009 | Division 1 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 74 | 4th | |
2010 | Division 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 60 | 6th | Relegated |
2011 | Division 2 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 102 | 3rd | Promoted |
2012 | Division 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 9th | Relegated |
2013 | Division 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 118 | 2nd | Won Division 2 final; Lost promotion play-off |
2014 | Division 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 113 | 2nd | Lost promotion play-off |
2015 | Division 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 105 | 1st | Promoted |
2016 | Division 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 49 | 7th | Relegated |
2017 | Division 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 91 | 2nd | Promoted |
2018 | Division 1 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 46 | 8th | Relegated |
2019 | Division 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 53 | 7th |
Women's Twenty20 Cup
[edit]Season | Division | League standings[23] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
2009 | Division 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1.23 | 5 | 1st | |
2010 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.39 | 2 | 3rd | |
2011 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.33 | 2 | 3rd | |
2012 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.41 | 4 | 2nd | |
2013 | Division S&W 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5.78 | 6 | 1st | Lost group final |
2014 | Division 2C | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.50 | 12 | 2nd | Promoted |
2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | −0.59 | 9 | 8th | Relegated |
2016 | Division 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.78 | 20 | 1st | Promoted |
2017 | Division 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | −1.35 | 6 | 8th | Relegated |
2018 | Division 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.80 | 16 | 5th | |
2019 | Division 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.03 | 24 | 1st | |
2021 | West Midlands | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.75 | 22 | 1st | Group winners |
2022 | Group 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.72 | 16 | 2nd | Lost final |
2023 | Group 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.00 | 6 | 3rd | Group winners |
2024 | Group 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.84 | 96 | 2nd |
ECB Women's County One-Day
[edit]Season | Group | League standings[24] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
2024 | Group 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5th |
Honours
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Somerset Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Somerset Women". Somerset Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Women's County T20 West Midlands Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "About Us". Western Storm. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Somerset Women". Somerset Cricket Museum. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "West Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Essex Women v Somerset Women, 15th September 2013". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Warwickshire Women v Somerset Women, 14th September 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Fixtures". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Statistics/Bowling/Standard". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ "Statistics/Batting/Standard". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
- ^ "Women's County T20 Group 3 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 8 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Somerset Women Season Review". Somerset County Cricket Club. 3 September 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Vitality Women's County T20 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Vitality Women's County Championship 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Somerset Women players". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "Somerset Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.