Personnel | |
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Captain | Georgia Adams |
Coach | Alexia Walker |
Team information | |
Founded | UnknownFirst recorded match: 1936 |
Home ground | Variousincluding Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Sports Ground, Brighton |
History | |
WCC wins | 6 |
T20 Cup wins | 2 |
Official website | Sussex Cricket |
The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Sports Ground and the County Cricket Ground, Hove. [1] They are captained by Georgia Adams. [2] They have won 6 Women's County Championships and 2 Women's Twenty20 Cups in their history. [3] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers. [4]
Sussex Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Surrey. [5] They went on to play various one-off matches, often against nearby teams such as Middlesex, as well as against touring sides such as New Zealand. [6] Sussex joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it was discontinued in 1996. [7]
Sussex joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, finishing bottom of Division Two with one win. [8] After a brief stint in the top division in 2000, Sussex became an established Division One side from 2002 onwards, and won their first title in 2003. [9] This began a prosperous era for Sussex Women, going on to be County Champions three times in a row, with victories in 2004 and 2005. [10] Other the next eight seasons, until 2013, Sussex never dropped out of the top 3 of Division One, and recorded three more title wins, in 2008, 2010 and 2013. [11] Key to this success was players such as Rosalie Birch, Alexia Walker and Clare Connor, who were regularly top run-scorers for the side. [12]
Sussex also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season in 2009, and qualified for the knockout stages in every season from 2010 to 2013. [13] Sussex won the title in 2012, beating Berkshire by ten wickets in the final: bowling their opponents out for 52, with Sussex bowler Izi Noakes taking 3/5. [14] Sussex went on to win their second T20 title in 2015, topping Division One with six wins from eight games, and finishing ahead of Yorkshire and Kent on Net Run Rate. [15]
In recent years, Sussex have struggled to replicate their early success in the County Championship, and were relegated from Division One in 2017. [16] They managed to bounce straight back however, winning Division Two in 2018, and finished 3rd in Division One in 2019. [17] [18] In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 4th with 3 victories, as well as joining the Women's London Championship for its second season, in which they finished 4th out of 5 teams. [19] [20] [21] In 2022, they won their group of the Twenty20 Cup, topping the initial group stage before beating Kent in the final of the group Finals Day. [22] They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing fifth out of six teams in the inaugural edition. [23] In 2023, they won their group of the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, defeating Hampshire in the final, and the South Central Counties Cup, topping the group on head-to-head record. [24] [25] In 2024, the side topped their group in both the Twenty20 Cup and the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [26] [27]
Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps. [28]
Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batters | |||||
Georgia Adams ‡ | England | 4 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Club captain |
Maya Champion | England | 28 November 1995 | Unknown | Unknown | |
Isabelle Collis | England | 22 September 1996 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Ella McCaughan | England | 26 September 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Emily Spooner | England | 28 August 1999 | Right-handed | Unknown | |
Phoebe Wilkinson | England | 22 March 2000 | Unknown | Unknown | |
All-rounders | |||||
Georgia Elwiss ‡ | England | 31 May 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Freya Kemp ‡ | England | 21 April 2005 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
Paige Scholfield ‡ | England | 19 December 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Regina Suddahazai ‡ | Italy | 18 June 2005 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Mary Taylor | England | 7 October 2004 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Alexia Walker ‡ | England | 26 November 1982 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Danni Wyatt ‡ | England | 22 May 1991 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Wicket-keepers | |||||
Mollie Adams | England | 12 April 2007 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Nicole Faltum | Australia | 17 January 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
Lucy Western | England | 27 November 1998 | Right-handed | – | |
Bowlers | |||||
Anna Buckle | England | 12 February 1996 | Unknown | Unknown | |
Freya Davies ‡ | England | 27 October 1995 | Right-handed | Right-arm fast-medium | |
Indigo Gentry | England | 10 December 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Daisy Gibb | England | 21 February 2000 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Chiara Green | England | 18 October 1993 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Nancy Harman | England | 11 July 1999 | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
Beth Harvey | England | 30 July 1998 | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
Lottie Jeffreys | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Tia Joseph | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Cassidy McCarthy | England | 23 July 2002 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Faye Mullins | England | 30 November 2000 | Unknown | Unknown | |
Hope Mullins | England | 7 July 2000 | Unknown | Unknown | |
Alice Noakes | England | 6 January 2007 | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Tara Norris ‡ | United States | 4 June 1998 | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
Linsey Smith ‡ | England | 10 March 1995 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Maya Taylor | England | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | |
Millie Taylor | England | 7 October 2004 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm unorthodox |
Players who have played for Sussex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [29]
Season | Division | League standings [30] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
1997 | Division 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 6th | |
1998 | Division 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 55 | 4th | |
1999 | Division 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 99 | 1st | Promoted |
2000 | Division 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29.5 | 41.5 | 6th | Relegated |
2001 | Division 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 103 | 1st | Promoted |
2002 | Division 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 67 | 3rd | |
2003 | Division 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28.5 | 86.5 | 1st | Champions |
2004 | Division 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 106 | 1st | Champions |
2005 | Division 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 88 | 1st | Champions |
2006 | Division 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 2nd | |
2007 | Division 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 112 | 2nd | |
2008 | Division 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 1st | Champions |
2009 | Division 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 164 | 2nd | |
2010 | Division 1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 140 | 1st | Champions |
2011 | Division 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 127 | 2nd | |
2012 | Division 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 37 | 87 | 3rd | |
2013 | Division 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 116 | 1st | Champions |
2014 | Division 1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 38 | 68 | 5th | |
2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 94 | 3rd | |
2016 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 81 | 2nd | |
2017 | Division 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 66 | 7th | Relegated |
2018 | Division 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 95 | 1st | Promoted |
2019 | Division 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 85 | 3rd |
Season | Division | League standings [31] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | NRR | Pts | Pos | |||
2009 | Division 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.05 | 2 | 4th | |
2010 | Division S1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.30 | 4 | 2nd | Lost semi-final |
2011 | Division S1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2.17 | 4 | 2nd | Lost semi-final |
2012 | Division S1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +3.03 | 5 | 1st | Champions |
2013 | Division S1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1.53 | 4 | 1st | Runners-up |
2014 | Division 1A | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.20 | 12 | 5th | |
2015 | Division 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.56 | 24 | 1st | Champions |
2016 | Division 1 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | −0.07 | 10 | 7th | |
2017 | Division 1 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.54 | 18 | 3rd | |
2018 | Division 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1.19 | 24 | 2nd | |
2019 | Division 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | +0.30 | 13 | 6th | |
2021 | South East | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | –0.17 | 14 | 4th | |
2022 | Group 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.91 | 20 | 1st | Group winners |
2023 | Group 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +0.16 | 14 | 2nd | Group winners |
2024 | Group 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1.09 | 92 | 1st |
Season | Group | League standings [32] | Notes | |||||||
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P | W | L | T | A/C | BP | Pts | Pos | |||
2024 | Group 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 1st | Group winners |
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