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Sussex Women cricket team

The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Sports Ground and the County Cricket Ground, Hove.[1] They are captained by Georgia Adams.[2] They have won 6 Women's County Championships and 2 Women's Twenty20 Cups in their history.[3] They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.[4]

Sussex Women
Personnel
CaptainGeorgia Adams
CoachAlexia Walker
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1936
Home groundVarious
including Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Sports Ground, Brighton
History
WCC wins6
T20 Cup wins2
Official websiteSussex Cricket

History

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1936–1996: Early History

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Sussex Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Surrey.[5] They went on to play various one-off matches, often against nearby teams such as Middlesex, as well as against touring sides such as New Zealand.[6] Sussex joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it was discontinued in 1996.[7]

1997– : Women's County Championship

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Sussex joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, finishing bottom of Division Two with one win.[8] After a brief stint in the top division in 2000, Sussex became an established Division One side from 2002 onwards, and won their first title in 2003.[9] This began a prosperous era for Sussex Women, going on to be County Champions three times in a row, with victories in 2004 and 2005.[10] Other the next eight seasons, until 2013, Sussex never dropped out of the top 3 of Division One, and recorded three more title wins, in 2008, 2010 and 2013.[11] Key to this success was players such as Rosalie Birch, Alexia Walker and Clare Connor, who were regularly top run-scorers for the side.[12]

Sussex also joined the Women's Twenty20 Cup for its inaugural season in 2009, and qualified for the knockout stages in every season from 2010 to 2013.[13] Sussex won the title in 2012, beating Berkshire by ten wickets in the final: bowling their opponents out for 52, with Sussex bowler Izi Noakes taking 3/5.[14] Sussex went on to win their second T20 title in 2015, topping Division One with six wins from eight games, and finishing ahead of Yorkshire and Kent on Net Run Rate.[15]

In recent years, Sussex have struggled to replicate their early success in the County Championship, and were relegated from Division One in 2017.[16] They managed to bounce straight back however, winning Division Two in 2018, and finished 3rd in Division One in 2019.[17][18] In 2021, they competed in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 4th with 3 victories, as well as joining the Women's London Championship for its second season, in which they finished 4th out of 5 teams.[19][20][21] In 2022, they won their group of the Twenty20 Cup, topping the initial group stage before beating Kent in the final of the group Finals Day.[22] They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing fifth out of six teams in the inaugural edition.[23] In 2023, they won their group of the 2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, defeating Hampshire in the final, and the South Central Counties Cup, topping the group on head-to-head record.[24][25] In 2024, the side topped their group in both the Twenty20 Cup and the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.[26][27]

Players

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Current squad

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Based on appearances in the 2023 season. ‡ denotes players with international caps.[28]

Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Georgia Adams ‡   England (1993-10-04) 4 October 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break Club captain
Maya Champion   England (1995-11-28) 28 November 1995 (age 28) Unknown Unknown
Isabelle Collis   England (1996-09-22) 22 September 1996 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Ella McCaughan   England (2002-09-26) 26 September 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Emily Spooner   England (1999-08-28) 28 August 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Unknown
Phoebe Wilkinson   England (2000-03-22) 22 March 2000 (age 24) Unknown Unknown
All-rounders
Georgia Elwiss ‡   England (1991-05-31) 31 May 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast
Freya Kemp ‡   England (2005-04-21) 21 April 2005 (age 19) Left-handed Left-arm medium
Paige Scholfield ‡   England (1995-12-19) 19 December 1995 (age 28) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Regina Suddahazai ‡   Italy (2005-06-18) 18 June 2005 (age 19) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Mary Taylor   England (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Alexia Walker ‡   England (1982-11-26) 26 November 1982 (age 41) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Danni Wyatt ‡   England (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 33) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Mollie Adams   England (2007-04-12) 12 April 2007 (age 17) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Nicole Faltum   Australia (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player
Lucy Western   England (1998-11-27) 27 November 1998 (age 25) Right-handed –
Bowlers
Anna Buckle   England (1996-02-12) 12 February 1996 (age 28) Unknown Unknown
Freya Davies ‡   England (1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm fast-medium
Indigo Gentry   England (2002-12-10) 10 December 2002 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Daisy Gibb   England (2000-02-21) 21 February 2000 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Chiara Green   England (1993-10-18) 18 October 1993 (age 31) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Nancy Harman   England (1999-07-11) 11 July 1999 (age 25) Right-handed Right-arm leg break
Beth Harvey   England (1998-07-30) 30 July 1998 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm off break
Lottie Jeffreys   England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Tia Joseph   England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Cassidy McCarthy   England (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 22) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Faye Mullins   England (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23) Unknown Unknown
Hope Mullins   England (2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 24) Unknown Unknown
Alice Noakes   England (2007-01-06) 6 January 2007 (age 17) Right-handed Right-arm medium
Tara Norris ‡   United States (1998-06-04) 4 June 1998 (age 26) Left-handed Left-arm medium
Linsey Smith ‡   England (1995-03-10) 10 March 1995 (age 29) Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Maya Taylor   England Unknown Unknown Unknown
Millie Taylor   England (2004-10-07) 7 October 2004 (age 20) Right-handed Slow left-arm unorthodox

