# 2018 Southern Vipers season

The 2018 season was Southern Vipers' third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished bottom of the group stage, winning two of their ten matches.
The side was captained by Suzie Bates and coached by Nicholas Denning. They played three of their home matches at the Rose Bowl and one home match apiece at the Arundel Castle Cricket Ground and the County Ground, Hove.

## Squad

Southern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 5 July 2018. Tash Farrant was ruled out of the squad during the tournament due to injury and replaced by Emily Windsor for the final four group-stage matches. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (22 July 2018).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Maia Bouchier | England | (1998-12-05)5 December 1998 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Mignon du Preez | South Africa | (1989-06-13)13 June 1989 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain; Overseas player |
| Arran Brindle | England | (1981-11-23)23 November 1981 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Charlie Dean | England | (2000-12-22)22 December 2000 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Amelia Kerr | New Zealand | (2000-10-13)13 October 2000 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| Fi Morris | England | (1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Paige Scholfield | England | (1995-12-19)19 December 1995 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Emily Windsor | England | (1997-06-14)14 June 1997 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Injury replacement player |
| Danni Wyatt | England | (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Tammy Beaumont | England | (1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | — | |
| Sara McGlashan | New Zealand | (1982-03-28)28 March 1982 (aged 36) | Right-handed | — | UK Passport |
| Carla Rudd | England | (1993-12-30)30 December 1993 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Lauren Bell | England | (2001-01-02)2 January 2001 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Tash Farrant | England | (1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Katie George | England | (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |

## Women's Cricket Super League
### Season standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Loughborough Lightning | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 1.361 |
| 2 | Western Storm | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 0.919 |
| 3 | Surrey Stars | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | −0.404 |
| 4 | Lancashire Thunder | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | −0.825 |
| 5 | Yorkshire Diamonds | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | −0.290 |
| 6 | Southern Vipers | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | −0.490 |
Advanced to the Final.  Advanced to the Semi-final.

### League stage

* 22 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 141/9 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 145/3 (17 overs) |
| Sophia Dunkley 66 (43) Fi Morris 4/22 (4 overs) | | Tammy Beaumont 62* (45) Marizanne Kapp 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 7 wickets Woodbridge Road, Guildford Umpires: Sue Redfern and Mark Newell
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Vipers 4, Surrey Stars 0
* 25 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 105 (19.3 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 109/4 (18.5 overs) |
| Tammy Beaumont 37 (39) Sophie Devine 3/21 (4 overs) | | Elyse Villani 35 (33) Amelia Kerr 1/6 (4 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 6 wickets Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Steve O'Shaughnessy and Neil Mallender
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 4, Southern Vipers 0
* 29 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 137/6 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 133/9 (20 overs) |
| Evelyn Jones 69 (65) Tash Farrant 3/24 (4 overs) | | Suzie Bates 40 (36) Emma Lamb 4/17 (4 overs) |
* Lancashire Thunder won by 4 runs Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Umpires: Sue Redfern and James Middlebrook
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Lancashire Thunder 4, Southern Vipers 0
* 31 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 91 (18.1 overs) | v | Western Storm 93/1 (9.3 overs) |
| Sara McGlashan 31 (30) Claire Nicholas 2/17 (4 overs) | | Smriti Mandhana 43* (27) Arran Brindle 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 9 wickets Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Chris Watts and Rob White Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Western Storm
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 5, Southern Vipers 0
* 2 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 175/5 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 163/9 (20 overs) |
| Lauren Winfield 64 (38) Amelia Kerr 2/27 (4 overs) | | Suzie Bates 34 (22) Katherine Brunt 5/26 (4 overs) |
* Yorkshire Diamonds won by 12 runs Clifton Park, York Umpires: Tom Lungley and Sue Redfern
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Southern Vipers 0
* 4 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 172/6 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 174/7 (19.4 overs) |
| Sara McGlashan 55* (28) Georgia Elwiss 2/46 (4 overs) | | Elyse Villani 61* (38) Danni Wyatt 1/4 (1 over) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 3 wickets Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Sue Redfern and Ian Ramage Player of the match: Elyse Villani (Loughborough Lightning)
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 4, Southern Vipers 0
* 8 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 159/7 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 143 (19.5 overs) |
| Tammy Beaumont 64 (37) Katie Levick 3/35 (4 overs) | | Thea Brookes 45 (36) Suzie Bates 4/26 (3.5 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 16 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Neil Bainton and Tim Robinson Player of the match: Tammy Beaumont (Southern Vipers)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Vipers 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 11 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 62/2 (8.5 overs) | v | Western Storm |
| Danni Wyatt 27 (20) Danielle Gibson 1/8 (1.5 overs) | | |
* No result Nevil Road, Bristol Umpires: Rob White and Chris Watts
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 2, Southern Vipers 2
* 14 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 147/9 (20 overs) | v | Surrey Stars 148/6 (19.3 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 82 (57) Nat Sciver 4/32 (4 overs) | | Nat Sciver 46 (33) Suzie Bates 2/22 (4 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 4 wickets County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Michael Gough and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Surrey Stars)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Surrey Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0
* 18 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 162/3 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 153 (19.4 overs) |
| Harmanpreet Kaur 44* (20) Paige Scholfield 1/28 (4 overs) | | Danni Wyatt 36 (21) Sophie Ecclestone 4/20 (4 overs) |
* Lancashire Thunder won by 9 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Mark Newell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire Thunder)
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Lancashire Thunder 4, Southern Vipers 0

