Sussex Women cricket team

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
Personnel
CaptainGeorgia Adams
CoachAlexia Walker
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1936
Home groundVarious
including Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Sports Ground, Brighton
History
WCC wins6
T20 Cup wins2
Official websiteSussex Cricket

History

1936–1996: Early History

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]

1997– : Women's County Championship

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]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.[24]

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Georgia Adams England (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm off breakClub captain
Maya Champion England (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995UnknownUnknown
Isabelle Collis England (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Ella McCaughan England (2002-09-26) 26 September 2002Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Emily Spooner England (1999-08-28) 28 August 1999Right-handedUnknown
Phoebe Wilkinson England (2000-03-22) 22 March 2000UnknownUnknown
All-rounders
Georgia Elwiss ‡ England (1991-05-31) 31 May 1991Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
Freya Kemp ‡ England (2005-04-21) 21 April 2005Left-handedLeft-arm medium
Paige Scholfield England (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium
Regina Suddahazai ‡ Italy (2005-06-18) 18 June 2005Right-handedRight-arm medium
Mary Taylor England (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004Right-handedRight-arm medium
Alexia Walker ‡ England (1982-11-26) 26 November 1982Right-handedRight-arm medium
Danni Wyatt ‡ England (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991Right-handedRight-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Mollie Adams England (2007-04-12) 12 April 2007Right-handedRight-arm off break
Nicole Faltum Australia (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000Right-handedRight-arm leg breakOverseas player
Lucy Western England (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998Right-handed–
Bowlers
Anna Buckle England (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996UnknownUnknown
Freya Davies ‡ England (1995-10-27) 27 October 1995Right-handedRight-arm fast-medium
Indigo Gentry England (2002-12-10) 10 December 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
Daisy Gibb England (2000-02-21) 21 February 2000Right-handedRight-arm medium
Chiara Green England (1993-10-18) 18 October 1993Right-handedRight-arm off break
Nancy Harman England (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999Right-handedRight-arm leg break
Beth Harvey England (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998Right-handedRight-arm off break
Cassidy McCarthy England (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002Right-handedRight-arm medium
Faye Mullins England (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000UnknownUnknown
Hope Mullins England (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000UnknownUnknown
Alice Noakes England (2007-01-06) 6 January 2007Right-handedRight-arm medium
Tara Norris ‡ United States (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998Left-handedLeft-arm medium
Linsey Smith ‡ England (1995-03-10) 10 March 1995Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodox
Millie Taylor England (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004Right-handedSlow left-arm unorthodox

Notable players

Players who have played for Sussex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[25]

Seasons

Women's County Championship
Season Division League standings[26] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
1997 Division 2 5140025376th
1998 Division 2 5230031554th
1999 Division 2 5500039991st Promoted
2000 Division 1 5140029.541.56th Relegated
2001 Division 2 55000431031st Promoted
2002 Division 1 5210221673rd
2003 Division 1 5410028.586.51st Champions
2004 Division 1 55000461061st Champions
2005 Division 1 6310230881st Champions
2006 Division 1 641011852nd
2007 Division 1 6410121122nd
2008 Division 1 6500111071st Champions
2009 Division 1 10820041642nd
2010 Division 1 108200601401st Champions
2011 Division 1 107201571272nd
2012 Division 1 8500337873rd
2013 Division 1 86200561161st Champions
2014 Division 1 8330238685th
2015 Division 1 8421149943rd
2016 Division 1 8420241812nd
2017 Division 1 7340036667th Relegated
2018 Division 2 7510145951st Promoted
2019 Division 1 7430045853rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup
Season Division League standings[27] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 1 30102−1.0524th
2010 Division S1 32100+2.3042nd Lost semi-final
2011 Division S1 33000+2.1742nd Lost semi-final
2012 Division S1 32001+3.0351st Champions
2013 Division S1 32100+1.5341st Runners-up
2014 Division 1A 43100+0.20125th
2015 Division 1 86200+0.56241st Champions
2016 Division 1 72302−0.07107th
2017 Division 1 84202+0.54183rd
2018 Division 1 86200+1.19242nd
2019 Division 1 83401+0.30136th
2021 South East 83302–0.17144th
2022 Group 6 65100+0.91201st Group winners
2023 Group 5 63102+0.16142nd Group winners

Honours

See also

References
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