2017 Women's Cricket Super League

The 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2017 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), a semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format.^[1] The Southern Vipers were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Western Storm.

2017 Women's Cricket Super League

Dates	10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) – 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and knockout finals
Champions	Western Storm (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	17
Most runs	Rachel Priest (261)
Most wickets	Nat Sciver (12)
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Competition format

Six teams competed for the T20 title which took place between 10 August and 1 September 2017. The six teams played each other once in a round-robin format; followed by a finals day at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.^[2]

Teams

 

 

Lancashire Thunder

 

Loughborough Lightning

 

Southern Vipers

 

Surrey Stars

 

Western Storm

 

Yorkshire Diamonds

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Location of WCSL teams

Team	Home ground(s)	Coach	Captain
Lancashire Thunder	Old Trafford, Manchester Stanley Park, Blackpool Aigburth, Liverpool	Stephen Titchard	Danielle Hazell
Loughborough Lightning	Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough County Ground, Derby	Salliann Briggs	Georgia Elwiss
Southern Vipers	Rose Bowl, Southampton Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel	Nicholas Denning	Charlotte Edwards
Surrey Stars	The Oval, London	Richard Bedbrook	Nat Sciver
Western Storm	County Ground, Taunton County Ground, Bristol	Trevor Griffin	Heather Knight
Yorkshire Diamonds	Headingley, Leeds Clifton Park, York	Paul Grayson	Lauren Winfield

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Southern Vipers	5	4	1	0	0	4	20	2.001
2	Surrey Stars	5	4	1	0	0	2	18	0.291
3	Western Storm	5	3	2	0	0	0	12	−0.887
4	Loughborough Lightning	5	2	3	0	0	2	10	0.664
5	Yorkshire Diamonds	5	2	3	0	0	0	8	−0.318
6	Lancashire Thunder	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	−1.692

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[3]

Fixtures

League stage

10 August 2017	Western Storm 70 (18.5 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 73/1 (9 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 9 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: David Millns and Steve O'Shaugnessy Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)
	Georgia Hennessy 22 (31) Tash Farrant 2/10 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 47* (31) Stafanie Taylor 1/3 (2 overs)
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field. Points: Southern Vipers 5, Western Storm 0

11 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds 162/4 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder 134/7 (20 overs)	Yorkshire Diamonds won by 28 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Neil Bainton and Mike Burns Player of the match: Alice Davidson-Richards (Yorkshire Diamonds)
	Lauren Winfield 44 (43) Danielle Hazell 2/34 (4 overs)		Amy Satterthwaite 28 (26) Alice Davidson-Richards 3/20 (4 overs)
Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field. Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Lancashire Thunder 0

12 August 2017	Loughborough Lightning 108/9 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 109/5 (19.1 overs)	Western Storm won by 5 wickets
12:00 Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Nick Cook Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Western Storm)
	Ellyse Perry 25 (28) Stafanie Taylor 4/5 (4 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 34 (32) Georgia Elwiss 2/24 (4 overs)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field. Points: Western Storm 4, Loughborough Lightning 0

13 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds 100 (19.5 overs)	v	Surrey Stars 104/2 (17.3 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 8 wickets
18:45 (D/N) Scorecard				The Oval, London Umpires: Neil Mallender and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Surrey Stars)
	Suné Luus 29 (32) Alex Hartley 3/15 (4 overs)		Marizanne Kapp 48* (47) Katherine Brunt 1/12 (3.3 overs)
Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Surrey Stars 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

15 August 2017	Southern Vipers 180/2 (20 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 134 (20 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 46 runs
14:30 Scorecard				County Ground, Derby Umpires: Steve O'Shaugnessy and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)
	Suzie Bates 119* (72) Lucy Higham 1/29 (4 overs)		Georgia Elwiss 32 (29) Suzie Bates 3/15 (3 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field. Suzie Bates hit the first century in the Women's Cricket Super League. Points: Southern Vipers 5, Loughborough Lightning 0

16 August 2017	Surrey Stars 133/6 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder 100 (18 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 33 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Neil Bainton and Graham Lloyd Player of the match: Rene Farrell (Surrey Stars)
	Nat Sciver 40* (36) Danielle Hazell 2/16 (4 overs)		Sarah Taylor 34 (30) Rene Farrell 5/26 (4 overs)
Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Surrey Stars 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

18 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds 110/5 (13 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 93/5 (13 overs)	Yorkshire Diamonds won by 17 runs
16:00 Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: James Middlebrook and Mark Newell Player of the match: Chamari Atapattu (Yorkshire Diamonds)
	Chamari Atapattu 66* (40) Kristen Beams 1/18 (3 overs)		Georgia Elwiss 41 (28) Chamari Atapattu 2/11 (3 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field. Match reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain. Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Loughborough Lightning 0

20 August 2017	Loughborough Lightning 140/5 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder 90 (17.2 overs)	Loughborough Lightning won by 50 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Stanley Park, Blackpool Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Loughborough Lightning)
	Ellyse Perry 78* (57) Danielle Hazell 2/16 (4 overs)		Amy Satterthwaite 21 (23) Beth Langston 3/14 (2 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

