The Devon Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Devon. They play their home games at The Holt in Budleigh Salterton. They are captained by Steph Hutchins. In 2025 they competed in Division 1 of League Three as part of the newly restructured women's game in England and Wales, having been unsuccessful in their bid to attain Tier 2 status.
History Devon Women joined the County Challenge Cup in 2005, finishing 2nd in their group in their first season. In 2008, their first season in the Women's County Championship proper, they were promoted from Division 5 South & West, winning all four of their games. After being promoted to Division 2 in 2011, they have remained there ever since, achieving their best finish of 3rd in 2012, 2014 and 2017, helped by standout performances from players such as Rosalie Birch, Jodie Dibble and Caitlin O'Keefe. Devon joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup in its inaugural season, 2009, winning Division 4 with two out of three wins that year. From 2015, when the competition first moved to a national format, until 2018, Devon played in Division 3: they were promoted in 2018, topping Division 3A, and played in Division 2 in 2019. In 2021, they competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 2nd with 4 wins. In 2022, they won Group 8 of the Twenty20 Cup, topping the group before emerging victorious on Finals Day, beating Cornwall in the final. After all of their group stage matches were rained-off in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, the side lost in the group semi-final. In 2024, the side finished 5th in their group in the Twenty20 Cup and won their group in the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament, winning all four of their matches.
Players Current squad
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters5 Jemima Vereker Right-handed Unknown 7 Charlotte Taylor Unknown Right-handed Unknown 8 Ella Gill Unknown Right-handed Right-arm off break20 Amelie Munday Right-handed Unknown 22 Elle Golsworthy Unknown Right-handed Unknown 25 Hollie Perkin Unknown Right-arm medium 31 Gemma Lancaster Right-handed Right-arm medium N/A Megan Hayward Unknown Right-handed Unknown N/A Jessica Breban Unknown Right-handed Unknown All-rounders13 Ellie Bishop Right-handed Right-arm off break27 Regina Lili'i Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers3 Georgia Read Right-handed – 9 Megan Snape Unknown Right-handed – N/A Emma Phillipson Unknown Right-handed – Bowlers6 Imogen Daldorph Right-handed Right-arm medium 11 Maddie Russell Unknown Unknown Left-arm medium 16 JoJo Baylis Right-handed Right-arm medium 17 Steph Hutchins Right-handed Right-arm off break Club captain29 Abbie Lockett Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium 41 Katie Harman Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium 88 Katie Donovan Left-handed Right-arm medium N/A Naomi Hillman-Bermejo Unknown Right-arm leg break N/A Esther Woolley Unknown Unknown Right-arm medium
Notable players Players who have played for Devon and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Aimee Watkins (2002) Rosalie Birch (2003) Olivia Anderson (2008) Heather Knight (2010) Felicity Leydon-Davis (2014) Jodie Cook (2014) Regina Lili'i (2019) Naomi Hillman-Bermejo (2022) Erin Vukusic (2024) Katie Donovan (2024)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2005 County Challenge Cup G4 3 2 1 0 0 22.5 46.5 2nd 2006 County Challenge Cup G4 3 1 2 0 0 7 27 3rd 2007 County Challenge Cup G1 3 2 0 0 1 3 63 1st Lost promotion playoff 2008 Division 5 S&W 4 4 0 0 0 0 80 1st Promoted 2009 Division 3 10 7 2 0 1 5 150 2nd 2010 Division 3 10 7 3 0 0 55 125 4th 2011 Division 3 9 3 4 0 2 44 74 3rd Promoted 2012 Division 2 8 4 3 0 1 44 84 3rd 2013 Division 2 8 1 6 0 1 32 42 8th 2014 Division 2 8 5 2 0 1 40 90 3rd 2015 Division 2 8 3 5 0 0 45 75 7th 2016 Division 2 7 4 3 0 0 44 84 4th 2017 Division 2 7 5 2 0 0 46 96 3rd 2018 Division 2 7 3 4 0 0 44 74 4th 2019 Division 2 7 4 2 0 1 39 84 4th 2024 Group 3 4 4 0 0 0 4 20 1st
Women's Twenty20 Cup Season Division League standings Notes P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos 2009 Division 4 3 2 1 0 0 +1.03 4 1st 2010 Division S&W 1 3 0 3 0 0 −1.80 0 4th 2011 Division S&W 1 3 2 1 0 0 +0.08 4 2nd 2012 Division S&W 1 3 0 3 0 0 −3.04 0 4th Relegated 2013 Division S&W 2 3 3 0 0 0 +4.92 6 1st 2014 Division 2C 4 1 3 0 0 −1.36 4 8th Relegated 2015 Division 3 8 6 2 0 0 +2.55 24 3rd 2016 Division 3 8 6 2 0 0 +1.99 24 3rd 2017 Division 3A 8 4 2 0 2 +1.55 18 3rd 2018 Division 3A 8 8 0 0 0 +4.09 32 1st Promoted 2019 Division 2 8 3 3 0 2 −0.36 14 7th 2021 South West 8 4 2 0 2 +2.96 18 2nd 2022 Group 8 6 5 0 0 1 +1.41 21 1st Group winners 2023 Group 8 6 0 0 0 6 +0.00 6 2nd 2024 Group 4 8 4 2 0 2 +0.67 72 5th
ECB Women's County One-Day Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 3 4 4 0 0 0 4 20 1st Group winners 2025 League 3 Division 1 7 5 0 0 2 3 27 1st Group winners
Honours Women's Twenty20 Cup: Group winners (1) – 2022 ECB Women's County One-Day: Group winners (1) – 2024
See also
Devon County Cricket Club Western Storm
References