Somerset Women cricket team
 | |
| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Sophie Luff |
| Coach | David Roberts |
| Team information | |
| Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1956 |
| 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 Sophie Luff.[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 are partnered with the regional team Western Storm.[5]
History
1956–1999: Early History
The first recorded match involving Somerset Women was in 1956, against Surrey Women Second XI, which they lost by 116 runs.[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
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] Somerset have had various notable players appear for them over the years, most prominently the former England Women players Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson.[15]
Players
Current squad
Based on appearances in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.[16][17]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batters | ||||||
| 18 | Daisy Jeanes |  England |
Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 19 | Lilly Hawkins | England |
Unknown | Right-handed | Unknown | |
| 63 | Sophie Luff | England |
6 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Club captain |
| – | Brooke Whittaker | England |
Unknown | Right-handed | Unknown | |
| All-rounders | ||||||
| 2 | Nicole Harvey | England |
18 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| 9 | Niamh Holland | England |
3 March 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 14 | Joleigh Roberts | England |
Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 25 | Emily Edgcombe | England |
25 June 1999 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 28 | Ellie Mitchell | England |
28 December 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| – | Olivia Churcher | England |
Unknown | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| 7 | Nat Wraith | England |
3 October 2001 | Right-handed | — | |
| 8 | Jess Hazell | England |
Unknown | Right-handed | – | |
| Bowlers | ||||||
| 10 | Lorraine Szczepanski | England |
11 July 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 13 | Georgia Tulip | England |
29 June 1997 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 16 | Tilly Bond | England |
14 September 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 22 | Jodie Filer | England |
22 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| 24 | Lauren Filer | England |
22 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 44 | Alice Bird | England |
Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Notable players
Players who have played for Somerset and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[18]
- Jean Cummins (1954)
- 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)
Seasons
Women's County Championship
| Season | Division | League standings[19] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Season | Division | League standings[20] | Notes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Regional winners |
Honours
See also
References
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Somerset Women". Somerset Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Meet the Somerset Women". Somerset County Cricket Club. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
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