It was obvious from a very young age that a very determined Sophie would become an excellent cricketer. Sophie’s cricket journey started-out at her local Somerset village team, and at school.
She represented Somerset Girls squads, and rapidly progressed into the Somerset 1st team. She is a prolific to-order batter, and has amassed the most runs ever scored by a Somerset Player: She has scored five centuries, with a top score of 138 not-out against Wales in 2015.
Not unsurprisingly Sophie’s performances caught the eye of the England selectors, and she was picked for the National Development squads as early as 2008, and has represented the England Academy and A teams on numerous occasions, including tours to South Africa, Dubai and Sri Lanka.
Sophie became Somerset Captain in 2016. In that same year she was selected to be part of the Western Storm squad in the inaugural season of the Women’s [KIA] Super League: She has winners medals from the successful 2017 and 2019 campaigns.
Sophie has also developed her coaching skills, and in 2018 became the Head Coach for the Women’s and Girls squads at Somerset.
In 2020 Sophie became captain of Western Storm, eventually turning professional. And in 2021 was named as captain of the Welsh Fire team in the inaugural season of the Hundred Competition.
Sophie continues to represent Somerset.
Somerset Playing Statistics
| Playing Period: | 2009-present | Batting: | RHB |
| Appearances: | >130 | Bowling: | RA-M |
| Runs: | >4000 | ||
| Wickets: | <10 | ||
| Somerset Captain: | 2016-present |
| Other Teams: England Academy and A Team’s, Western Storm, Welsh Fire, London Spirit, New South Wales. |
Career Statistics
| Competition | WLA | WT20 |
| Matches | 100 | 137 |
| Runs scored | 3,415 | 2,410 |
| Batting average | 46.14 | 28.69 |
| 100s/50s | 7/20 | 0/10 |
| Top score | 157* | 78 |
| Balls bowled | 296 | 197 |
| Wickets | 2 | 8 |
| Bowling average | 130.50 | 29.75 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | 1/27 | 2/12 |
| Catches/stumpings | 32/– | 42/– |
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