20 August 2017	Surrey Stars 127/8 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 100/7 (16.2 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 4 runs (DLS)
14:30 Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Mark Newell and Russell Warren Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Surrey Stars)
	Marizanne Kapp 42 (48) Hayley Matthews 2/23 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 50* (41) Nat Sciver 3/28 (3.2 overs)
Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat. Southern Vipers innings curtailed at 16.2 overs due to rain. Southern Vipers' target at 16.2 overs was 105 runs to win. Points: Surrey Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0

20 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds 160/7 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 161/0 (17 overs)	Western Storm won by 10 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				Clifton Park Ground, York Umpires: Ben Debenham and James Middlebrook Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)
	Lauren Winfield 58 (44) Holly Huddleston 1/19 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 106* (65)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field. Points: Western Storm 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

23 August 2017	Lancashire Thunder 87 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 88/4 (14.5 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 6 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Umpires: Ben Debenham and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Danielle Wyatt (Southern Vipers)
	Danielle Hazell 37 (39) Linsey Smith 3/16 (4 overs)		Danni Wyatt 46* (29) Sophie Ecclestone 2/19 (4 overs)
Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field. Points: Southern Vipers 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

23 August 2017	Surrey Stars 169/6 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 117 (19.3 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 52 runs
14:00 Scorecard				The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)
	Lizelle Lee 72 (44) Claire Nicholas 3/20 (4 overs)		Alice Macleod 30 (29) Nat Sciver 3/11 (3.3 overs)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field. Points: Surrey Stars 5, Western Storm 0

26 August 2017	Southern Vipers 138/6 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Diamonds 108 (18.3 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 30 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (Southern Vipers)
	Mignon du Preez 50* (35) Katie Levick 3/21 (4 overs)		Katherine Brunt 42 (30) Arran Brindle 2/13 (4 overs)
Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field. Points: Southern Vipers 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

26 August 2017	Loughborough Lightning 171/3 (20 overs)	v	Surrey Stars 90 (18 overs)	Loughborough Lightning won by 81 runs
14:30 Scorecard				The Oval, London Umpires: James Middlebrook and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Loughborough Lightning)
	Elyse Villani 71 (39) Laura Marsh 2/29 (4 overs)		Nat Sciver 24 (18) Sarah Glenn 2/5 (3 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Surrey Stars 0

26 August 2017	Lancashire Thunder 122/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 123/5 (17.1 overs)	Western Storm won by 5 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Tom Lungley and Russell Warren Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)
	Amy Satterthwaite 44 (41) Freya Davies 2/24 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 52 (26) Danielle Hazell 2/14 (4 overs)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Western Storm 4, Lancashire Thunder 0

Semi-final

1 September 14:15 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 100/7 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 101/7 (18.5 overs)
Sophia Dunkley 30 (33) Anya Shrubsole 3/22 (4 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 37* (45) Marizanne Kapp 3/11 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 3 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: David Millns and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Western Storm)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

1 September 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Southern Vipers 145/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 151/3 (18 overs)
Hayley Matthews 31 (28) Stafanie Taylor 3/28 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 72 (36) Arran Brindle 1/17 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 7 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: David Millns and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)

• Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

• Highest score by a team: Southern Vipers – 180/2 (20 overs) v Loughborough Lightning (15 August).^[4]
• Lowest score by a team: Western Storm – 70 (18.5 overs) v Southern Vipers (10 August).^[4]
• Top score by an individual: Suzie Bates – 119* (72) v Loughborough Lightning (15 August).^[5]
• Best bowling figures by an individual: Rene Farrell – 5/26 (4 overs) v Lancashire Thunder (16 August).^[6]

Most runs

Player	Team	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Rachel Priest	Western Storm	7	7	261	43.50	106*	1	2
Suzie Bates	Southern Vipers	6	6	260	86.66	119*	1	1
Ellyse Perry	Loughborough Lightning	5	5	182	60.66	78*	0	2
Marizanne Kapp	Surrey Stars	6	6	178	35.60	48*	0	0
Nat Sciver	Surrey Stars	6	6	154	38.50	40*	0	0

Source: ESPNCricinfo^[7]

Most wickets

Player	Team	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5w
Nat Sciver	Surrey Stars	21.5	12	11.75	3/11	0
Danielle Hazell	Lancashire Thunder	18.0	9	9.77	2/14	0
Stafanie Taylor	Western Storm	22.0	9	11.66	4/5	0
Laura Marsh	Surrey Stars	24.0	9	14.00	2/12	0
Alex Hartley	Surrey Stars	23.5	9	19.22	3/15	0

Source: ESPNCricinfo^[8]

References

1. "Kia Super League 2017 fixtures unveiled". England and Wales Cricket Board. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
2. "Kia Super League tickets on sale". England and Wales Cricket Board. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
3. "Women's Cricket Super League: Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
4. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2017/Highest Totals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
5. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2017/Highest Scores". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
6. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2017/Best Bowling Figures in an Innings". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
7. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2017/Most Runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
8. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2017/Most Wickets". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2021.

External links

• Tournament homepage on ESPN Cricinfo