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. 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. They are partnered with the regional side Western Storm.
History Wiltshire played their first recorded match in 2000, and joined the Women's County Championship a year later. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. In 2021, they competed in the South West Group of the Twenty20 Cup, but finished bottom. They finished third in their group in the 2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup, with two wins. They finished second in the group in the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, but lost in the group semi-final. 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.
Players Current squad Based on appearances in the 2023 season. Name Nationality NotesIsla Thomson 3 Club captainMaxine Blythin 3 Emily Bogg 3 Wicket-keeper Katy Cobb 2 Jenny Heppell 3 Thea Hopkins 2 Holly Morgan 1 Florence Sharman 3 Anna-Mae Shearn 1 Lauren Shrubsole 3 Emily Smith 3 Victoria Stone 4 Poppy Walker 3 Lois Wright 3
Notable players Players who have played for Wiltshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):
Janet Godman (1991) Lisa Keightley (1995)
Seasons Women's County Championship Season Division League standings 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 Season Division League standings 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 Season Group League standings Notes P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos 2024 Group 3 4 1 2 0 1 1 6 6th
See also Wiltshire County Cricket Club Western Storm
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