Surrey Stars

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Surrey Stars
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Personnel
Captain Natalie Sciver
Coach Richard Bedbrook (2016–2019)
Team information
Colours  Light blue
Founded2016
Home ground The Oval, London
Woodbridge Road, Guildford
History
WCSL  wins1
Official website Surrey Stars
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The Surrey Stars were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in South London that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition, the Women's Cricket Super League. [1] The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road, Guildford. [2] They were captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook, working with Surrey's Director of Women's Cricket Ebony Rainford-Brent. [3] [4] The Stars won the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, beating Loughborough Lightning in the final at the County Cricket Ground, Hove. [5] In 2020, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, some elements of the Surrey Stars were retained for a new team, the South East Stars. [6]

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History

2016–2019: Women's Cricket Super League

Surrey Stars were formed in 2016 to compete in the new Women's Cricket Super League, partnering with Surrey CCC. [7] In their inaugural season, they finished 4th in the group stage, just missing out on Finals Day, winning two matches. [8] In 2017, the Stars improved, winning four of their five games to finish second in the group and progress to the semi-final. [9] However, here they were beaten by eventual tournament winners Western Storm, by 3 wickets. [10] Stars all-rounder Nat Sciver was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 12 wickets. [11]

In 2018, Surrey Stars finished 3rd in the group stage, with 5 wins, qualifying for the semi-final where they again faced Western Storm. [12] This time, the Stars were victorious, winning by 9 runs thanks to a Player of the Match performance from Nat Sciver, who scored 72* and took two wickets. [13] In the final, the Stars faced Loughborough Lightning. Batting first, the Stars posted 183, with overseas player Lizelle Lee hitting 104. Loughborough then collapsed to 117 all out, giving Surrey Stars their first WCSL title. [14]

2019 saw a reversal in Surrey's fortunes, as they finished 5th out of 6 in the group stage, with 3 wins. [15] This was the final season of Surrey Stars' existence, as women's cricket in England was reformed in 2020; the South East Stars retained some elements of Surrey Stars, but represent a larger region under the new structure. [16]

Home grounds

VenueGames hosted by season
16 17 18 19 Total
The Oval 13217
Woodbridge Road, Guildford 1–348

Players

Final squad, 2019 season [17]

No.NameNationalityBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotes
Batters
28 Aylish Cranstone Flag of England.svg  England 28 August 1994 (age 28)Left-handedLeft-arm medium
67 Lizelle Lee  ‡Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2 April 1992 (age 31)Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas player
All-rounders
4 Bryony Smith Flag of England.svg  England 11 December 1997 (age 25)Right-handedRight-arm off break England Academy player
8 Hannah Jones Flag of England.svg  England 21 July 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm off break England Academy player
10 Nat Sciver  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 20 August 1992 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm medium Club captain; England Performance squad
23 Marizanne Kapp  ‡Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4 January 1990 (age 33)Right-handedRight-arm medium Overseas player
81 Dane van Niekerk  ‡Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 14 May 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm leg break Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
17 Rhianna Southby Flag of England.svg  England 16 October 2000 (age 22)Right-handed—
30 Sarah Taylor  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 20 May 1989 (age 34)Right-handed—England Performance squad
79 Gwenan Davies Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 12 May 1994 (age 29)Left-handedRight-arm medium
Bowlers
7 Laura Marsh  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 5 December 1986 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm off break England Performance squad
18 Eva Gray Flag of England.svg  England 24 May 2000 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm medium
21 Amy Gordon Flag of England.svg  England 3 October 2001 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm medium England Academy player
26 Mady Villiers  ‡Flag of England.svg  England 26 August 1998 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm off break England Performance squad
61 Grace Gibbs Flag of England.svg  England 1 May 1995 (age 28)Right-handedRight-arm medium

Overseas players

Seasons

Women's Cricket Super League

SeasonFinal standingLeague standingsNotes
PWLTNRBPPtsNRRPos
2016 Group stage5230015–0.2744thDNQ
2017 Losing semi-finalists: 3rd54100218+0.2912ndLost to Western Storm in the semi-final
2018 Champions105401224–0.4043rdWon against Loughborough Lightning in the final
2019 Group stage103601216–0.8575thDNQ

Statistics

Overall Results

Women's Cricket Super League - summary of results [18] [19]
YearPlayedWinsLossesTiedNRWin %
2016 5230040.00
2017 6420066.66
2018 12740158.33
2019 10360130.00
Total3316150248.48

Teamwise Result summary

OppositionMatWonLostTiedNRWin %
Lancashire Thunder 6510083.33
Loughborough Lightning 7250028.57
Southern Vipers 6230133.33
Western Storm 8440050.00
Yorkshire Diamonds 6320150.00

Records

Honours

See also

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