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Somerset batter and England World Cup winner Fran Wilson has announced her retirement from cricket and will become Gloucestershire Women’s new head coach.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 33-year-old returned to Somerset in 2025 for a second spell, as the women’s side turned professional, and scored 574 runs in 28 matches.<\/p>\n
She previously played for the club between 2006 and 2014 and scored more than 2,500 runs in List A and T20 games.<\/p>\n
Wilson played 64 times for England across three formats and was part of the team that won the 2017 World Cup before she retired from international cricket<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n “I have decided that the 2025 season was my last and that I will be hanging up my bat – for good this time,” Wilson told the Somerset website., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “What a ride it’s been, one that’s taken me to all corners of the globe with England and then in more recent times back to the West Country.<\/p>\n “To have a locker in the changing room at the CACG [Somerset’s County Ground] was beyond my wildest dreams as a young player. <\/p>\n “To know this opportunity is now normal for women is incredible and to have been a part of the growth of the game is something I take immense pride in.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n