Statistics compiled by Matthew Kingdom
Date | Title | Description |
23/06/1930 | West of England Women play first recorded match | West of England Women compete in their first recorded match, against Midlands Women at Bournville Cricket Ground. The match is drawn |
06/06/1953 | First Somerset Women’s match | First match against Gloucestershire A in Bristol, which Somerset won by 5 wickets. |
20/06/1953 | First Women’s Match at County Ground, Taunton | First recorded women’s match at the County Ground, Taunton, between South Women and Women’s Cricket Association |
19/05/1956 | First Recorded Match (at Morlands) | Somerset Women play their first match, versus Surrey Women Second XI at Morlands Athletic Ground, Glastonbury – Surrey 2nd XI win by 116 runs |
25/05/1963 | First use of County Ground, Taunton by West of England | First recorded match by West of England Women at the County Ground, Taunton, against Australia |
31/05/1980 | West of England Women in Area Championship | West of England Women, including Somerset, begin competing in the Women’s Area Championship (1980-1996) |
06/09/1986 | West of England in Area Championship Final | West of England reach the Area Championship final for the first and only time, which they lose to Kent |
26/07/1997 | Women’s County Championship begins | The Women’s County Championship begins, with West of England competing, doing so for three seasons (1997-1999) |
17/08/1997 | First International Match at County Ground, Taunton | England play South Africa in an ODI at the County Ground, Taunton, the first women’s international at the ground |
29/07/2000 | First WCC Match for Somerset | Somerset play their first Women’s County Championship match, against East Anglia. They win by 9 wickets, with Hannah Lloyd scoring 63*. Overall, they finish third in Division 2, with three wins and two losses. |
14/08/2002 | First Test Match at County Ground, Taunton | England play India in a Test match at the County Ground, Taunton; Mithali Raj scores a record 214 |
28/07/2004 | WCC Division 2 Champions | Somerset win Division 2 of the Women’s County Championship for the first time, but are not promoted due to rearrangements in the structure of the tournament |
10/07/2005 | First use of County Ground, Taunton by Somerset | Somerset play their first match at the County Ground, Taunton, against Nottinghamshire in the Women’s County Championship. Somerset win by 43 runs, with Steph Davies scoring 65 and taking 4/17 |
27/07/2005 | WCC Division 2 Champions | Somerset win Division 2, gaining promotion to Division 1 of the Women’s County Championship for the first time |
29/08/2006 | Taunton becomes home of England Women’s Cricket | On Day 1 of the England v India Test match at the County Ground, Taunton, it is announced that Taunton will become the new “Home of England Women’s Cricket” |
19/05/2007 | Shrubsole List A Best Bowling Figures | Anya Shrubsole takes the best List A Bowling Figures for Somerset Women (and personally), with 7/28 from 9 overs v Surrey. She also takes two catches, meaning she contributed to 9 out of 10 wickets – the other was run out by Hannah Lloyd. |
02/09/2005 | First T20I at County Ground, Taunton | England play Australia in a T20I at the County Ground, Taunton |
11/06/2009 | Women’s World T20 at the County Ground, Taunton | The County Ground, Taunton plays host to the group stage of the inaugural ICC Women’s World T20 |
29/07/2009 | Women’s Twenty20 Cup begins | Somerset compete in the first Women’s Twenty20 Cup, winning Division 2 of the tournament with two wins + one no result |
23/07/2013 | Shrubsole T20 High Score (+ records) | Anya Shrubsole scores the first, and only, T20 century for Somerset Women, with 109* from 48 deliveries against Wales. It remains the fastest century by an English woman in T20 cricket. Somerset’s total of 255/3 is the highest total in English women’s T20 cricket. Somerset lose their group final later that day, although Fran Wilson finishes as the leading run-scorer across the whole competition, with 290 runs |
15/09/2013 | WCC Division 2 Champions | Somerset finish 2nd in Division 2, but defeat first-placed Lancashire in a subsequent play-off. However, their promotion play-off against Essex (who lost a Division 1 relegation play-off) is abandoned due to rain, so Somerset remain in Division 2. Somerset player Jenny Withers is the leading wicket-taker across the whole County Championship, with 20 wickets |
25/05/2015 | Team High Score in List A | Somerset score 312/2 against Devon at Taunton Vale Sports Club, their highest score in List A cricket. Both Lizelle Lee (111) and Sophie Luff (109*) make centuries |
13/09/2015 | WCC Division 2 Champions (with Luff List A HS) | Somerset defeat Wales by 141 runs at the County Ground, Taunton to secure the Division 2 Women’s County Championship title. Sophie Luff makes 138*, the highest List A score for Somerset Women |
24/07/2016 | WCT20 Division 2 Champions | Somerset win Division 2 of the Women’s Twenty20 Cup, gaining promotion. Somerset’s Nicole Richards is the leading wicket-taker across the whole tournament, with 15 wickets |
26/06/2017 | Women’s World Cup at the County Ground, Taunton | The County Ground, Taunton hosts seven group stage matches in the Women’s World Cup |
17/06/2018 | Hawker T20 Best Bowling Figures | Jackie Hawker takes the first, and only, five-wicket haul for Somerset Women in T20 cricket, with 5/6 from 3 overs against Cheshire. |
30/06/2019 | WCT20 Division 2 Champions | Somerset win Division 2 of the Women’s Twenty20 Cup. However, this is the final season of national county competition, with the subsequent introduction of eight-team regional cricket at domestic level in England. Somerset captain Sophie Luff is the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 316 runs |
18/07/2019 | First Ashes Test at County Ground, Taunton | The County Ground, Taunton hosts its first Ashes Test match, which ends in a draw |
16/05/2021 | WCT20 West Midlands Group Winners | Somerset win the West Midlands Group of the Women’s Twenty20 Cup, in the first year of the new regionalised tournament |
14/05/2023 | WCT20 Group 8 Winners | Somerset win Group 8 of the Women’s Twenty20 Cup, defeating Wales under the floodlights at the County Ground, Taunton on Finals Day after a rain-ruined group stage |