Luff, 31, performed for Somerset’s age teams earlier than making her debut for the senior ladies’s staff in 2009. She has featured in 74 Listing A matches for the membership, scoring 2330 runs at 43.14 with a highest rating of 138 not out. She has additionally performed in 68 T20 matches, scoring 1675 runs at 35.63.
She beforehand captained the county facet between 2017 and 2022, and was additionally an ever-present for the Taunton-based Western Storm, having been named captain in 2020.
She was the primary participant to make 100 appearances for Storm and through that point scored over 1760 runs in Listing A cricket at 50.54 with a better of 157 not out. Her T20 report for Storm included 850 runs at 25.90 and a better of 78.
The previous England Academy, Improvement and Beneath-19 worldwide has additionally represented Welsh Fireplace, London Spirit and Southern Courageous within the Hundred.
“It appears like I’ve actually come house this winter,” Luff stated. “I am excited to be main such an important group of ladies, and to have the ability to do that at my house membership and to develop into the first-ever skilled captain offers me an unbelievable sense of feat and fills me with pleasure.
“Somerset County Cricket Membership means an terrible lot to me. I used to return right here once I was younger and watch the likes of Marcus Trescothick, and it is the place I fell in love with the sport. I have been concerned with the membership for a really very long time and this group has bought the chance to set the requirements for the way we wish Somerset Ladies to play.
“This membership has an incredible historical past and has had some unbelievable captains over time. To have my title on that record is extremely particular and is an actual privilege.”
Somerset Ladies Head Coach, Trevor Griffin, added: “Sophie has proved in the course of the course of her profession that she is a real chief each on and off the sphere. She has the respect of everybody within the dressing room and is a mannequin skilled. Her wealth of expertise will show invaluable alongside her excellent understanding of the sport.
“Sophie is obsessed with cricket and obsessed with this membership. Her real understanding of what it means to symbolize Somerset signifies that she’s going to lead by instance each time she takes to the sphere.”
SCCC Director of Cricket, Andy Hurry added: “Sophie may be very a lot part of the DNA of ladies’s cricket within the area. She is an inspiration to her teammates and a job mannequin for younger cricketers throughout the South West. Her tenacity and can to win are second to none, and she or he possess an abundance of the required traits required to be a profitable captain and chief.”
