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2017 Women's Cricket Super League

Dates	10 August 2017 (2017-08-10) – 1 September 2017 (2017-09-01)
Administrator(s)	England and Wales Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and knockout finals
Champions	Western Storm (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	17
Most runs	Rachel Priest (261)
Most wickets	Natalie Sciver (12)
Official website	ecb.co.uk

The 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2017 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), the semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consists of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format. The Southern Vipers were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Western Storm.

Competition format

Six teams competed for the T20 title which took place between 10 August and 1 September 2017. The six teams played each other once in a round robin format; followed by a finals day at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.

Teams

Lancashire Thunder

Loughborough Lightning

Southern Vipers

Surrey Stars

Western Storm

Yorkshire Diamonds

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Location of WCSL teams

Team	Home ground(s)	Coach	Captain
Lancashire Thunder	Old Trafford, Manchester Stanley Park, Blackpool Aigburth, Liverpool	Stephen Titchard	Danielle Hazell
Loughborough Lightning	Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough County Ground, Derby	Salliann Briggs	Georgia Elwiss
Southern Vipers	Ageas Bowl, Southampton Arundel Castle, Arundel	Nicholas Denning	Charlotte Edwards
Surrey Stars	The Oval, London	Richard Bedbrook	Natalie Sciver
Western Storm	County Ground, Taunton Nevil Road, Bristol	Trevor Griffin	Heather Knight
Yorkshire Diamonds	Headingley, Leeds Clifton Park, York	Paul Grayson	Lauren Winfield

Results

League stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
Southern Vipers (F)	5	4	1	0	0	4	20	+2.001
Surrey Stars (SF)	5	4	1	0	0	2	18	+0.291
Western Storm (SF)	5	3	2	0	0	0	12	–0.887
Loughborough Lightning	5	2	3	0	0	2	10	+0.664
Yorkshire Diamonds	5	2	3	0	0	0	8	–0.318
Lancashire Thunder	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	–1.692

Notes:
Team marked  (F)  qualified directly for the final.
Teams marked  (SF)  qualified for the semi-final.

10 August 2017	Western Storm 70 (18.5 overs)	v	Southern Vipers (H) 73/1 (9 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 9 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: David Millns and Steve O'Shaugnessy Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)
	Georgia Hennessy 22 (31) Tash Farrant 2/10 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 47* (31) Stafanie Taylor 1/3 (2 overs)
Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field. Points: Southern Vipers 5, Western Storm 0

11 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds (H) 162/4 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder 134/7 (20 overs)	Yorkshire Diamonds won by 28 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Neil Bainton and Mike Burns Player of the match: Alice Davidson-Richards (Yorkshire Diamonds)
	Lauren Winfield 44 (43) Danielle Hazell 2/34 (4 overs)		Amy Satterthwaite 28 (26) Alice Davidson-Richards 3/20 (4 overs)
Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field. Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Lancashire Thunder 0

12 August 2017	Loughborough Lightning 108/9 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm (H) 109/5 (19.1 overs)	Western Storm won by 5 wickets
12:00 Scorecard				County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Nick Cook Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Western Storm)
	Ellyse Perry 25 (28) Stafanie Taylor 4/5 (4 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 34 (32) Georgia Elwiss 2/24 (4 overs)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field. Points: Western Storm 4, Loughborough Lightning 0

13 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds 100 (19.5 overs)	v	Surrey Stars (H) 104/2 (17.3 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 8 wickets
18:45 (D/N) Scorecard				The Oval, London Umpires: Neil Mallender and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Surrey Stars)
	Suné Luus 29 (32) Alex Hartley 3/15 (4 overs)		Marizanne Kapp 48* (47) Katherine Brunt 1/12 (3.3 overs)
Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey Stars 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

15 August 2017	Southern Vipers 180/2 (20 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning (H) 134 (20 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 46 runs
14:30 Scorecard				County Ground, Derby Umpires: Steve O'Shaugnessy and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)
	Suzie Bates 119* (72) Lucy Higham 1/29 (4 overs)		Georgia Elwiss 32 (29) Suzie Bates 3/15 (3 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field Suzie Bates hit the first century in the Women's Super League Points: Southern Vipers 5, Loughborough Lightning 0

16 August 2017	Surrey Stars 133/6 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder (H) 100 (18 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 33 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Neil Bainton and Graham Lloyd Player of the match: Rene Farrell (Surrey Stars)
	Natalie Sciver 40* (36) Danielle Hazell 2/16 (4 overs)		Sarah Taylor 34 (30) Rene Farrell 5/26 (4 overs)
Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat Points: Surrey Stars 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

