2017 Women's Cricket Super League

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 played 17
Official website ecb.co.uk

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), the semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consists 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.

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

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 Ageas Bowl, Southampton
Arundel Castle, Arundel
Nicholas Denning Charlotte Edwards
Surrey Stars The Oval, London Richard Bedbrook Natalie Sciver
Western Storm County Ground, Taunton
Nevil Road, Bristol
Trevor Griffin Heather Knight
Yorkshire Diamonds Headingley, Leeds
Clifton Park, York
Paul Grayson Lauren Winfield

Points table

Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
Southern Vipers 54100420+2.001
Surrey Stars 54100218+0.291
Western Storm 53200012–0.887
Loughborough Lightning 52300210+0.664
Yorkshire Diamonds 5230008–0.318
Lancashire Thunder 5050000–1.692

Fixtures

League stage

Semi-final

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 Cricket 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

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 Cricket 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.

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.
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