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Gloucestershire Women cricket team

Gloucestershire Women cricket team

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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]

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History

1937–2006: Early History

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

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]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023 season.[18] ‡ denotes players with international caps.

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Notable players

Players who have played for Gloucestershire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[19]

Seasons

Women's County Championship

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Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Honours

See also

References

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