2016 Loughborough Lightning (women's cricket) season

Loughborough Lightning

2016 season
Coach	Salliann Briggs
Captain	Georgia Elwiss
Overseas player	Sophie Devine Ellyse Perry Dane van Niekerk
WCSL	3rd
Most runs	Ellyse Perry (190)
Most wickets	Rebecca Grundy (8)
Most catches	Thea Brookes (4)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Amy Jones (8)
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The 2016 season was Loughborough Lightning's first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the initial group stage, winning three of their five matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final. However, they lost to Western Storm by five wickets in the semi-final.

The side was partnered with Loughborough University, and played their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground. They were coached by Salliann Briggs and captained by Georgia Elwiss.

Squad

Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Loughborough Lightning's first match of the season (30 July 2016).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batters
Georgie Boyce	England	(1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 17)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Evelyn Jones	England	(1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 23)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
All-rounders
Thea Brookes	England	(1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sophie Devine	New Zealand	(1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Georgia Elwiss	England	(1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Captain
Alex MacDonald	England	(1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 24)	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Ellyse Perry	Australia	(1990-11-01)1 November 1990 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Paige Scholfield	England	(1995-12-19)19 December 1995 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Dane van Niekerk	South Africa	(1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Lauren Griffiths	England	(1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	—
Amy Jones	England	(1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Amy Gauvrit	England	(1995-03-14)14 March 1995 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rebecca Grundy	England	(1990-07-12)12 July 1990 (aged 26)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Beth Langston	England	(1992-09-06)6 September 1992 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sonia Odedra	England	(1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 28)	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

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League stage

30 July 14:30 Scorecard

Loughborough Lightning 128/9 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Diamonds 85 (17.1 overs)
Sophie Devine 52 (38) Jenny Gunn 2/20 (4 overs)		Lauren Winfield 23 (13) Rebecca Grundy 3/21 (4 overs)

Loughborough Lightning won by 43 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Ben Debenham and Tom Lungley

• Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Loughborough Lightning 3, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

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3 August 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Lancashire Thunder 164/8 (20 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 158 (19.5 overs)
Amy Satterthwaite 52 (32) Georgia Elwiss 2/37 (4 overs)		Paige Scholfield 38 (22) Sophie Ecclestone 3/23 (4 overs)

Lancashire Thunder won by 6 runs Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Russell Warren

• Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bowl.
• Points: Lancashire Thunder 2, Loughborough Lightning 0

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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

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12 August 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Loughborough Lightning 168/6 (20 overs)	v	Surrey Stars 134 (19.5 overs)
Dane van Niekerk 91 (64) Lea Tahuhu 1/9 (1 over)		Laura Marsh 41 (24) Sophie Devine 2/12 (2.5 overs)

Loughborough Lightning won by 34 runs Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Paul Pollard and Russell Warren

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Loughborough Lightning 3, Surrey Stars 0

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14 August 14:00 Scorecard

Southern Vipers 156/4 (20 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 97 (18.5 overs)
Suzie Bates 38 (24) Rebecca Grundy 2/24 (4 overs)		Ellyse Perry 35 (33) Linsey Smith 3/16 (4 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 59 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Ben Debenham and Tom Lungley

• Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Southern Vipers 3, Loughborough Lightning 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.

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
Thea Brookes	6	6	3	43	30*	14.33	138.70	0	0	5	1
Sophie Devine	6	6	0	92	52	15.33	92.92	0	1	7	2
Georgia Elwiss	6	6	0	64	22	10.66	86.48	0	0	8	2
Rebecca Grundy	6	3	2	3	3*	3.00	37.50	0	0	0	0
Amy Jones	6	6	0	91	46	15.16	119.73	0	0	11	0
Evelyn Jones	6	6	0	86	33	14.33	117.80	0	0	13	1
Beth Langston	6	3	0	3	2	1.00	25.00	0	0	0	0
Sonia Odedra	6	6	1	21	9	4.20	72.41	0	0	3	0
Ellyse Perry	6	6	2	190	64*	47.50	118.75	0	1	22	4
Paige Scholfield	6	5	1	61	38	15.25	145.23	0	0	9	1
Dane van Niekerk	6	6	0	126	91	21.00	115.59	0	1	20	3
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
Sophie Devine	6	6	16.3	0	132	6	2/12	22.00	8.00	16.5
Georgia Elwiss	6	6	18.0	0	133	5	2/6	26.60	7.38	21.6
Rebecca Grundy	6	6	19.0	0	124	8	3/21	15.50	6.52	14.2
Beth Langston	6	5	9.0	1	58	3	2/14	19.33	6.44	18.0
Sonia Odedra	6	5	14.0	0	85	5	2/20	17.00	6.07	16.8
Ellyse Perry	6	6	19.0	0	145	4	1/17	36.25	7.63	28.5
Dane van Niekerk	6	6	21.0	0	126	7	2/21	18.00	6.00	18.0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
Thea Brookes	6	6	4
Sophie Devine	6	6	1
Georgia Elwiss	6	6	3
Rebecca Grundy	6	6	1
Evelyn Jones	6	6	0
Beth Langston	6	6	0
Sonia Odedra	6	6	1
Ellyse Perry	6	6	2
Paige Scholfield	6	6	0
Dane van Niekerk	6	6	3
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Wicket-keeping

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches	Stumpings
Amy Jones	6	6	4	4
Source: ESPN Cricinfo