Notable players

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Players who have played for Sussex and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[29]

Seasons

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Women's County Championship

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Season Division League standings[30] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
1997 Division 2 5 1 4 0 0 25 37 6th
1998 Division 2 5 2 3 0 0 31 55 4th
1999 Division 2 5 5 0 0 0 39 99 1st Promoted
2000 Division 1 5 1 4 0 0 29.5 41.5 6th Relegated
2001 Division 2 5 5 0 0 0 43 103 1st Promoted
2002 Division 1 5 2 1 0 2 21 67 3rd
2003 Division 1 5 4 1 0 0 28.5 86.5 1st Champions
2004 Division 1 5 5 0 0 0 46 106 1st Champions
2005 Division 1 6 3 1 0 2 30 88 1st Champions
2006 Division 1 6 4 1 0 1 1 85 2nd
2007 Division 1 6 4 1 0 1 2 112 2nd
2008 Division 1 6 5 0 0 1 1 107 1st Champions
2009 Division 1 10 8 2 0 0 4 164 2nd
2010 Division 1 10 8 2 0 0 60 140 1st Champions
2011 Division 1 10 7 2 0 1 57 127 2nd
2012 Division 1 8 5 0 0 3 37 87 3rd
2013 Division 1 8 6 2 0 0 56 116 1st Champions
2014 Division 1 8 3 3 0 2 38 68 5th
2015 Division 1 8 4 2 1 1 49 94 3rd
2016 Division 1 8 4 2 0 2 41 81 2nd
2017 Division 1 7 3 4 0 0 36 66 7th Relegated
2018 Division 2 7 5 1 0 1 45 95 1st Promoted
2019 Division 1 7 4 3 0 0 45 85 3rd

Women's Twenty20 Cup

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Season Division League standings[31] Notes
P W L T A/C NRR Pts Pos
2009 Division 1 3 0 1 0 2 −1.05 2 4th
2010 Division S1 3 2 1 0 0 +2.30 4 2nd Lost semi-final
2011 Division S1 3 3 0 0 0 +2.17 4 2nd Lost semi-final
2012 Division S1 3 2 0 0 1 +3.03 5 1st Champions
2013 Division S1 3 2 1 0 0 +1.53 4 1st Runners-up
2014 Division 1A 4 3 1 0 0 +0.20 12 5th
2015 Division 1 8 6 2 0 0 +0.56 24 1st Champions
2016 Division 1 7 2 3 0 2 −0.07 10 7th
2017 Division 1 8 4 2 0 2 +0.54 18 3rd
2018 Division 1 8 6 2 0 0 +1.19 24 2nd
2019 Division 1 8 3 4 0 1 +0.30 13 6th
2021 South East 8 3 3 0 2 –0.17 14 4th
2022 Group 6 6 5 1 0 0 +0.91 20 1st Group winners
2023 Group 5 6 3 1 0 2 +0.16 14 2nd Group winners
2024 Group 3 8 6 1 0 1 +1.09 92 1st

ECB Women's County One-Day

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Season Group League standings[32] Notes
P W L T A/C BP Pts Pos
2024 Group 4 4 3 0 0 1 1 14 1st Group winners

Honours

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Georgia Adams will captain Sussex Women for 2017". 4 the Love of Sport. 27 April 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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  4. ^ "Southern Vipers Preview". the Cricketer. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
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