18 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds 110/5 (13 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning (H) 93/5 (13 overs)	Yorkshire Diamonds won by 17 runs
16:00 Scorecard				Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: James Middlebrook and Mark Newell Player of the match: Chamari Atapattu (Yorkshire Diamonds)
	Chamari Atapattu 66* (40) Kristen Beams 1/18 (3 overs)		Georgia Elwiss 41 (28) Chamari Atapattu 2/11 (3 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field Rain reduced the match to 13 overs a side Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Loughborough Lightning 0

20 August 2017	Loughborough Lightning 140/5 (20 overs)	v	Lancashire Thunder (H) 90 (17.2 overs)	Loughborough Lightning won by 50 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Stanley Park, Blackpool Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Loughborough Lightning)
	Ellyse Perry 78* (57) Danielle Hazell 2/16 (4 overs)		Amy Satterthwaite 21 (23) Beth Langston 3/14 (2 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

20 August 2017	Surrey Stars 127/8 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers (H) 100/7 (16.2 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 4 runs (D/L)
14:30 Scorecard				Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Mark Newell and Russell Warren Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Surrey Stars)
	Marizanne Kapp 42 (48) Hayley Matthews 2/23 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 50* (41) Natalie Sciver 3/28 (3.2 overs)
Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat Rain ended the Southern Vipers' innings and after 16.2 overs and consequently the match Points: Surrey Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0

20 August 2017	Yorkshire Diamonds (H) 160/7 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 161/0 (17 overs)	Western Storm won by 10 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				Clifton Park Ground, York Umpires: Ben Debenham and James Middlebrook Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)
	Lauren Winfield 58 (44) Holly Huddleston 1/19 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 106* (65)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field Points: Western Storm 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

23 August 2017	Lancashire Thunder (H) 87 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 88/4 (14.5 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 6 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Umpires: Ben Debenham and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Danielle Wyatt (Southern Vipers)
	Danielle Hazell 37 (39) Linsey Smith 3/16 (4 overs)		Danielle Wyatt 46* (29) Sophie Ecclestone 2/19 (4 overs)
Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field Points: Southern Vipers 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

23 August 2017	Surrey Stars (H) 169/6 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 117 (19.3 overs)	Surrey Stars won by 52 runs
14:00 Scorecard				The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)
	Lizelle Lee 72 (44) Claire Nicholas 3/20 (4 overs)		Alice Macleod 30 (29) Natalie Sciver 3/11 (3.3 overs)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to field Points: Surrey Stars 5, Western Storm 0

26 August 2017	Southern Vipers (H) 138/6 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Diamonds 108 (18.3 overs)	Southern Vipers won by 30 runs
14:30 Scorecard				Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (Southern Vipers)
	Mignon du Preez 50* (35) Katie Levick 3/21 (4 overs)		Katherine Brunt 42 (30) Arran Brindle 2/13 (4 overs)
Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field Points: Southern Vipers 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

26 August 2017	Loughborough Lightning 171/3 (20 overs)	v	Surrey Stars (H) 90 (18 overs)	Loughborough Lightning won by 81 runs
14:30 Scorecard				The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Loughborough Lightning)
	Elyse Villani 71 (39) Laura Marsh 2/29 (4 overs)		Natalie Sciver 24 (18) Sarah Glenn 2/5 (3 overs)
Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Surrey Stars 0

26 August 2017	Lancashire Thunder 122/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm (H) 123/5 (17.1 overs)	Western Storm won by 5 wickets
14:30 Scorecard				Nevil Road, Bristol Umpires: Tom Lungley and Russell Warren Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)
	Amy Satterthwaite 44 (41) Freya Davies 2/24 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 52 (26) Danielle Hazell 2/14 (4 overs)
Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat Points: Western Storm 4, Lancashire Thunder 0

Semi-final

1 September 14:15 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 100/7 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 101/7 (18.5 overs)
Sophia Dunkley 30 (33) Anya Shrubsole 3/22 (4 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 37* (45) Marizanne Kapp 3/11 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 3 wickets County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: David Millns and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Western Storm)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

1 September 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Southern Vipers 145/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 151/3 (18 overs)
Hayley Matthews 31 (28) Stafanie Taylor 3/28 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 72 (36) Arran Brindle 1/17 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 7 wickets County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: David Millns and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)

• Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

External links

• Tournament homepage on ESPN Cricinfo