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Suzie Bates | 10 | 10 | 1 | 245 | 82 | 27.22 | 115.02 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Tammy Beaumont | 8 | 7 | 1 | 198 | 64 | 33.00 | 127.74 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 1 |
| Lauren Bell | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4* | 5.00 | 166.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maia Bouchier | 4 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 17 | 10.00 | 93.02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Arran Brindle | 8 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 26 | 10.00 | 81.08 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Charlie Dean | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3* | – | 58.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mignon du Preez | 10 | 10 | 1 | 174 | 48 | 19.33 | 103.57 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 7.66 | 104.54 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Katie George | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 6.00 | 70.58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amelia Kerr | 10 | 8 | 1 | 61 | 26* | 8.71 | 88.40 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sara McGlashan | 10 | 9 | 2 | 164 | 55* | 23.42 | 123.30 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
| Fi Morris | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 2.75 | 73.33 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carla Rudd | 9 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2.00 | 88.88 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Paige Scholfield | 8 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 22* | 9.00 | 128.57 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Danni Wyatt | 9 | 9 | 0 | 172 | 39 | 19.11 | 122.85 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 4 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Suzie Bates | 10 | 9 | 27.3 | 0 | 225 | 9 | 4/26 | 25.00 | 8.18 | 18.3 |
| Lauren Bell | 4 | 3 | 11.0 | 1 | 67 | 0 | – | – | 6.09 | – |
| Arran Brindle | 8 | 7 | 17.1 | 0 | 127 | 3 | 1/3 | 42.33 | 7.39 | 34.3 |
| Charlie Dean | 5 | 4 | 9.0 | 0 | 84 | 0 | — | – | 9.33 | – |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 6 | 22.0 | 1 | 171 | 10 | 3/16 | 17.10 | 7.77 | 13.2 |
| Katie George | 3 | 3 | 8.0 | 0 | 62 | 0 | – | – | 7.75 | – |
| Amelia Kerr | 10 | 9 | 35.3 | 0 | 231 | 10 | 2/22 | 23.10 | 6.50 | 21.3 |
| Fi Morris | 7 | 6 | 20.5 | 0 | 167 | 7 | 4/22 | 23.85 | 8.01 | 17.8 |
| Paige Scholfield | 8 | 6 | 11.5 | 0 | 98 | 2 | 1/25 | 49.00 | 8.28 | 35.5 |
| Danni Wyatt | 9 | 3 | 4.3 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 1/4 | 16.50 | 7.33 | 13.5 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Suzie Bates | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| Tammy Beaumont | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| Lauren Bell | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Maia Bouchier | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Arran Brindle | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| Charlie Dean | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Mignon du Preez | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Katie George | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Amelia Kerr | 10 | 9 | 2 |
| Sara McGlashan | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| Fi Morris | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Paige Scholfield | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Danni Wyatt | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Tammy Beaumont | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carla Rudd | 9 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||