The Hampshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Hampshire, and was a replacement for regional team Southern Vipers. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including the Rose Bowl, Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, and Falkland CC. They are captained by Georgia Adams. They currently play in the Women's One-Day Cup and the Women's T20 Blast
History 1811–1996: Early History Hampshire Women played their first recorded match in 1811, against Surrey Women. They then went on to play various one-off matches against neighbouring counties, sometimes as a combined team with Dorset. They played against a touring Australia side in 1937 and 1957.
1997– : Women's County Championship Hampshire Women joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, finishing 3rd in Division 3. Over the following seasons, Hampshire remained in the lower divisions of the Championship: they were promoted to Division Two in 2002, but only remained there for two seasons, and reached as low as Division Four in 2008 and 2011. However, 2015 saw a sharp change in Hampshire's fortunes as they won Division 3 with six wins out of eight games, and then two seasons later were promoted to Division 1, topping Division Two in 2017. Hampshire then won Division One at their first attempt, in 2018, winning six of their seven matches. Hampshire's remarkable rise was helped by England captain Charlotte Edwards, who played for the club in 2017 and 2018, and overseas player Suzie Bates, who was the Division's leading run-scorer in their Championship-winning season.
Hampshire Women also had a similar rise in the Women's Twenty20 Cup. After playing in the lower regional divisions in the early years of the tournament, they gained promotion from Division 3 in 2015 and from Division 2 in 2018, topping the league with 7 wins from 8 games. Hampshire bowler Providence Cowdrill was the leading wicket-taker in the division, with 15 wickets. In 2019, their first season in Division 1, they finished 4th with 4 wins. In 2021, they played in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 3rd with 3 wins. Hampshire bowler Finty Trussler was the leading wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 16 wickets at an average of 6.50. They finished third in their group of the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup. They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, and won the inaugural edition of the tournament, going unbeaten. They lost in their group final of the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, and finished second in the 2023 South Central Counties Cup on head-to-head record. In 2024, the side finished won their group in the Twenty20 Cup before finishing third at the National Finals, and 6th in their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.
Players Current squad No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. denotes players with international caps. No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters8 Ella McCaughan Right-handed Right-arm leg break 12 Abi Norgrove Right-handed Right-arm off break 14 Maia Bouchier Right-handed Right-arm medium England central contract — Shristi Patil Right-handed Right-arm leg break All-rounders1 Georgia Adams Right-handed Right-arm off break Club captain11 Naomi Dattani Left-handed Left-arm medium 13 Francesca Sweet Right-handed Right-arm medium — Eva Gray Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers 7 Pippa Sproul Right-handed — 17 Rhianna Southby Right-handed — Bowlers15 Daisy Gibb Right-handed Right-arm medium 19 Hannah Hardwick Right-handed Right-arm medium 24 Poppy Tulloch Right-handed Right-arm medium 33 Ava Lee Right-handed Right-arm off break 35 Bex Tyson Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox 50 Linsey Smith Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox England central contract63 Lauren Bell Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium England central contract— Eve O'Neill Right-handed Right-arm leg break Source: Updated: 1 October 2026
Notable players Players who have played for Hampshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Betty Snowball (1934) Charlotte Edwards (1996) Suzie Bates (2006) Ellyse Perry (2007) Amanda-Jade Wellington (2016) Katie George (2018) Linsey Smith (2018) Freya Davies (2019) Maia Bouchier (2021) Charlie Dean (2021) Lauren Bell (2022) Freya Kemp (2022) Georgia Adams (2024) Pippa Sproul (2025)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 1997 Division 3 3 1 2 0 0 16.5 28.5 3rd 1998 Division 3 5 2 3 0 0 36 60 4th 1999 Division 3 5 3 2 0 0 36.5 72.5 3rd 2000 Division 3 5 3 2 0 0 33.5 69.5 4th 2001 Division 3 4 3 1 0 0 33.5 69.5 2nd 2002 Division 3 5 3 0 0 2 24.5 82.5 1st Promoted 2003 Division 2 5 1 4 0 0 26 38 5th 2004 Division 2 5 2 3 0 0 35 59 4th 2005 Division 3 6 2 3 0 1 30.5 65.5 4th Relegated 2006 County Challenge Cup G4 3 3 0 0 0 0 60 1st Lost promotion playoff 2007 County Challenge Cup Div A 6 1 3 0 2 6 51 3rd 2008 Division 4 6 1 5 0 0 11 31 4th 2009 Division 3 10 2 8 0 0 16 56 5th 2010 Division 3 10 0 10 0 0 38 38 6th Relegated 2011 Division 4 10 5 3 0 2 49 99 3rd 2012 Division 3 8 0 2 0 6 3 3 9th 2013 Division 3 8 2 6 0 0 42 62 8th 2014 Division 3 8 2 5 0 1 29 49 8th 2015 Division 3 8 6 1 0 1 49 109 1st Promoted 2016 Division 2 7 5 2 0 0 45 95 3rd 2017 Division 2 7 6 1 0 0 51 111 1st Promoted 2018 Division 1 7 6 1 0 0 49 109 1st Champions 2019 Division 1 7 3 4 0 0 50 80 5th
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 5 3 2 1 0 0 −2.73 4 2nd 2010 Division S2 3 2 1 0 0 +1.48 4 2nd Lost promotion play-off 2011 Division S2 3 2 1 0 0 − 4 2nd Lost promotion play-off 2012 Division S2 3 1 2 0 0 +1.26 2 3rd 2013 Division S2 3 2 1 0 0 +0.41 4 2nd 2014 Division 3A 4 4 0 0 0 +1.61 16 3rd 2015 Division 3 8 7 1 0 0 +1.54 28 2nd Promoted 2016 Division 2 7 3 4 0 0 −0.33 12 6th 2017 Division 2 8 4 2 0 2 +1.08 18 3rd 2018 Division 2 8 7 1 0 0 +2.27 28 1st Promoted 2019 Division 1 8 4 3 0 1 −0.19 17 4th 2021 South East 8 3 3 0 2 +0.28 14 3rd 2022 Group 6 6 2 4 0 0 –1.00 8 3rd 2023 Group 5 6 4 2 0 0 +1.07 16 1st Lost final 2024 Group 4 8 5 3 0 0 +0.44 102 1st 3rd in National Finals Group
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 4 6th
Honours County Championship: Division One champions (1) – 2018 Division Two champions (1) – 2017 Division Three champions (2) – 2002 & 2015 Women's Twenty20 Cup Division Two champions (1) – 2018
See also Hampshire County Cricket Club Southern Vipers
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