2018 Surrey Stars season

Surrey Stars

2018 season
Coach	Richard Bedbrook
Captain	Nat Sciver
Overseas player	Marizanne Kapp Lizelle Lee Dane van Niekerk
WCSL	Champions
Most runs	Nat Sciver (362)
Most wickets	Dane van Niekerk (13)
Most catches	Nat Sciver (6)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Sarah Taylor (6)
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The 2018 season was Surrey Stars' third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the group stage, winning 5 of their 10 matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they played against Western Storm. ^[1] They went on to beat Storm by 9 runs to advance to the final, where they faced group winners Loughborough Lightning. ^[2] A century from Lizelle Lee ensured that the Stars beat Loughborough Lightning by 66 runs to claim their first WCSL title. ^[3]

The side was captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook. ^[4] They played three of their home matches at Woodbridge Road, Guildford and two at The Oval. ^[5]

Squad

Surrey Stars' 15-player squad is listed below. ^[4] Ellen Burt was originally named in the squad, but was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Gayatri Gole. ^[6] Grace Gibbs was ruled out of the squad during the tournament due to injury, and replaced by Amy Gordon. ^[7] Age given is at the start of Surrey Stars' first match of the season (22 July 2018).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Aylish Cranstone	England	(1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Lizelle Lee	South Africa	(1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
All-rounders
Sophia Dunkley	England	(1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Hannah Jones	England	(1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Marizanne Kapp	South Africa	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
Nat Sciver	England	(1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Captain
Bryony Smith	England	(1997-12-12)12 December 1997 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Dane van Niekerk	South Africa	(1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Rhianna Southby	England	(2000-10-16)16 October 2000 (aged 17)	Right-handed	—
Sarah Taylor	England	(1989-05-20)20 May 1989 (aged 29)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Grace Gibbs	England	(1995-05-01)1 May 1995 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Gayatri Gole	England	(1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Amy Gordon	England	(2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 16)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Injury replacement player
Eva Gray	England	(2000-05-24)24 May 2000 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Laura Marsh	England	(1986-12-05)5 December 1986 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Mady Villiers	England	(1998-08-26)26 August 1998 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break

Women's Cricket Super League

Season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Loughborough Lightning	10	7	3	0	0	5	33	1.361
2	Western Storm	10	6	3	0	1	4	30	0.919
3	Surrey Stars	10	5	4	0	1	2	24	−0.404
4	Lancashire Thunder	10	5	5	0	0	1	21	−0.825
5	Yorkshire Diamonds	10	3	6	0	1	1	15	−0.290
6	Southern Vipers	10	2	7	0	1	0	10	−0.490

Source: ESPN Cricinfo ^[1]

  Advanced to the Final.
  Advanced to the Semi-final.

League stage

22 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 141/9 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 145/3 (17 overs)
Sophia Dunkley 66 (43) Fi Morris 4/22 (4 overs)		Tammy Beaumont 62* (45) Marizanne Kapp 2/21 (4 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 7 wickets Woodbridge Road, Guildford Umpires: Sue Redfern and Mark Newell

• Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Vipers 4, Surrey Stars 0

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26 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Western Storm 132/9 (20 overs)	v	Surrey Stars 136/3 (15.5 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 37 (21) Sophia Dunkley 3/18 (2 overs)		Sarah Taylor 50 (34) Danielle Gibson 2/34 (4 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 7 wickets College Ground, Cheltenham Umpires: Sue Redfern and Mark Newell

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Surrey Stars 5, Western Storm 0

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29 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars	v	Yorkshire Diamonds

Match Abandoned Woodbridge Road, Guildford Umpires: Mark Newell and Tom Lungley

• No toss.
• Points: Surrey Stars 2, Yorkshire Diamonds 2

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31 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 148/5 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder 151/5 (19.5 overs)
Nat Sciver 95 (57) Emma Lamb 3/34 (4 overs)		Nicole Bolton 87 (61) Nat Sciver 2/26 (4 overs)

Lancashire Thunder won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Nick Cook

• Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Lancashire Thunder 4, Surrey Stars 0

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2 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 95 (18 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 96/1 (10 overs)
Nat Sciver 45 (35) Kirstie Gordon 3/13 (4 overs)		Sophie Devine 61* (32) Marizanne Kapp 1/17 (4 overs)

Loughborough Lightning won by 9 wickets Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Chris Watts (Eng) and Rob White (Eng)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Surrey Stars 0

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7 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 167/8 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder 112 (19.2 overs)
Lizelle Lee 70 (37) Emma Lamb 2/12 (3 overs)		Evelyn Jones 40 (48) Dane van Niekerk 3/20 (4 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 55 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Mike Burns and Jeff Evans Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)

• Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Surrey Stars 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

