# Surrey Stars

The Surrey Stars were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in South London that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition, the Women's Cricket Super League. The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road, Guildford. They were captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook, working with Surrey's Director of Women's Cricket Ebony Rainford-Brent. The Stars won the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, beating Loughborough Lightning in the final at the County Cricket Ground, Hove. In 2020, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, some elements of the Surrey Stars were retained for a new team, the South East Stars.

## History
### 2016–2019: Women's Cricket Super League

Surrey Stars were formed in 2016 to compete in the new Women's Cricket Super League, partnering with Surrey CCC. In their inaugural season, they finished 4th in the group stage, just missing out on Finals Day, winning two matches. In 2017, the Stars improved, winning four of their five games to finish second in the group and progress to the semi-final. However, here they were beaten by eventual tournament winners Western Storm, by 3 wickets. Stars all-rounder Nat Sciver was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 12 wickets.
In 2018, Surrey Stars finished 3rd in the group stage, with 5 wins, qualifying for the semi-final where they again faced Western Storm. This time, the Stars were victorious, winning by 9 runs thanks to a Player of the Match performance from Nat Sciver, who scored 72* and took two wickets. In the final, the Stars faced Loughborough Lightning. Batting first, the Stars posted 183, with overseas player Lizelle Lee hitting 104. Loughborough then collapsed to 117 all out, giving Surrey Stars their first WCSL title.
2019 saw a reversal in Surrey's fortunes, as they finished 5th out of 6 in the group stage, with 3 wins. This was the final season of Surrey Stars' existence, as women's cricket in England was reformed in 2020; the South East Stars retained some elements of Surrey Stars, but represent a larger region under the new structure.

## Home grounds

| Venue | Games hosted by season | Games hosted by season | Games hosted by season | Games hosted by season | Games hosted by season |
| Venue | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Total |
| The Oval | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Woodbridge Road, Guildford | 1 | – | 3 | 4 | 8 |

## Players

Final squad, 2019 season
* No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
* ‡ denotes players with international caps.
| No. | Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters |||||||
| 28 | Aylish Cranstone | England | (1994-08-28) 28 August 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| 67 | Lizelle Lee ‡ | South Africa | (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| All-rounders |||||||
| 4 | Bryony Smith | England | (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | England Academy player |
| 8 | Hannah Jones | England | (1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | England Academy player |
| 10 | Nat Sciver ‡ | England | (1992-08-20) 20 August 1992 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Club captain; England Performance squad |
| 23 | Marizanne Kapp ‡ | South Africa | (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990 (age 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| 81 | Dane van Niekerk ‡ | South Africa | (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993 (age 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers |||||||
| 17 | Rhianna Southby | England | (2000-10-16) 16 October 2000 (age 23) | Right-handed | — | |
| 30 | Sarah Taylor ‡ | England | (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989 (age 35) | Right-handed | — | England Performance squad |
| 79 | Gwenan Davies | Wales | (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Bowlers |||||||
| 7 | Laura Marsh ‡ | England | (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986 (age 37) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | England Performance squad |
| 18 | Eva Gray | England | (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| 21 | Amy Gordon | England | (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | England Academy player |
| 26 | Mady Villiers ‡ | England | (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998 (age 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | England Performance squad |
| 61 | Grace Gibbs | England | (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 (age 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |

### Overseas players

* Rene Farrell – Australia (2016–2017)
* Marizanne Kapp – South Africa (2016–2019)
* Lea Tahuhu – New Zealand (2016)
* Lizelle Lee – South Africa (2017–2019)
* Dane van Niekerk – South Africa (2018–2019)

## Seasons
### Women's Cricket Super League

| Season | Final standing | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | League standings | Notes |
| Season | Final standing | P | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Pos | Notes |
| 2016 | Group stage | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –0.274 | 4th | DNQ |
| 2017 | Losing semi-finalists: 3rd | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | +0.291 | 2nd | Lost to Western Storm in the semi-final |
| 2018 | Champions | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | –0.404 | 3rd | Won against Loughborough Lightning in the final |
| 2019 | Group stage | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | –0.857 | 5th | DNQ |

## Statistics
### Overall Results

Women's Cricket Super League - summary of results :
| Year | Played | Wins | Losses | Tied | NR | Win % |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 58.33 |
| 2019 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 30.00 |
| Total | 33 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 48.48 |
* Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
* Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.

### Teamwise Result summary

| Opposition | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Win % |
| Lancashire Thunder | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Loughborough Lightning | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| Southern Vipers | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 33.33 |
| Western Storm | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Yorkshire Diamonds | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.00 |

## Records

* Highest team total: 183/6, v Loughborough Lightning on 27 August 2018.
* Lowest team total: 66, v Yorkshire Diamonds on 12 August 2018.
* Highest individual score: 104, Lizelle Lee v Loughborough Lightning on 27 August 2018.
* Best individual bowling analysis: 5/26, Rene Farrell v Lancashire Thunder on 16 August 2017.
* Most runs: 930 in 31 matches, Nat Sciver.
* Most wickets: 32 wickets in 31 matches, Nat Sciver.

## Honours

* Women's Cricket Super League:
** Champions (1) – 2018