Somerset Women visit Cricket Museum
The Somerset Women players and staff paid a visit to the Somerset Cricket Museum on Tuesday.
They were greeted by Mike Unwin, one of the museum trustees, who talked briefly about the building that the museum is housed in and how it came to be established in the first place.
Mike then showed the squad around pointing out some of the interesting items that are currently featured.
Following the visit, Niamh Hollan, who led Somerset to Vitality Blast victory over Essex in 2025 when she deputised for Sophie Luff, said: “It’s great to have the chance to come back into the museum. I’ve been here a few times before when I was a lot younger, and it’s really interesting to see just how much it’s evolved over a relatively short amount of time.
“I like the little touches that the museum makes, like the feature devoted to each of the away teams which is changed with each fixture. It’s really nice.
“Its great to see so much women’s cricket represented here and hopefully we can be successful so that there will plenty more to add to the women’s cricket section!”
Wicket-keeper batter, Jess Hazell said: “The Somerset Cricket Museum is really impressive and there’s such a lot going on. Since I was last here, so much has changed and it’s a really interesting place to be.
“They’ve done a refurb and it all looks really great. The new interactive boards are quite cool and there’s a lot of stuff about women’s cricket, which is great to see. To have the chance to come and find out about the history of Somerset through the ages is fascinating.
“I’ve come up through the Pathway and played for Somerset Women before they became a professional side and it’s good to see that that’s represented here as well.
“Somerset’s my home. I love playing for the County and putting the Wyvern on. Hopefully, in years to come there will be a lot more trophies and items relating to Somerset Women go into the museum.”
Mike Unwin added: “It was a delight to be able to welcome the whole of the women’s squad and show them some of the more interesting exhibits that we have. They all seemed to find it interesting. They were amused by the size of Joel Garner’s size 14 footprint and they were, of course, interested in the early history of women’s cricket in Somerset.”
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