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Sussex Women

Personnel
Captain	Georgia Adams
Coach	Alexia Walker
Team information
Founded	UnknownFirst recorded match: 1936
Home ground	Variousincluding Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Sports Ground, Brighton
History
WCC wins	6
T20 Cup wins	2
Official website	Sussex Cricket

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. They are captained by Georgia Adams. They have won 6 Women's County Championships and 2 Women's Twenty20 Cups in their history. They are partnered with the regional side Southern Vipers.

History

1936–1996: Early History

Sussex Women played their first recorded match in 1936, against Surrey. 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. Sussex joined the Women's Area Championship in 1980, and played in the competition until it was discontinued in 1996.

1997– : Women's County Championship

Sussex joined the Women's County Championship for its inaugural season in 1997, finishing bottom of Division Two with one win. 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. 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. 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. Key to this success was players such as Rosalie Birch, Alexia Walker and Clare Connor, who were regularly top run-scorers for the side.

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. 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. 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.

In recent years, Sussex have struggled to replicate their early success in the County Championship, and were relegated from Division One in 2017. They managed to bounce straight back however, winning Division Two in 2018, and finished 3rd in Division One in 2019. 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. 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. They also joined the South Central Counties Cup in 2022, finishing fifth out of six teams in the inaugural edition. 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. In 2024, the side topped their group in both the Twenty20 Cup and the new ECB Women's County One-Day tournament.

Players

Current squad

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

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 29)	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 29)	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 42)	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 26)	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 22)	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 24)	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

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

• Doris Turner (1934)
• Betty Birch (1951)
• Jean Cummins (1954)
• Kay Green (1954)
• Helene Hegarty (1954)
• Anne Sanders (1954)
• Helen Sharpe (1957)
• Josephine Batson (1958)
• Barbara Pont (1960)
• Shirley Hodges (1969)
• Shirley Ellis (1973)
• Jan Southgate (1976)
• Jan Brittin (1979)
• Helen Stother (1982)
• Jane Powell (1984)
• Lesley Cooke (1986)
• Joan Lee (1986)
• Elaine Wulcko (1987)
• Janni Jønsson (1989)
• Sarah-Jane Cook (1990)
• Clare Connor (1995)
• Haidee Tiffen (1999)
• Arran Brindle (1999)
• Caroline Atkins (2001)
• Kate Oakenfold (2001)
• Alexia Walker (2001)
• Mandie Godliman (2002)
• Aimee Watkins (2002)
• Sara McGlashan (2002)
• Rosalie Birch (2003)
• Holly Colvin (2005)
• Sarah Taylor (2006)
• Laura Marsh (2006)
• Mignon du Preez (2007)
• Charlie Russell (2007)
• Erin Osborne (2009)
• Danni Wyatt (2010)
• Georgia Elwiss (2011)
• Linsey Smith (2018)
• Freya Davies (2019)
• Tara Norris (2021)
• Freya Kemp (2022)
• Paige Scholfield (2024)
• Georgia Adams (2024)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

ECB Women's County One-Day

Honours

• County Championship:
  • Division One Champions (6) – 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013
  • Division Two Champions (3) – 1999, 2001, 2018
• Women's Twenty20 Cup:
  • Champions (2) – 2012, 2015
  • Group winners (2) – 2022 & 2023
• ECB Women's County One-Day:
  • Group winners (1) – 2024

See also

• Sussex County Cricket Club
• Southern Vipers

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