2017 Women's Cricket Super League
Dates | 10 August 2017 | – 1 September 2017
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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 | Nat Sciver (12) |
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), a semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format.[1] 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.[2]
Teams[]
Team | Home ground(s) | Coach | Captain |
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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 | Rose Bowl, Southampton Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel |
Nicholas Denning | Charlotte Edwards |
Surrey Stars | The Oval, London | Richard Bedbrook | Nat Sciver |
Western Storm | County Ground, Taunton County Ground, Bristol |
Trevor Griffin | Heather Knight |
Yorkshire Diamonds | Headingley, Leeds Clifton Park, York |
Paul Grayson | Lauren Winfield |
Points table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Southern Vipers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 2.001 |
2 | Surrey Stars | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 0.291 |
3 | Western Storm | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.887 |
4 | Loughborough Lightning | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0.664 |
5 | Yorkshire Diamonds | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.318 |
6 | Lancashire Thunder | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.692 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[3]
Fixtures[]
League stage[]
10 August 2017
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Western Storm
70 (18.5 overs) |
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Southern Vipers
73/1 (9 overs) |
Southern Vipers won by 9 wickets
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11 August 2017
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Yorkshire Diamonds
162/4 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Thunder
134/7 (20 overs) |
Yorkshire Diamonds won by 28 runs
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12 August 2017
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Loughborough Lightning
108/9 (20 overs) |
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Western Storm
109/5 (19.1 overs) |
Western Storm won by 5 wickets
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13 August 2017
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Yorkshire Diamonds
100 (19.5 overs) |
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Surrey Stars
104/2 (17.3 overs) |
Surrey Stars won by 8 wickets
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15 August 2017
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Southern Vipers
180/2 (20 overs) |
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Loughborough Lightning
134 (20 overs) |
Southern Vipers won by 46 runs
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16 August 2017
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Surrey Stars
133/6 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Thunder
100 (18 overs) |
Surrey Stars won by 33 runs
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18 August 2017
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Yorkshire Diamonds
110/5 (13 overs) |
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Loughborough Lightning
93/5 (13 overs) |
Yorkshire Diamonds won by 17 runs
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20 August 2017
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Loughborough Lightning
140/5 (20 overs) |
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Lancashire Thunder
90 (17.2 overs) |
Loughborough Lightning won by 50 runs
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20 August 2017
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Surrey Stars
127/8 (20 overs) |
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Southern Vipers
100/7 (16.2 overs) |
Surrey Stars won by 4 runs (DLS)
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20 August 2017
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Yorkshire Diamonds
160/7 (20 overs) |
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Western Storm
161/0 (17 overs) |
Western Storm won by 10 wickets
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23 August 2017
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Lancashire Thunder
87 (20 overs) |
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Southern Vipers
88/4 (14.5 overs) |
Southern Vipers won by 6 wickets
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23 August 2017
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Surrey Stars
169/6 (20 overs) |
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Western Storm
117 (19.3 overs) |
Surrey Stars won by 52 runs
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26 August 2017
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Southern Vipers
138/6 (20 overs) |
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Yorkshire Diamonds
108 (18.3 overs) |
Southern Vipers won by 30 runs
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26 August 2017
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Loughborough Lightning
171/3 (20 overs) |
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Surrey Stars
90 (18 overs) |
Loughborough Lightning won by 81 runs
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26 August 2017
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Lancashire Thunder
122/5 (20 overs) |
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Western Storm
123/5 (17.1 overs) |
Western Storm won by 5 wickets
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Semi-final[]
Surrey Stars
100/7 (20 overs) |
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Western Storm
101/7 (18.5 overs) |
- Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Final[]
Southern Vipers
145/5 (20 overs) |
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Western Storm
151/3 (18 overs) |
- Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
References[]
- ^ "Kia Super League 2017 fixtures unveiled". England and Wales Cricket Board. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Kia Super League tickets on sale". England and Wales Cricket Board. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- ^ "Women's Cricket Super League: Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
External links[]
Categories:
- Women's Cricket Super League seasons
- 2017 in English women's cricket