Gloucestershire Women cricket team

1937–2006: Early History

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

2007–2024: 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.^[2] 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.^[9] Meanwhile, in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Gloucestershire gained two early promotions in the Midlands & North region in 2010 and 2011.^[10][11] 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.^[2] 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.^[12] Gloucestershire batter Chloe Skelton was the fifth-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 201 runs.^[13] In 2022, they finished bottom of Group 3 of the Twenty20 Cup.^[14] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the side won their group, finishing top of the initial group stage and beating Shropshire in the final.^[15] In 2024, the side finished 4th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 2nd in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.^[16][17]

2025–: Tier 2

As a part of the restructuring of Women's Domestic Cricket in England, Gloucestershire were placed in Tier 2 of the new Structure.^[18] Lauren Rowles, Head Coach of the England Men's Disability Team, was announced as the first Heach Coach of the new era.^[19] Multiple players, including 2024 Player's Player of the Year Emily Geach, 2024's top scorer Becca Halliday and BBC Test Match Special commentator Melissa Story were announced to be making the move into Tier 2 with the team, along with a cadre of new signings, including new Captain Liv Daniels and Seamer Chloe Barnard.^[20]

In their first Tier 2 game, in the Metro Bank One Day Cup, Gloucestershire notched their first win against Derbyshire, winning a rain-affected game by 9 runs. Their first Vitality Blast win came lter in the year, defeating Kent by 32 runs at Canterbury. The Shire ended the season placing 5th in the One Day Cup and 5th in the South Group in the Vitality Blast, and were knocked out in the first round of the T20 Cup by Glamorgan.

Former player and England International Fran Wilson took over as Head Coach ahead of the 2026 season.^[21] That season, the team made their first final post-restructuring, making the Final of the T20 Blast, falling to Glamorgan in the final after beating Kent earlier in the day.^[22]

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.^[23] ‡ denotes players with international caps.

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No.	Name	Nat	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
27	Becca Halliday	England	(2001-09-27) 27 September 2001 (age 24)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Off Break
94	Maddie White	England		Right-Handed	—	Part of the Elite Player Pathway
All-rounders
4	Izzy Patel	England	(2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 21)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium
9	Emily Geach	England	(2004-02-15) 15 February 2004 (age 22)	Left-Handed	Right-Arm Medium	Vice-Captain
16	Liv Daniels	England	(2006-02-23) 23 February 2006 (age 20)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Off-Break	Captain
31	Prarthana Reddy	England	(2008-01-31) 31 January 2008 (age 18)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Leg-Break
32	Melissa Story	England	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 26)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium
78	Katie Dolman	England	(2004-03-20) 20 March 2004 (age 22)	Right Handed	Right-Arm Medium
81	Chloe Brewer	England	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 24)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium	On Loan from Warwickshire
85	Izzy Storrar	England	(2006-12-16) 16 December 2006 (age 19)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium-Fast	On Loan from Berkshire
92	Alice Hill	England	(2000-03-28) 28 March 2000 (age 26)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Off-Break
98	Amilie Munday	England	(2002-10-09) 9 October 2002 (age 23)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium	On Loan from Devon
Wicket-keepers
30	Georgina Start	England	(1996-01-02) 2 January 1996 (age 30)	Right-Handed	—
66	Meg Ahearne	England	(2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 21)	Right Handed	—
Bowlers
35	Alice Bird	England	(2005-11-11) 11 November 2005 (age 20)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium
44	Caitlin Belcher	England	(2004-06-14) 14 June 2004 (age 22)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Fast-Medium
52	Charlie Phillips	England	(1998-02-05) 5 February 1998 (age 28)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Off--Break
82	Bella Herring	England	(2009-08-10) 10 August 2009 (age 17)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium	Part of the Elite Player Pathway
84	Abi Bryan	England	(2009-04-28) 28 April 2009 (age 17)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium	Part of the Elite Player Pathway
86	Sophie Smith-Graham	England	(2008-01-22) 22 January 2008 (age 18)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Medium	Part of the Elite Player Pathway
95	Charlotte Phillips	England	(1995-03-04) 4 March 1995 (age 31)	Right-Handed	Right-Arm Off-Break
Source:[24] Updated: 3 August 2026

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Notable players

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

• Fran Wilson (2010)
• Danielle Gibson (2023)

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day