The team is currently a member of the National Counties Cricket Association Championship Western Division 2 and plays in the National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Trophy and the NCCA T20 Competition.

An advertisement in the Sherborne Mercury dated Tuesday 9 May 1738 is the earliest reference for cricket in Dorset.

The present Dorset CCC was founded on 5 February 1896 and first entered the Minor Counties Championship in 1902.

Dorset has won the MCCA Knockout Trophy once since its inception in 1983.

The following Dorset cricketers have also had notable careers at first-class level: The club currently plays its home matches at several venues during the season which include: It formerly played at Dean Park Cricket Ground in Bournemouth, which is historically part of neighbouring Hampshire and was once used as a home venue by Hampshire County Cricket Club and Sherborne School Cricket Ground in Sherborne.