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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

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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] They finished second in the group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost in the group semi-final.[13] In 2024, the side finished 7th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and 6th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[14][15]

Players

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Current squad

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Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[16]

Name Nationality Apps Notes
Isla Thomson   England 3 Club captain
Maxine Blythin   England 3
Emily Bogg   England 3 Wicket-keeper
Katy Cobb   England 2
Jenny Heppell   England 3
Thea Hopkins   England 2
Holly Morgan   England 1
Florence Sharman   England 3
Anna-Mae Shearn   England 1
Lauren Shrubsole   England 3
Emily Smith   England 3
Victoria Stone   England 4
Poppy Walker   England 3
Lois Wright   England 3

Notable players

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Players who have played for Wiltshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[17]

Seasons

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Women's County Championship

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Season Division League standings[2] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2001 Division 3 4 0 4 0 0 17.5 17.5 5th
2002 Division 3 5 0 3 0 2 14 36 6th Relegated
2003 Emerging Counties 2 1 1 0 0 13 25 2nd
2004 County Challenge Cup G3 3 0 3 0 0 14 14 4th
2005 County Challenge Cup G4 3 1 2 0 0 17 29 3rd
2006 County Challenge Cup G3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 4th
2007 County Challenge Cup G1 3 0 3 0 0 3 3 4th
2008 Division 5 L&E 3 1 2 0 0 2 22 3rd
2009 Division 5 S&W 5 0 4 0 1 7 12 6th
2010 Division 5 S&W 6 4 2 0 0 37 77 2nd
2011 Division 5 S&W 8 0 6 0 2 24 24 5th
2012 Division 4 S&W 4 0 2 0 2 8 8 5th
2013 Division 4 S&W 4 2 2 0 0 25 45 2nd
2014 Division 4 S&W 4 1 3 0 0 19 29 4th
2015 Division 4 S&W 5 1 2 0 2 12 22 4th
2016 Division 4 S&W 4 1 2 0 1 13 23 4th
2017 Division 3B 4 0 3 1 0 15 20 5th
2018 Division 3B 6 1 5 0 0 18 28 3rd
2019 Division 3C 5 0 5 0 0 14 14 6th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Season Division League standings[2] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 6 3 0 0 0 3 − 3 1st
2010 Division S&W 2 3 3 0 0 0 +2.29 6 1st
2011 Division S&W 2 3 2 1 0 0 +0.35 4 2nd
2012 Division S&W 2 3 1 2 0 0 −1.02 2 3rd
2013 Division S&W 2 3 0 3 0 0 −2.55 0 4th
2014 Division 4D 4 0 4 0 0 −1.74 0 12th
2015 Division 4B 6 1 5 0 0 −0.87 4 3rd
2016 Division 4B 6 2 2 0 2 −0.30 10 2nd
2017 Division 3A 8 1 7 0 0 −1.94 4 6th
2018 Division 3A 8 0 8 0 0 −3.16 0 6th
2019 Division 3A 8 0 6 0 2 −1.48 2 6th
2021 South West 8 0 8 0 0 −3.83 0 6th
2022 Group 8 6 2 4 0 0 −0.31 0 3rd
2023 Group 3 6 2 0 0 4 +2.21 12 2nd
2024 Group 4 8 2 4 0 2 –0.65 50 7th

ECB Women's County One-Day

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Season Group League standings[18] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2024 Group 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 6 6th

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Wiltshire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "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. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 3 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Vitality Women's County T20 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Vitality Women's County Championship 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Wiltshire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  17. ^ "Wiltshire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  18. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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