Glamorgan women's cricket team

Glamorgan Women

League	Women's One-Day Cup, T20 Blast
Conference	League 2
Personnel
Captain	Lauren Parfitt
Coach	Rachel Priest [1] [2]
Team information
Founded	2024
Home ground	Sophia Gardens [3]
Secondary home ground(s)	Newport CC, Neath CC, Colwyn Bay CC [4]

The Glamorgan Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the Welsh historic county of Glamorgan. The team competes in county cricket competitions in England and Wales. Its founding was confirmed by Glamorgan CCC and the ECB in April 2024. ^{[5] [6]}

Beginning in 2025, it will play in the Women's One-Day Cup and Women's T20 Blast in League 2, and in the Women's T20 County Cup. ^[7] The team is scheduled to move to the top division as a professional team in 2027. ^{[1] [8]}

Glamorgan's head coach is the former New Zealand international player Rachel Priest. ^[2] The team captain is Lauren Parfitt. ^[9]

The team is partnered with Glamorgan men's team. They will play a set of double-header T20 matches in 2025, including at Sophia Gardens. ^[3]

A Glamorgan Ladies team played friendly matches in 1890 and 1891, founded by Violet Morgan and Constance Hill (daughters of Frederick Courtenay Morgan and Sir Edward Stock Hill respectively). ^{[10] [11]} Later, clubs were created including South Wales Women’s CC in 1936, and the Glamorgan–Gloucestershire team in 1951 as part of the Women's Cricket Association. ^[10]

Between 2002 and 2024, Wales women's cricket team played in the Women's County Championship, Twenty20 Cup and other competitions. Nine members of that team joined Glamorgan when it formed. ^[1] From 2016 until 2024, the combined regional women's team Western Storm had represented both Wales and the counties of South West England. ^[12] Glamorgan's head of women's and girls' cricket, Aimee Rees, said in 2024, "Glamorgan doesn’t just represent a county, we represent a country, and today’s [Tier 1] announcement will give girls in Wales the best opportunity to be professional cricketers". ^[5]

Glamorgan and Cardiff Metropolitan University run an associated academy to train young cricketers, including selected female players from Wales, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. ^{[13] [14]}

References

1. Webb, Nick (14 March 2025). "New Glamorgan women's side 'monumental' for Wales". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 14 March 2025.
2. "Glamorgan name former New Zealand wicketkeeper as first women's head coach". The Cricketer. 27 February 2025.
3. "Glamorgan men and women handed four T20 double-headers". BBC Sport. 21 November 2024.
4. "Glamorgan Women's Fixtures 2025" (PDF). Glamorgan Cricket. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 March 2025.
5. "Glamorgan Cricket awarded Tier 1 Women's Team". Glamorgan Cricket. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024.
6. "Eight Tier 1 Counties confirmed for 2025 and plans unveiled for four more women's professional domestic teams by 2029". ECB. 17 April 2024. Archived from the original on 24 April 2024.
7. "Glamorgan Women's Fixtures for 2025 Out Now". Glamorgan Cricket. Archived from the original on 22 March 2025.
8. "Glamorgan Awarded Tier 1 Women's Team". Sport in Wales. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2024.
9. "Lauren Parfitt: Former Wales skipper to captain new Glamorgan women's team". BBC Sport. 3 April 2025.
10. Andrew Hignell (8 April 2025). "The first county women's team for Glamorgan". Glamorgan Cricket.
11. "The Evolution of Women's and Girls' cricket in Wales: 2: Stage 3 – Late Victorian (1875-1900)". CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket.
12. "Glamorgan seek head coach for women's cricket". BBC Sport. 1 November 2024.
13. "Glamorgan Cricket launch new Girls' Academy in partnership with Cardiff Met". Cardiff Metropolitan University. 17 December 2024.
14. "Gloucestershire Women's Pathway players selected to join Glamorgan's Academy in strategic partnership". Gloucestershire Cricket. 9 December 2024.