Women's Summer Playing Opportunities

The Wiltshire Cricket Women and Girls’ Leagues create an opportunity for female cricketers to participate and compete in both Hardball and Softball versions of cricket.

The range of competitions aim to incorporate players with a range of experience. With such a range of experiences, the mix of competitions evolve as the season progresses, ensuring maximum enjoyment, participation, challenge and success for every player/team.

Playing opportunities for Women and Girls in Wiltshire:

West of England Premier League (WEPL) - Women's Premier Division
- Launched in 2023, a new 40-over league, featuring the use of pink balls and coloured clothing, was established as a direct result of the tremendous growth in the number of girls and women playing cricket across the region.
- Eight clubs in Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire have combined to form only the second Women’s Premier cricket league in the country, following the success of the East Anglia Premier League.
Wiltshire x Somerset Hardball 35-Over League
- The 2025 season brings an exciting opportunity to for Wiltshire and Somerset to merge our 35-Over leagues together. Alongside the Gloucestershire 35-Over league we will align both leagues to match with rules/points/league structure.
- With these changes taking place for 2025, this will lead into an exciting opportunity of WEPL Premier 2 Division starting in 2026. We will also be introducing promotion and relegations into the WEPL Premier 1 and 2 Divisions in the coming seasons.
Hardball T20 League
- Amended from the 2023 season where the Women's Hardball League was a Limitless Wicket T20 League, the 2024 season T20 league was aligned to standard ECB T20 rules.
- As well as this slight rule amendment to the league, Wiltshire Cricket also introduced LBW's back into the league.
Hardball Pairs League
- The Hardball pairs league creates an opportunity for players to move between Softball and Hardball cricket while the formats stay fairly similar.
- As the number of Women's teams moving into Hardball cricket increases, adding in the Hardball Pairs League creates the gateway for newer players to give hardball cricket a go.
100-Ball Softball & Hardball Cup
- To align with the exciting HUNDRED competition introduced by the ECB in 2020, these Cup fixtures are open to both Softball and Hardball teams, and the competition directly aligns to the ECB regulations (out is out) for the 100-Ball Cup.
Softball Pairs League
- Softball Pairs cricket is a fun, participation cricket league with a mix of ages and experiences playing across the county.
- Alongside pairs cricket, clubs across the county also run Softball Festivals over the summer season. Some of these festivals are so popular that clubs run waitlists to get into their festivals.