Wiltshire Women cricket team

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Wiltshire Women
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Personnel
Captain Isla Thomson
CoachSam Dent & Aled Evans
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 2000
Home groundVarious
History
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Official website Wiltshire Cricket

The Wiltshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Wiltshire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county and are captained by Isla Thomson. [1] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the last season of the Women's County Championship, and have since competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. [2] They are partnered with the regional side Western Storm. [3]

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History

Wiltshire played their first recorded match in 2000, and joined the Women's County Championship a year later. [1] In their first season, they finished 5th in Division 3, losing all four of their matches, and they were relegated a season later in 2002. [4] [5] After this, Wiltshire played in the Emerging Counties and County Challenge competitions, the tier below the County Championship, until 2008 when they joined Division 5. [2] Since then, Wiltshire have played in the lowest division of the Championship, with their best finishes coming in 2010 and 2013 when they finished 2nd in their division. [6] [7]

Wiltshire have also competed in the Women's Twenty20 Cup since it began in 2009. When the tournament was regionalised, the side was successful in Division 2 South & West, winning the group in 2010 and beating Buckinghamshire in the Division Final in 2011. [8] [9] Since the national structure of the tournament was implemented in 2015, Wiltshire have played in the bottom tier of the competition, achieving their best finish, 2nd in Division 4B, in 2016. [10] In 2021, they competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom. [11] They finished third in their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with two wins. [12] They finished second in the group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost in the group semi-final. [13] In 2024, the side finished 7th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 6th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. [14] [15]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. [16]

NameNationalityAppsNotes
Isla Thomson Flag of England.svg  England 3 Club captain
Maxine Blythin Flag of England.svg  England 3
Emily BoggFlag of England.svg  England 3 Wicket-keeper
Katy CobbFlag of England.svg  England 2
Jenny HeppellFlag of England.svg  England 3
Thea HopkinsFlag of England.svg  England 2
Holly MorganFlag of England.svg  England 1
Florence SharmanFlag of England.svg  England 3
Anna-Mae ShearnFlag of England.svg  England 1
Lauren ShrubsoleFlag of England.svg  England 3
Emily SmithFlag of England.svg  England 3
Victoria StoneFlag of England.svg  England 4
Poppy WalkerFlag of England.svg  England 3
Lois WrightFlag of England.svg  England 3

Notable players

Players who have played for Wiltshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): [17]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [2] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2001 Division 34040017.517.55th
2002 Division 35030214366thRelegated
2003 Emerging Counties2110013252nd
2004 County Challenge Cup G33030014144th
2005 County Challenge Cup G43120017293rd
2006 County Challenge Cup G330300004th
2007 County Challenge Cup G130300334th
2008 Division 5 L&E312002223rd
2009 Division 5 S&W504017126th
2010 Division 5 S&W6420037772nd
2011 Division 5 S&W8060224245th
2012 Division 4 S&W40202885th
2013 Division 4 S&W4220025452nd
2014 Division 4 S&W4130019294th
2015 Division 4 S&W5120212224th
2016 Division 4 S&W4120113234th
2017 Division 3B4031015205th
2018 Division 3B6150018283rd
2019 Division 3C5050014146th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

SeasonDivisionLeague standings [2] Notes
PWLTA/CNRRPtsPos
2009 Division 63000331st
2010 Division S&W 233000+2.2961st
2011 Division S&W 232100+0.3542nd
2012 Division S&W 231200−1.0223rd
2013 Division S&W 230300−2.5504th
2014 Division 4D40400−1.74012th
2015 Division 4B61500−0.8743rd
2016 Division 4B62202−0.30102nd
2017 Division 3A81700−1.9446th
2018 Division 3A80800−3.1606th
2019 Division 3A80602−1.4826th
2021 South West80800−3.8306th
2022 Group 862400−0.3103rd
2023 Group 362004+2.21122nd
2024 Group 482402–0.65507th

ECB Women's County One-Day

SeasonGroupLeague standings [18] Notes
PWLTA/CBPPtsPos
2024 Group 341201166th

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