Somerset have signed England all-rounder Charlie Dean to their new girls’s workforce for 2025.
Dean, 23, got here by the Hampshire setup and spent the final seven seasons with Southern Vipers, successful 5 trophies together with the Charlotte Edwards Cup and Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
The off-spinner received the primary of her 69 England caps in 2021 when she was referred to as up for the One-Day Worldwide collection in opposition to New Zealand, the place she was England’s main wicket-taker with 10.
Dean grew to become the quickest girl to take 50 ODI wickets for England, doing so in 26 matches and in 2022 was named the PCA’s Ladies’s ODI Participant of the 12 months.
“The membership has a wealthy historical past of success within the males’s sport, and that is one thing we’re eager to duplicate as the ladies’s workforce,” Dean stated.
“I might like to make some successful contributions at Somerset with each bat and ball, serving to the workforce to carry residence some silverware.”