2016 Western Storm season

Western Storm

2016 season
Coach	Caroline Foster
Captain	Heather Knight
Overseas player	Lizelle Lee Rachel Priest Stafanie Taylor
WCSL	Runners-up
Most runs	Stafanie Taylor (289)
Most wickets	Stafanie Taylor (11)
Most catches	Lizelle Lee (4)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Rachel Priest (6)
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The 2016 season was Western Storm's first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished second in the initial group stage, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they beat Loughborough Lightning by 5 wickets. ^{[1] [2]} In the final, they played against Southern Vipers but lost the game by 7 wickets to finish as runners-up. ^[3]

The side represented the South West of England, and was partnered with Somerset County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and the University of Exeter. They played two of their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and one at the County Ground, Bristol. Western Storm's coach was Caroline Foster, and they were captained by Heather Knight. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Squad

Western Storm announced a 15-player squad on 21 April 2016. ^[7] Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (31 July 2016).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Lizelle Lee	South Africa	(1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Sophie Luff	England	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Fran Wilson	England	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Rosalie Birch	England	(1983-12-06)6 December 1983 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Georgia Hennessy	England	(1996-11-04)4 November 1996 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Heather Knight	England	(1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Sophie Mackenzie	England	(1998-11-21)21 November 1998 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Caitlin O'Keefe	England	(1996-12-16)16 December 1996 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	(1991-06-11)11 June 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Izzy Westbury	England	(1990-03-08)8 March 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Amara Carr	England	(1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	—
Rachel Priest	New Zealand	(1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 31)	Right-handed	—	Overseas player
Bowlers
Freya Davies	England	(1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Jodie Dibble	England	(1994-09-17)17 September 1994 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Anya Shrubsole	England	(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Women's Cricket Super League

Season standings

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Southern Vipers	5	4	1	0	0	3	11	1.437
2	Western Storm	5	4	1	0	0	1	9	0.838
3	Loughborough Lightning	5	3	2	0	0	2	8	0.170
4	Surrey Stars	5	2	3	0	0	1	5	−0.274
5	Yorkshire Diamonds	5	1	4	0	0	1	3	−0.362
6	Lancashire Thunder	5	1	4	0	0	0	2	−1.724

Source: ESPN Cricinfo ^[1]

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League stage

31 July 14:30 Scorecard

Lancashire Thunder 83 (18.3 overs)	v	Western Storm 86/6 (15.3 overs)
Emma Lamb 25 (27) Heather Knight 3/11 (4 overs)		Heather Knight 23 (25) Deandra Dottin 3/8 (3 overs)

Western Storm won by 4 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Russell Warren and Chris Watts

• Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Western Storm 3, Lancashire Thunder 0.

5 August 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Loughborough Lightning 158/8 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 153/5 (20 overs)
Amy Jones 46 (30) Anya Shrubsole 2/26 (4 overs)		Heather Knight 74 (46) Sonia Odedra 2/20 (4 overs)

Loughborough Lightning won by 5 runs Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ben Debenham and Russell Warren

• Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Loughborough Lightning 2, Western Storm 0.

7 August 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 161/6 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 165/5 (19.4 overs)
Nat Sciver 90* (45) Freya Davies 2/38 (4 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 74* (48) Nat Sciver 2/17 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Western Storm 2, Surrey Stars 0.

12 August 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Southern Vipers 137/3 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 140/2 (17.5 overs)
Suzie Bates 57 (50) Heather Knight 2/27 (4 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 78* (51) Fi Morris 1/10 (1 over)

Western Storm won by 8 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Blackwell (Eng) and Tom Lungley (Eng)

• Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Western Storm 2, Southern Vipers 0.

14 August 14:30 Scorecard

Yorkshire Diamonds 118 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 119/4 (16.3 overs)
Beth Mooney 56 (44) Anya Shrubsole 5/23 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 50 (35) Shabnim Ismail 2/16 (2 overs)

Western Storm won by 6 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Paul Pollard (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)

• Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Western Storm 2, Yorkshire Diamonds 0.

Semi-final

21 August 11:00 Scorecard

Loughborough Lightning 124/7 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 128/5 (19.3 overs)
Ellyse Perry 64* (48) Stafanie Taylor 3/31 (4 overs)		Heather Knight 52 (43) Dane van Niekerk 2/21 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Tom Lungley (Eng)

• Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

Final

21 August 15:00 Scorecard

Western Storm 140/5 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 143/3 (18.5 overs)
Rachel Priest 57 (55) Arran Brindle 2/15 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 52 (46) Jodie Dibble 1/27 (4 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 7 wickets County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Russell Warren (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)

• Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
Freya Davies	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jodie Dibble	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Georgia Hennessy	7	7	4	45	20*	45.00	112.50	0	0	7	0
Heather Knight	7	7	0	199	74	28.42	119.16	0	2	23	1
Lizelle Lee	7	6	0	67	53	11.16	111.66	0	1	9	2
Sophie Luff	7	6	4	36	21*	18.00	116.12	0	0	4	0
Caitlin O'Keefe	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Rachel Priest	7	7	0	133	57	19.00	98.51	0	2	17	3
Anya Shrubsole	7	1	1	1	1*	–	25.00	0	0	0	0
Stafanie Taylor	7	7	2	289	78*	57.80	118.44	0	2	28	9
Fran Wilson	7	7	3	102	24*	25.50	106.25	0	0	10	1
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [8]

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
Freya Davies	7	7	23.5	1	176	5	2/38	35.20	7.38	28.6
Jodie Dibble	7	7	17.0	0	120	3	1/9	40.00	7.05	34.0
Georgia Hennessy	7	7	18.3	0	133	3	1/10	44.33	7.18	37.0
Heather Knight	7	7	26.0	0	153	7	3/11	21.85	5.88	22.2
Anya Shrubsole	7	7	26.0	2	146	9	5/23	16.22	5.61	17.3
Stafanie Taylor	7	7	26.0	0	177	11	4/14	16.09	6.80	14.1
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [8]

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
Freya Davies	7	7	2
Jodie Dibble	7	7	1
Georgia Hennessy	7	7	0
Heather Knight	7	7	1
Lizelle Lee	7	7	4
Sophie Luff	7	7	1
Caitlin O'Keefe	7	7	2
Anya Shrubsole	7	7	3
Stafanie Taylor	7	7	0
Fran Wilson	7	7	1
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [9]

Wicket-keeping

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches	Stumpings
Rachel Priest	7	7	2	4
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [10]

References

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3. "Final, Chelmsford, Aug 21 2016, Women's Cricket Super League: Southern Vipers v Western Storm". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
4. "The History of Western Storm". Western Storm. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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