1953–1999: Early History Somerset Women first formed in 1953, and played their first recorded match on 6 June that year, against
Gloucestershire A. After this, Somerset played various one-off games, whilst
West of England Women, which included Somerset, played in the
Women's Area Championship from 1980 until 1996 and the Women's County Championship from
1997 until
1999.
2000– : Women's County Championship Somerset replaced West of England Women in the County Championship in
2000, and finished 3rd in Division 2 in their first season. Somerset remained in the second division until
2005, when they were promoted. This then began a period in which Somerset bounced between the two divisions, being promoted in
2008,
2011,
2015 and
2017 and relegated in
2006,
2010,
2012,
2016 and
2018. Somerset also missed out on promotion in play-offs in
2013 and
2014, with the game being abandoned in 2013 and losing to
Warwickshire Women in 2014. In
2019, Somerset finished second-bottom of Division 2. Somerset have fared similarly in the
Women's Twenty20 Cup, for example winning promotion to Division 1 in
2014 and
2016 before being relegated in the following seasons. In
2019, Somerset won Division 2 with 6 victories from 8 games. Following the 2019 season, women's cricket in England was restructured and the 2020 season was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, only the
Twenty20 Cup took place, with Somerset competing in the West Midlands Group. They won their regional division, winning 5 of their 8 matches. They finished second in their group in the
2022 Women's Twenty20 Cup and subsequently progressed to the group final, where they lost to
Warwickshire. In the
2023 Women's Twenty20 Cup, all of the side's group stage matches were rained-off, but they beat
Devon and
Wales on the group Finals Day to win their group. They also played various 50-over friendlies against other sides in the South West. In 2024, the side finished 2nd in their group in the
Twenty20 Cup and 5th in their group in the new
ECB Women's County One-Day tournament. Somerset have had various notable players appear for them over the years, most prominently the former
England players
Anya Shrubsole and
Fran Wilson. ==Players==