Gloucestershire Women cricket team

Gloucestershire Women
Personnel
CaptainAlice Hill
CoachRalph Hardwick
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1935
Home groundVarious
History
WCC wins0
T20 Cup wins0
Official websiteGloucestershire Cricket Board

The Gloucestershire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Gloucestershire. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, and are captained by Alice Hill.[1] In 2019, they played in Division Three of the final season of the Women's County Championship, and in 2021 won the South West Group of the Women's Twenty20 Cup.[2] They are partnered with the regional side Western Storm.[3]

History

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1937–2006: Early History

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Gloucestershire Women played their first recorded match in 1935, against Hampshire.[4] Two years later, they drew a match against Australia as part of their tour of England.[5] Since then, they played various one-off matches against other county sides and Second XIs.[6]

2007– : Women's County Championship

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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.[9] 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.[10] Meanwhile, in the Women's Twenty20 Cup, Gloucestershire gained two early promotions in the Midlands & North region in 2010 and 2011.[11][12] 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.[13] 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.[14] Gloucestershire batter Chloe Skelton was the fifth-highest run-scorer across the competition, with 201 runs.[15] In 2022, they finished bottom of Group 3 of the Twenty20 Cup.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18][19]

Players

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Current squad

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Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[20] ‡ denotes players with international caps.

Name Nationality Apps Notes
Alice Hill  England 6 Club captain
Bhoomika Bhat  England 6
Marlene Brown  England 2
Imogen Davies  England 2
Lily Day  England 3
Katie Dolman  England 6
Beatrix Ellis  England 4 Wicket-keeper
Danielle Gibson ‡  England 0
Katie Jones  England 4 Wicket-keeper
Charlie Phillips  England 6
Charlotte Phillips  England 3
Prarthana Reddy  England 1
Gabby Reeves  England 2
Mollie Robbins  England 6
Chloe Skelton  England 2
Melissa Story  England 6
Bea Willis  England 5
Fran Wilson ‡  England 2

Notable players

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Players who have played for Gloucestershire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[21]

Seasons

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Women's County Championship

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Season Division League standings[22] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2007 County Challenge Cup G2 3 1 1 0 1 3 38 3rd
2008 Division 5 S&W 4 2 2 0 0 6 46 3rd
2009 Division 5 S&W 5 4 1 0 0 4 84 2nd
2010 Division 5 S&W 6 5 1 0 0 37 87 1st
2011 Division 5 S&W 8 6 0 0 2 46 106 1st Promoted
2012 Division 3 8 2 0 0 6 15 35 2nd
2013 Division 3 8 2 5 0 1 41 61 7th
2014 Division 3 8 1 6 0 1 24 34 9th Relegated
2015 Division 4 S&W 5 4 0 0 1 31 71 1st Promoted
2016 Division 3 8 5 1 0 2 37 87 3rd
2017 Division 3B 4 4 0 0 0 31 71 1st Lost promotion playoff
2018 Division 3C 6 4 2 0 0 41 81 2nd
2019 Division 3C 5 2 3 0 0 30 50 4th

Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Season Division League standings[23] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 6 3 0 0 0 3 – 3 1st
2010 Division M&N 4 2 1 0 1 0 +0.69 3 1st Promoted
2011 Division M&N 3 3 3 0 0 0 +2.52 6 1st Promoted
2012 Division M&N 2 3 1 1 0 1 −1.45 2 3rd Relegated
2013 Division M&N 3 2 1 1 0 0 −0.49 2 2nd
2014 Division 3A 4 2 2 0 0 +0.16 8 6th
2015 Division 3 8 2 6 0 0 −0.78 8 8th Relegated
2016 Division 4B 6 4 0 0 2 +5.61 18 1st
2017 Division 3A 8 6 0 0 2 +2.96 26 1st Promoted
2018 Division 2 8 1 7 0 0 −2.20 4 9th Relegated
2019 Division 3A 8 3 3 0 2 −3.08 14 4th
2021 South West 8 4 0 0 4 +0.78 20 1st Group winners
2022 Group 3 6 0 6 0 0 −2.47 0 4th
2023 Group 3 6 3 0 0 3 +2.82 15 1st Group winners
2024 Group 4 8 4 2 0 2 +2.48 77 4th

ECB Women's County One-Day

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Season Group League standings[24] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2024 Group 3 4 4 0 0 0 4 20 2nd

Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Gloucestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  2. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ "About Us". Western Storm. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Gloucestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Gloucestershire Women vs Australia Women, 1 July 1937". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Gloucestershire Women Scorecards". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  7. ^ "ECB Women's County Challenge Cup G2 - 2007". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  8. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 5 S&W - 2008". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  9. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship Division 3B - 2017". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division M&N 4 - 2010". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  12. ^ "ECB Women's Twenty20 Cup Division M&N 3 - 2011". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  13. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  14. ^ "Women's County T20 South West Group - 2021". ECB Women's County Championship. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  15. ^ "Batting and Fielding in Vitality Women's County T20 2021 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  16. ^ "Women's County T20 Group 3 - 2022". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  17. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship/Women's County T20 Group 3 - 2023". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  18. ^ "Vitality Women's County T20 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Vitality Women's County Championship 2024". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Batting and Fielding for Gloucestershire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2023". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Gloucestershire Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
  22. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  23. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  24. ^ "ECB Women's County Championship". Play-Cricket. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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