2016–2019: Women's Cricket Super League Southern Vipers were formed in 2016 to compete in the new
Women's Cricket Super League, partnering with
Hampshire CCC,
Sussex CCC and various cricket boards across
South England. In their
inaugural season, they topped the group stage, winning four of their five games, progressing straight to the final. In the final, the Vipers faced
Western Storm, who they beat by 7 wickets to claim the inaugural WCSL title.
2017 saw continued success for Southern Vipers, as they again topped the group stage, with four wins. In the final, they faced Western Storm in a rematch of the previous year, but this time the result was reversed, as Storm were victorious by 7 wickets. The Vipers were unable to replicate their form in
2018, finishing bottom of the group, with just two wins from ten games. In
2019, however, Southern Vipers competed in their third Finals Day after qualifying third in the group, with four wins and a tie. After beating
Loughborough Lightning in the semi-final, the Vipers again faced Western Storm in the final.
Danni Wyatt's 73 helped Southern Vipers to 172/7 batting first, but Storm chased down the target with one over to spare. Wyatt ended the tournament as the leading run-scorer and Player of the Tournament.
2020–2024: Domestic Regional Hub In 2020, women's cricket in England was restructured, creating eight new 'regional hub' teams, with the intention of playing both
50-over and
20-over cricket. The Southern Vipers brand was retained after this restructuring, with some differences to the squad and coaching staff. Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 season was truncated, and only 50-over cricket was played, in the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Southern Vipers won all 6 of their group stage games, finishing top of the South Group and progressing to the Final, where they faced the
Northern Diamonds. The Vipers, batting first, reached 150-1 before collapsing to 231 all out, with captain
Georgia Adams top scoring with 80. Vipers spinner
Charlotte Taylor then took 6/34 as
Northern Diamonds were bowled out for 193, meaning that the Vipers won the inaugural Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Adams and Taylor were the leading run-scorer and wicket-taker in the tournament, respectively. At the end of the season, five Vipers players were given full-time domestic contracts, the first of their kind in England: Georgia Adams,
Tara Norris,
Paige Scholfield,
Lauren Bell and
Maia Bouchier. The following season, 2021, Southern Vipers competed in both the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the newly-formed Twenty20 competition, the
Charlotte Edwards Cup. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup the side progressed to Finals Day as the best second-placed team, winning four of their six matches in Group A. However, they lost to Northern Diamonds in the semi-final, being bowled out for 117 in response to the Diamonds' 135/6. In the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Southern Vipers progressed directly to the final after topping the group, winning six of their seven matches. In the final they again faced Northern Diamonds, in a repeat of the previous year's match. Bowling first, the Vipers restricted their opponents to 183, but were in turn reduced to 109/7 in reply. However, an unbeaten stand of 78 for the 8th wicket between
Emily Windsor (47
*) and Tara Norris (40
*) saw Southern Vipers home with 2 balls to spare. Ahead of the 2022 season, Southern Vipers launched the
South Central Counties Cup, a 50-over tournament for the counties that make up the Vipers region. That season, they won their first
Charlotte Edwards Cup, going unbeaten in the group stage before beating
Central Sparks in the final. They again played Northern Diamonds in the final, the third consecutive encounter between the two sides, but this time Vipers lost by two runs. In 2023, Southern Vipers won the domestic double. In the
Charlotte Edwards Cup, they finished second in the group stage before defeating
North West Thunder in the semi-final and
The Blaze in the final. In the
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, they topped the group stage with seven victories in fourteen matches, before defeating The Blaze in the final. 2024 was the side's final season, with reforms to the structure of domestic cricket in England meaning that the side was effectively replaced by a professionalised
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