2017 Western Storm season

The 2017 season was Western Storm's second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the initial group stage, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they beat Surrey Stars by three wickets. In the final, they faced Southern Vipers in a repeat of the previous season's final. This time, however, Western Storm were victorious by seven wickets to claim their first title.

Western Storm

2017 season
Coach	Trevor Griffin
Captain	Heather Knight
Overseas player	Holly Huddleston Rachel Priest Stafanie Taylor
WCSL	Champions
Most runs	Rachel Priest (261)
Most wickets	Stafanie Taylor (9)
Most catches	Heather Knight (3) Georgia Hennessy (3) Fran Wilson (3)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Rachel Priest (8)
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The side was captained by Heather Knight and coached by the newly appointed Trevor Griffin. They played one of their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and their other home match at the County Ground, Bristol.

Squad

Western Storm's 15-player squad for the season is listed below. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (10 August 2017).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsmen
Sophie Luff	England	(1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lauren Parfitt	Wales	(1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Fran Wilson	England	(1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
All-rounders
Georgia Hennessy	England	(1996-11-04)4 November 1996 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Heather Knight	England	(1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Captain
Alice Macleod	England	(1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right arm off break
Stafanie Taylor	West Indies	(1991-06-11)11 June 1991 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right arm off break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
Amara Carr	England	(1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—
Rachel Priest	New Zealand	(1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 32)	Right-handed	—	Overseas player
Bowlers
Jodie Dibble	England	(1994-09-17)17 September 1994 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Freya Davies	England	(1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Danielle Gibson	England	(2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 16)	Right-handed	Right arm medium
Holly Huddleston	New Zealand	(1987-10-11)11 October 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right arm medium	Overseas player
Claire Nicholas	Wales	(1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Anya Shrubsole	England	(1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 25)	Right-handed	Right arm medium

Women's Cricket Super League

Season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
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

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League stage

10 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Western Storm 70 (18.5 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 73/1 (9 overs)
Georgia Hennessy 22 (31) Tash Farrant 2/10 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 47* (31) Stafanie Taylor 1/3 (2 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 9 wickets Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: David Millns and Steve O'Shaugnessy Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)

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

12 August 2017 12:00 Scorecard

Loughborough Lightning 108/9 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 109/5 (19.1 overs)
Ellyse Perry 25 (28) Stafanie Taylor 4/5 (4 overs)		Stafanie Taylor 34 (32) Georgia Elwiss 2/24 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Nick Cook Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Western Storm)

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

20 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Yorkshire Diamonds 160/7 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 161/0 (17 overs)
Lauren Winfield 58 (44) Holly Huddleston 1/19 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 106* (65)

Western Storm won by 10 wickets Clifton Park Ground, York Umpires: Ben Debenham and James Middlebrook Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)

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

23 August 2017 14:00 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 169/6 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 117 (19.3 overs)
Lizelle Lee 72 (44) Claire Nicholas 3/20 (4 overs)		Alice Macleod 30 (29) Nat Sciver 3/11 (3.3 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 52 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)

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

26 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Lancashire Thunder 122/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 123/5 (17.1 overs)
Amy Satterthwaite 44 (41) Freya Davies 2/24 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 52 (26) Danielle Hazell 2/14 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Tom Lungley and Russell Warren Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)

• 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.

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
Freya Davies	7	2	0	11	7	5.50	62.22	0	0	0	0
Jodie Dibble	5	2	1	4	2*	4.00	40.00	0	0	0	0
Georgia Hennessy	7	5	0	110	28	22.00	80.88	0	0	12	3
Holly Huddleston	4	2	1	4	2*	4.00	36.36	0	0	0	0
Heather Knight	7	7	1	103	48*	17.16	101.98	0	0	10	2
Sophie Luff	7	6	3	84	30*	28.00	96.55	0	0	11	0
Alice Macleod	7	5	2	41	30	13.66	74.54	0	0	3	0
Claire Nicholas	7	2	1	4	4*	4.00	50.00	0	0	0	0
Rachel Priest	7	7	1	261	106*	43.50	164.15	1	2	36	9
Anya Shrubsole	5	2	0	12	12	6.00	85.71	0	0	1	1
Stafanie Taylor	7	6	2	113	37*	28.25	85.60	0	0	12	1
Fran Wilson	7	6	0	28	10	4.66	62.22	0	0	2	0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
Freya Davies	7	7	22.0	0	165	5	2/24	33.00	7.50	26.4
Jodie Dibble	5	5	16.0	0	111	1	1/27	111.00	6.93	96.0
Georgia Hennessy	7	1	1.0	0	10	0	–	–	10.00	–
Holly Huddleston	4	4	11.0	0	104	2	1/19	52.00	9.45	33.0
Heather Knight	7	6	14.0	0	102	3	1/8	34.00	7.28	28.0
Claire Nicholas	7	7	23.0	2	126	8	3/20	15.75	5.47	17.2
Anya Shrubsole	5	5	20.0	0	131	6	3/22	21.83	6.55	17.2
Stafanie Taylor	7	7	22.0	1	105	9	4/5	11.66	4.77	14.6
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
Freya Davies	7	7	0
Jodie Dibble	5	5	2
Georgia Hennessy	7	7	3
Holly Huddleston	4	4	1
Heather Knight	7	7	3
Sophie Luff	7	7	0
Alice Macleod	7	7	1
Claire Nicholas	7	7	2
Anya Shrubsole	5	5	1
Stafanie Taylor	7	7	2
Fran Wilson	7	7	3
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Wicket-keeping

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches	Stumpings
Rachel Priest	7	7	1	7
Source: ESPN Cricinfo