The Hampshire Women's cricket team is the women's representative

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team for the English historic county of

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. They play their home games at various grounds across the county, including Totton and Eling CC and the Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground. They are captained by

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. In

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, they won Division One of the

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. They are partnered with the regional side

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History

1811–1996: Early History

Hampshire Women played their first recorded match in 1811, against Surrey Women. They then went on to play various one-off matches against neighbouring counties, sometimes as a combined team with

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. They played against a touring

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side in 1937 and 1957.

1997– : Women's County Championship

Hampshire Women joined the

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, finishing 3rd in Division 3. Over the following seasons, Hampshire remained in the lower divisions of the Championship: they were promoted to Division Two in

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, but only remained there for two seasons, and reached as low as Division Four in

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and

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. However,

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saw a sharp change in Hampshire's fortunes as they won Division 3 with six wins out of eight games, and then two seasons later were promoted to Division 1, topping Division Two in

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. Hampshire then won Division One at their first attempt, in

, winning six of their seven matches. Hampshire's remarkable rise was helped by

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, who played for the club in 2017 and 2018, and overseas player

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, who was the Division's leading run-scorer in their Championship-winning season. Hampshire Women also had a similar rise in the

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. After playing in the lower regional divisions in the early years of the tournament, they gained promotion from Division 3 in

and from Division 2 in

, topping the league with 7 wins from 8 games. Hampshire bowler

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was the leading wicket-taker in the division, with 15 wickets. In

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, their first season in Division 1, they finished 4th with 4 wins. In

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, they played in the South East Group of the Twenty20 Cup, finishing 3rd with 3 wins. Hampshire bowler Finty Trussler was the leading wicket-taker across the whole competition, with 16 wickets at an average of 6.50. They finished third in their group of the

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. They also joined the

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in 2022, and won the inaugural edition of the tournament, going unbeaten.

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2022 season. denotes players with international caps.

Notable players

Players who have played for Hampshire and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets): * Betty Snowball (1934) *

(1996) *

(2006) * Katie George (2018) * Maia Bouchier (2021) * Charlie Dean (2021)

Seasons

Women's County Championship

Women's Twenty20 Cup

Honours

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: ** Division One champions (1) –

** Division Two champions (1) –

** Division Three champions (2) –