Somerset County Cricket has announced the signing of Rebecca Odgers on a one-year rookie contract.

The 21-year-old batter played her way through the Cornwall Pathway system before making her County debut in 2018. She made an immediate impact by scoring her maiden List A century in her second game. She finished the season with 240 List A runs at an average of 48.

Rebecca joined Western Storm’s South West Regional Development Centre ahead of the 2019 season and represented England Academy that summer. She also made her first appearance for Somerset Women in July of that year.

The University of Exeter student, who hails from St Austell, made her Storm debut in 2023 against Central Sparks in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

Rebecca has represented Cornwall on 42 occasions in white-ball cricket scoring over 800 runs with a best of 122.

After signing for Somerset, she said: “I’m unbelievably excited because this is something that I’ve been working hard towards for a number of years. When I was growing up my dream was to play professional cricket and the way that the game has developed means that the door is now open for women like me to achieve that goal.

“As a group we feel a huge sense of pride to be a part of the first Somerset team and we want to make it go from strength to strength and help develop the game across the region.”

Somerset Women Head Coach, Trevor Griffin added: “Bex is a technically strong batter who has all the shots.  She has scored runs for fun in Pathway and County women’s cricket and I’m excited to see how she can develop to put in strong performances at the next level.”

Somerset CCC Director of Cricket, Andy Hurry is looking forward to seeing how the right-hander progresses. “Rebecca is a player who has shown that she has a tremendous amount of potential” he said. “Her performances within the County game have been consistently strong for a number of years and we very much look forward to supporting her growth as she transitions into the professional game.”