Short-term deal for Maddie<\/p>\n
Somerset County Cricket Club have signed Maddie Russell on a short-term contract.<\/p>\n
The left-arm seamer, who hails from Sidmouth, goes straight into the Somerset squad for this week\u2019s Metro Bank One Day Cup match against Hampshire at Utilita Bowl.<\/p>\n
The 15-year-old is a product of the Devon Pathway and joined the Somerset Women\u2019s Academy in 2025.<\/p>\n
The King\u2019s College student, who plays for Exeter CC, made her debut for Devon in 2025.<\/p>\n
After putting pen to paper, Maddie said: \u201cIt means the world to me. The last season in the Academy taught me so much as a cricketer and the whole team have been brilliant throughout the winter and now, I\u2019m looking forward to adding as much as I can to the team for the Summer ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels a bit unreal at the minute, and it may take a little while to sink in, but I\u2019ll make the most of every moment I get. Time in the environment with the team is invaluable and I\u2019ll be learning and taking away everything I can. Of course I\u2019ll be hoping to take a few wickets along the way!\u201d<\/p>\n
Regarding Maddie\u2019s elevation to the First Team squad, Somerset Head Coach, Erin Osborne said: \u201cIt\u2019ll be a great experience for her to get around this group. She has earned this opportunity as a consequence of her hard work on the Academy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Short-term deal for Maddie Somerset County Cricket Club have signed Maddie Russell on a short-term contract. The left-arm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-568127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}