Somerset Women cricket team

1953–1999: Early History

Somerset Women first formed in 1953, and played their first recorded match on 6 June that year, against Gloucestershire A.^[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 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] They finished second in their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup and subsequently progressed to the group final, where they lost to Warwickshire.^[15] In the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, all of the side's group stage matches were rained-off, but they beat Devon and Wales on the group Finals Day to win their group.^[16] They also played various 50-over friendlies against other sides in the South West.^[17] In 2024, the side finished 2nd in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 5th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.^[18][19]

Somerset have had various notable players appear for them over the years, most prominently the former England players Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson.^[20]

Current squad

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• ‡ denotes players with international caps.

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No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
4	Anika Learoyd	Australia	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg spin	Overseas player
5	Heather Knight ‡	England	(1990-12-26) 26 December 1990 (age 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	England central contract
18	Rebecca Odgers	England	(2003-02-10) 10 February 2003 (age 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
21	Emma Corney	England	(2003-09-15) 15 September 2003 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
40	Ruby Davis	England	(2004-10-09) 9 October 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	—
63	Sophie Luff	England	(1993-12-06) 6 December 1993 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Club captain
All-rounders
24	Charlie Dean ‡	England	(2000-12-22) 22 December 2000 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	England central contract
25	Alex Griffiths	Wales	(2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
27	Niamh Holland	England	(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
28	Dani Gibson ‡	England	(2001-04-30) 30 April 2001 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	England central contract
73	Jasmine Westley	England	(2004-11-19) 19 November 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
22	Jess Hazell	England	(2004-08-22) 22 August 2004 (age 22)	Right-handed	—
38	Katie Jones	England	(2005-12-28) 28 December 2005 (age 20)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
2	Bea Willis	England	(2004-11-21) 21 November 2004 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
14	Mollie Robbins	England	(1998-10-04) 4 October 1998 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
16	Erin Vukusic ‡	Croatia	(2005-12-16) 16 December 2005 (age 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
20	Chloe Skelton	England	(2001-06-20) 20 June 2001 (age 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
23	Lola Harris	England	(2006-10-20) 20 October 2006 (age 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
41	Maddie Russell	England	(2010-06-04) 4 June 2010 (age 16)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
45	Ellie Anderson	England	(2003-10-30) 30 October 2003 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
95	Olivia Barnes	England	(2006-07-09) 9 July 2006 (age 20)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Source:[21] Updated: 15 March 2026

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Notable players

Players who have played for Somerset and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[22]

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day