Gloucestershire Women cricket team

The Gloucestershire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Gloucestershire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Alice Hill.[1] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 won the South West Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[2] They are partnered with the regional side Western Storm.[3]

Gloucestershire Women
Personnel
CaptainAlice Hill
CoachRalph Hardwick
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1935
Home groundVarious
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteGloucestershire Cricket Board

History

1937–2006: Early History

Gloucestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Hampshire.[4] Two years later, they drew a match against Australia as part of their tour of England.[5] Since then, they played various one-off matches against other county sides and Second XIs.[6]

2007– : Women's County Championship

In 2007, Gloucestershire Women joined the County Challenge Cup, the feeder tier of the Women's County Championship, finishing 3rd in their group.[7] The following season, they joined the full Championship, in Division Five South & West, again finishing third.[8] Gloucestershire were promoted to Division Three in 2012, and except a brief spell in Division Four in 2015, have played there ever since.[9] In 2017 they just missed out on promotion to Division Two, losing a play-off match to Essex by 6 wickets, after topping Division 3B.[10] Meanwhile, in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Gloucestershire gained two early promotions in the Midlands & North region in 2010 and 2011.[11][12] After the competition took on a nationwide format in 2015, Gloucestershire have mainly played in Division Three, with brief spells in both Divisions Four and Two.[13] In 2021, they competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, and won the group, going unbeaten with 4 wins and 4 matches abandoned due to rain.[14] Gloucestershire batter Chloe Skelton was the fifth-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 201 runs.[15] In 2022, they finished bottom of Group 3 of the Twenty20 Cup.[16]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[17] ‡ denotes players with international caps.

Name Nationality Apps Notes
Alice Hill England6Club captain
Bhoomika Bhat England6
Marlene Brown England2
Imogen Davies England2
Lily Day England3
Katie Dolman England6
Beatrix Ellis England4Wicket-keeper
Danielle Gibson ‡ England0
Katie Jones England4Wicket-keeper
Charlie Phillips England6
Charlotte Phillips England3
Prarthana Reddy England1
Gabby Reeves England2
Mollie Robbins England6
Chloe Skelton England2
Melissa Story England6
Bea Willis England5
Fran Wilson ‡ England2

Notable players

Players who have played for Gloucestershire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[18]

Seasons

Women's County Championship
Season Division League standings[19] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2007 County Challenge Cup G2 311013383rd
2008 Division 5 S&W 422006463rd
2009 Division 5 S&W 541004842nd
2010 Division 5 S&W 6510037871st
2011 Division 5 S&W 86002461061st Promoted
2012 Division 3 8200615352nd
2013 Division 3 8250141617th
2014 Division 3 8160124349th Relegated
2015 Division 4 S&W 5400131711st Promoted
2016 Division 3 8510237873rd
2017 Division 3B 4400031711st Lost promotion playoff
2018 Division 3C 6420041812nd
2019 Division 3C 5230030504th

Women's Twenty20 Cup
Season Division League standings[20] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 6 30003–31st
2010 Division M&N 4 21010+0.6931st Promoted
2011 Division M&N 3 33000+2.5261st Promoted
2012 Division M&N 2 31101−1.4523rd Relegated
2013 Division M&N 3 21100−0.4922nd
2014 Division 3A 42200+0.1686th
2015 Division 3 82600−0.7888th Relegated
2016 Division 4B 64002+5.61181st
2017 Division 3A 86002+2.96261st Promoted
2018 Division 2 81700−2.2049th Relegated
2019 Division 3A 83302−3.08144th
2021 South West 84004+0.78201st Group winners
2022 Group 3 60600−2.4704th
2023 Group 3 63003+2.82151st Group winners

Honours

See also

References
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  2. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. "About Us". Western Storm. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. "Gloucestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. "Gloucestershire Women vs Australia Women, 1 July 1937". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  8. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 5 S&W - 2008". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  10. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 3B - 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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  12. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division M&N 3 - 2011". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. "Women's County T20 South West Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. "Batting and Fielding in Vitality Women's County T20 2021 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  16. "Women's County T20 Group 3 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  17. "Batting and Fielding for Gloucestershire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  18. "Gloucestershire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  19. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  20. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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