Wiltshire Women cricket team

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]

Wiltshire Women
Personnel
CaptainIsla Thomson
CoachSam Dent & Aled Evans
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 2000
Home groundVarious
including Trowbridge Cricket Club Ground
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteWiltshire Cricket

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]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[13]

Name Nationality Apps Notes
Isla Thomson England3Club captain
Maxine Blythin England3
Emily Bogg England3Wicket-keeper
Katy Cobb England2
Jenny Heppell England3
Thea Hopkins England2
Holly Morgan England1
Florence Sharman England3
Anna-Mae Shearn England1
Lauren Shrubsole England3
Emily Smith England3
Victoria Stone England4
Poppy Walker England3
Lois Wright England3

Notable players

Players who have played for Wiltshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[14]

Seasons

Women's County Championship
Season Division League standings[2] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Division 3 4040017.517.55th
2002 Division 3 5030214366th Relegated
2003 Emerging Counties 2110013252nd
2004 County Challenge Cup G3 3030014144th
2005 County Challenge Cup G4 3120017293rd
2006 County Challenge Cup G3 30300004th
2007 County Challenge Cup G1 30300334th
2008 Division 5 L&E 312002223rd
2009 Division 5 S&W 504017126th
2010 Division 5 S&W 6420037772nd
2011 Division 5 S&W 8060224245th
2012 Division 4 S&W 40202885th
2013 Division 4 S&W 4220025452nd
2014 Division 4 S&W 4130019294th
2015 Division 4 S&W 5120212224th
2016 Division 4 S&W 4120113234th
2017 Division 3B 4031015205th
2018 Division 3B 6150018283rd
2019 Division 3C 5050014146th

Women's Twenty20 Cup
Season Division League standings[2] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 6 30003−31st
2010 Division S&W 2 33000+2.2961st
2011 Division S&W 2 32100+0.3542nd
2012 Division S&W 2 31200−1.0223rd
2013 Division S&W 2 30300−2.5504th
2014 Division 4D 40400−1.74012th
2015 Division 4B 61500−0.8743rd
2016 Division 4B 62202−0.30102nd
2017 Division 3A 81700−1.9446th
2018 Division 3A 80800−3.1606th
2019 Division 3A 80602−1.4826th
2021 South West 80800−3.8306th
2022 Group 8 62400−0.3103rd
2023 Group 3 62004+2.21122nd

See also

References
  1. "Wiltshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. "About Us". Western Storm. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "Women's County Championship 2001 Tables". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 3 - 2002". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  6. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 5 S&W - 2010". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. "ECB Women's County Championship Division 4 S&W - 2013". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 2 S&W - 2010". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  9. "Buckinghamshire Women v Wiltshire Women, 4 August 2010". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  10. "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division 4B - 2016". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  11. "Women's County T20 South West Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. "Women's County T20 Group 8 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  13. "Batting and Fielding for Wiltshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  14. "Wiltshire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
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