Somerset Women cricket team

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Somerset Women
Somerset Women cricket team logo.jpg
Personnel
CaptainSophie Luff
CoachDavid Roberts
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1956
Home groundVarious
including Taunton Vale Sports Club Ground
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteSomerset 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 players celebrate a wicket in 2010

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 current England Women players Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson.[15]

Players[]

Current squad[]

Based on appearances in the 2021 season.[16]

No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batters
18 Daisy Jeanes  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
63 Sophie Luff  England (1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium Club captain
All-rounders
2 Nicole Harvey  England (1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
9 Niamh Holland  England (2005-03-03) 3 March 2005 (age 16) Right-handed Right-arm medium
14 Joleigh Roberts  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium
25 Olivia Churcher  England Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium
28 Ellie Mitchell  England (2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
96 Georgia Hennessy  England (1996-11-04) 4 November 1996 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
7 Nat Wraith  England (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 20) Right-handed —
8 Jess Hazell  England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Bowlers
10 Lorraine Szczepanski  England (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm off break
13 Georgia Tulip  England (1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 24) Left-handed Left-arm medium
16 Tilly Bond  England (2000-09-14) 14 September 2000 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
24 Lauren Filer  England (2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium

Notable players[]

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

Seasons[]

Women's County Championship[]

Season Division League standings[18] 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[19] 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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  4. ^ a b "Women's County T20 West Midlands Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  5. ^ "About Us". Western Storm. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Somerset Women v Surrey Women Second XI, 19th May 1956". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ "West Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Essex Women v Somerset Women, 15th September 2013". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Warwickshire Women v Somerset Women, 14th September 2014". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  10. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 2 2019". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
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  13. ^ "Statistics/Bowling/Standard". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  14. ^ "Statistics/Batting/Standard". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Somerset Women players". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Somerset Women". Somerset Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Somerset Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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  19. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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