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Personnel | |
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Captain | Emily Edgcombe |
Coach | David Roberts |
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 are partnered with the regional team Western Storm. [5]
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]
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]
Somerset have had various notable players appear for them over the years, most prominently the former England players Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson. [18]
Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps. [19]
No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | ||||||
18 | Daisy Jeanes | ![]() | 30 July 2001 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
19 | Lilly Hawkins | ![]() | 28 November 1998 | Right-handed | Unknown | |
63 | Sophie Luff | ![]() | 6 December 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
All-rounders | ||||||
2 | Nicole Harvey | ![]() | 18 September 1992 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
9 | Niamh Holland | ![]() | 27 October 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
14 | Joleigh Roberts | ![]() | 31 October 2003 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
25 | Emily Edgcombe | ![]() | 25 June 1999 | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | Club captain |
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
7 | Nat Wraith | ![]() | 3 October 2001 | Right-handed | – | |
8 | Jess Hazell | ![]() | 22 August 2004 | Right-handed | – | |
– | Emma Phillipson | ![]() | 28 November 2003 | Right-handed | – | |
Bowlers | ||||||
10 | Lorraine Szczepanski | ![]() | 11 July 1997 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
16 | Tilly Bond | ![]() | 14 September 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
24 | Lauren Filer ‡ | ![]() | 22 December 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
44 | Alice Bird | ![]() | 3 September 2003 | Unknown | Right-arm medium |
Players who have played for Somerset and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [20]
Season | Division | League standings [21] | 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 |
Season | Division | League standings [22] | 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 |
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