2018 Western Storm season

Western Storm

2018 season
Coach	Trevor Griffin
Captain	Heather Knight
Overseas player	Smriti Mandhana Rachel Priest Stafanie Taylor
WCSL	3rd
Most runs	Smriti Mandhana (421)
Most wickets	Freya Davies (8)
Most catches	Danielle Gibson (5)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Rachel Priest (11)
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The 2018 season was Western Storm's third 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. ^[1] However, they lost in the semi-final to the eventual winners Surrey Stars by 9 runs. ^[2]

The side was captained by Heather Knight and coached by Trevor Griffin. They played three home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and one apiece at the County Ground, Bristol and College Ground, Cheltenham. ^[3]

Squad

Western Storm announced their full 15-player squad for the season on 17 July 2018. ^{[4] [5]} Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (22 July 2018).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Sophie Luff	England	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Smriti Mandhana	India	(1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Lauren Parfitt	Wales	(1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Fran Wilson	England	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
All-rounders
Naomi Dattani	England	(1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Heather Knight	England	(1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Alice Macleod	England	(1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 24)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Rebecca Silk	England	(1994-11-16)16 November 1994 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	(1991-06-11)11 June 1991 (aged 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Amara Carr	England	(1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 24)	Right-handed	—
Rachel Priest	New Zealand	(1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 33)	Right-handed	—	Overseas player
Bowlers
Freya Davies	England	(1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right=arm medium
Danielle Gibson	England	(2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Claire Nicholas	Wales	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 31)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Anya Shrubsole	England	(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

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]

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League stage

22 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Yorkshire Diamonds 162/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 166/3 (15.3 overs)
Delissa Kimmince 55*(41) Freya Davies 2/28 (4 overs)		Heather Knight 97 (62) Alice Davidson-Richards 2/31 (3.3 overs)

Western Storm won by 7 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Tim Robinson (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng)

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

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 (Eng) and Mark Newell (Eng)

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

29 July 2018 10:30 Scorecard

Western Storm 85/2 (6 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 67/0 (6 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 52* (19) Georgia Elwiss 1/17 (1 over)		Sophie Devine 46* (21)

Western Storm won by 18 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Mike Burns (Eng) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Western Storm)

• Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 6 over per side due to rain.
• Points: Western Storm 5, Loughborough Lightning 0.

31 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Southern Vipers 91 (18.1 overs)	v	Western Storm 93/1 (9.3 overs)
Sara McGlashan 31 (30) Claire Nicholas 2/17 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 43* (27) Arran Brindle 1/13 (2 overs)

Western Storm won by 9 wickets Arundel Castle, Arundel Umpires: Chris Watts (Eng) and Rob White (Eng) Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Western Storm)

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

3 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Lancashire Thunder 153/7 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 154/3 (18.2 overs)
Amy Satterthwaite 85* (57) Anya Shrubsole 2/36 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 102 (61) Amy Satterthwaite 1/7 (1.2 overs)

Western Storm won by 7 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Paul Baldwin (Eng) and Sue Redfern (Eng)

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

5 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Yorkshire Diamonds 172/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 174/3 (19.2 overs)
Beth Mooney 69 (42) Heather Knight 1/27 (4 overs)		Smriti Mandhana 56 (36) Katie Levick 1/16 (3 overs)

Western Storm won by 7 wickets North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Umpires: James Middlebrook (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)

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

9 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Western Storm 185/4 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder 109 (18.2 overs)
Heather Knight 76 (50) Sophie Ecclestone 2/27 (4 overs)		Eleanor Threlkeld 33 (32) Claire Nicholas 3/11 (3 overs)

Western Storm won by 76 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Billy Taylor (Eng) and Sue Redfern (Eng)

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

11 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Southern Vipers 62/2 (8.5 overs)	v	Western Storm
Danielle Wyatt 27 (20) Danielle Gibson 1/8 (1.5 overs)

No result County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Rob White (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)

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

15 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard

Western Storm 124/6 (20 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 125/1 (12.3 overs)
Smriti Mandhana 29 (27) Kirstie Gordon 3/19 (4 overs)		Rachael Haynes 66* (40) Heather Knight 1/24 (2 overs)

Loughborough Lightning won by 9 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Nick Cook (Eng) and Graham Lloyd (Eng) Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (Loughborough Lightning)

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

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 (Eng) and Ian Gould (Eng) 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 Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) and Neil Bainton (Eng) Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Surrey Stars)

• Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
Naomi Dattani	11	4	1	26	12	8.66	100.00	0	0	3	1
Freya Davies	11	1	1	9	9*	–	112.50	0	0	1	0
Danielle Gibson	11	1	0	3	3	3.00	60.00	0	0	0	0
Heather Knight	11	10	2	368	97	46.00	133.81	0	3	47	6
Sophie Luff	11	5	3	36	19*	18.00	97.29	0	0	2	0
Alice Macleod	2	1	1	2	2*	–	66.66	0	0	0	0
Smriti Mandhana	10	9	2	421	102	60.14	174.68	1	2	45	21
Claire Nicholas	10	1	1	2	2*	–	40.00	0	0	0	0
Rachel Priest	11	10	0	183	37	18.30	139.69	0	0	26	6
Anya Shrubsole	11	3	1	14	12	7.00	77.77	0	0	2	0
Stafanie Taylor	11	9	4	155	51*	31.00	105.44	0	1	16	1
Fran Wilson	11	8	4	132	58*	33.00	109.09	0	3	47	6
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [6]

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
Naomi Dattani	11	3	6.2	0	53	3	1/10	17.66	8.36	12.6
Freya Davies	11	11	37.0	0	286	8	2/28	35.75	7.72	27.7
Danielle Gibson	11	8	18.2	0	136	5	2/34	27.20	7.41	22.0
Heather Knight	11	10	23.0	0	189	6	1/10	31.50	8.21	23.0
Claire Nicholas	10	10	29.0	0	204	7	3/11	29.14	7.03	24.8
Anya Shrubsole	11	11	35.5	0	274	6	2/36	45.66	7.64	35.8
Stafanie Taylor	11	11	29.5	0	230	6	2/18	38.33	7.70	29.8
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [6]

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
Naomi Dattani	11	11	1
Freya Davies	11	11	0
Danielle Gibson	11	11	5
Heather Knight	11	11	1
Sophie Luff	11	11	2
Alice Macleod	2	2	0
Smriti Mandhana	10	10	2
Claire Nicholas	10	10	2
Anya Shrubsole	11	11	0
Stafanie Taylor	11	11	2
Fran Wilson	11	11	1
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [7]

Wicket-keeping

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches	Stumpings
Rachel Priest	11	11	5	6
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [8]

References

1. "Women's Cricket Super League 2018/Table" . Retrieved 27 August 2021.
2. "Semi-Final, Hove, Aug 27 2018, Women's Cricket Super League: Western Storm v Surrey Stars". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
3. "Women's Cricket Super League 2018/Fixtures and Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
4. "Western Storm complete 2018 squad". Western Storm. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
5. "Kia Super League 2018 Squads: Who's playing for who this season?". Western Storm. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
6. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2018 - Western Storm/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
7. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2018 - Western Storm/Most Catches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
8. "Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2018 - Western Storm/Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2021.