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9 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Loughborough Lightning 100/7 (13 overs)	v	Surrey Stars 106/3 (11.2 overs)
Georgia Elwiss 26 (21) Marizanne Kapp 1/4 (3 overs)		Lizelle Lee 48 (28) Georgia Elwiss 2/20 (2.2 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 7 wickets Woodbridge Road, Guildford Umpires: James Middlebrook and Rob White Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
• Points: Surrey Stars 4, Loughborough Lightning 0

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12 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 66 (16.4 overs)	v	Yorkshire Diamonds 67/1 (9.3 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 13 (14) Beth Langston 3/14 (3.4 overs)		Beth Mooney 44* (30) Laura Marsh 1/20 (3 overs)

Yorkshire Diamonds won by 9 wickets Clifton Park, York Umpires: Sue Redfern and James Middlebrook Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Yorkshire Diamonds)

• Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 5, Surrey Stars 0

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14 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Southern Vipers 147/9 (20 overs)	v	Surrey Stars 148/6 (19.3 overs)
Suzie Bates 82 (57) Nat Sciver 4/32 (4 overs)		Nat Sciver 46 (33) Suzie Bates 2/22 (4 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 4 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: Michael Gough and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Surrey Stars)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Surrey Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0

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18 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Western Storm 158/5 (20 overs)	v	Surrey Stars 160/5 (19.4 overs)
Heather Knight 62 (47) Dane van Niekerk 2/20 (4 overs)		Lizelle Lee 48 (28) Heather Knight 1/18 (2 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Nick Cook and Ian Gould Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Surrey Stars 4, Western Storm 0

Semi-final

27 August 2018 12:00 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 162/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 153/6 (20 overs)
Nat Sciver 72* (43) Heather Knight 1/16 (2 overs)		Fran Wilson 58* (45) Nat Sciver 2/21 (4 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 9 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Neil Bainton Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Surrey Stars)

• Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

Final

27 August 2018 16:00 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 183/6 (20 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 117 (18.3 overs)
Lizelle Lee 104 (58) Georgia Elwiss 2/29 (4 overs)		Jenny Gunn 23* (21) Mady Villiers 3/22 (4 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 66 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Neil Bainton and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)

• Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
Aylish Cranstone	8	3	2	10	9	10.00	62.50	0	0	1	0
Sophia Dunkley	11	10	2	98	66	12.25	119.51	0	1	14	1
Grace Gibbs	6	3	2	12	8	12.00	66.66	0	0	1	0
Eva Gray	9	2	0	3	2	1.50	27.27	0	0	0	0
Hannah Jones	1	1	0	2	2	2.00	66.66	0	0	0	0
Marizanne Kapp	11	9	4	104	32*	20.80	122.35	0	0	9	2
Lizelle Lee	11	11	0	352	104	32.00	149.15	1	1	45	18
Laura Marsh	11	6	2	17	8	4.25	47.22	0	0	1	0
Nat Sciver	11	11	3	362	95*	45.25	143.65	0	2	43	4
Bryony Smith	11	11	0	147	39	13.36	90.74	0	0	20	2
Rhianna Southby	1	1	1	0	0*	–	–	0	0	0	0
Sarah Taylor	10	10	1	177	51	19.66	122.91	0	2	26	0
Dane van Niekerk	9	9	2	146	31	20.85	93.58	0	0	16	2
Mady Villiers	11	2	0	2	2	1.00	25.00	0	0	0	0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [8]

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
Sophia Dunkley	11	8	18.0	0	144	6	3/18	24.00	8.00	18.0
Grace Gibbs	6	3	4.5	0	38	3	2/10	12.66	7.86	9.6
Eva Gray	9	5	8.3	0	68	0	–	–	8.00	–
Marizanne Kapp	11	11	36.2	0	206	11	2/14	18.72	5.66	19.8
Laura Marsh	11	10	37.2	0	275	8	2/28	34.37	7.36	28.0
Nat Sciver	11	11	34.0	1	280	10	4/32	28.00	8.23	20.4
Bryony Smith	11	3	6.1	0	47	3	2/9	15.66	7.62	12.3
Dane van Niekerk	9	9	29.0	0	192	13	3/20	14.76	6.62	13.3
Mady Villiers	11	6	13.0	0	90	5	3/22	18.00	6.92	15.6
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [8]

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
Aylish Cranstone	8	8	1
Sophia Dunkley	11	11	3
Grace Gibbs	6	6	2
Eva Gray	9	9	0
Hannah Jones	1	1	0
Marizanne Kapp	11	11	4
Lizelle Lee	11	11	2
Laura Marsh	11	11	3
Nat Sciver	11	11	6
Bryony Smith	11	11	3
Dane van Niekerk	9	9	5
Mady Villiers	11	11	1
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [9]

Wicket-keeping

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches	Stumpings
Rhianna Southby	1	1	0	0
Sarah Taylor	10	10	2	4
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [10]

References

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