# 2018 Loughborough Lightning (women's cricket) season

The 2018 season was Loughborough Lightning's third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side topped the initial group stage, winning seven of their ten matches, therefore progressing straight to the final. However, they lost in the final to Surrey Stars by 66 runs.
The side was coached by the newly appointed Rob Taylor and captained by Georgia Elwiss. They played four of their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground, and the other at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.

## Squad

Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Loughborough Lightning's first match of the season (22 July 2018).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Georgia Adams | England | (1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Rachael Haynes | Australia | (1986-12-26)26 December 1986 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Elyse Villani | Australia | (1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Sophie Devine | New Zealand | (1989-09-01)1 September 1989 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Georgia Elwiss | England | (1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| Jo Gardner | England | (1997-03-25)25 March 1997 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Jenny Gunn | England | (1986-05-09)9 May 1986 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Abigail Freeborn | England | (1996-11-12)12 November 1996 (aged 21) | Right-handed | — | |
| Amy Jones | England | (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 25) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Sarah Glenn | England | (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Kirstie Gordon | England | (1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Lucy Higham | England | (1997-10-17)17 October 1997 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Tara Norris | England | (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Sonia Odedra | England | (1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Linsey Smith | England | (1995-03-10)10 March 1995 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |

## 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
| Lancashire Thunder 72 (16.5 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 74/4 (15.1 overs) |
| Evelyn Jones 19 (20) Jenny Gunn 3/10 (3 overs) | | Georgia Adams 22 (19) Alex Hartley 2/12 (4 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 6 wickets Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Umpires: Rob White and Ian Ramage
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Lancashire Thunder 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 10:30 Scorecard
| Western Storm 85/2 (6 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 67/0 (6 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 52* (19) Georgia Elwiss 1/17 (1 over) | | Sophie Devine 46* (21) |
* Western Storm won by 18 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Mike Burns and Ian Gould Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Western Storm)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 6 over per side due to rain.
* Points: Western Storm 5, Loughborough Lightning 0
* 31 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Loughborough Lightning 143/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 102/9 (20 overs) |
| Rachael Haynes 50 (41) Katie Levick 2/24 (4 overs) | | Thea Brookes 30 (19) Kirstie Gordon 2/10 (3 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 41 runs Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Tom Lungley and Sue Redfern
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 2 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 95 (18 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 96/1 (10 overs) |
| Nat Sciver 45 (35) Kirstie Gordon 3/13 (4 overs) | | Sophie Devine 61* (32) Marizanne Kapp 1/17 (4 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 9 wickets Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Chris Watts and Rob White
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Surrey Stars 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
* 9 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Loughborough Lightning 100/7 (13 overs) | v | Surrey Stars 106/3 (11.2 overs) |
| Georgia Elwiss 26 (21) Marizanne Kapp 1/4 (3 overs) | | Lizelle Lee 48 (28) Georgia Elwiss 2/20 (2.2 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 7 wickets Woodbridge Road, Guildford Umpires: James Middlebrook and Rob White Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
* Points: Surrey Stars 4, Loughborough Lightning 0
* 11 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 136/7 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 137/1 (14.3 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 47 (41) Sophie Devine 2/22 (4 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 40* (37) Alex Hartley 0/16 (2 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 9 wickets Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Mark Newell and Ian Ramage
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 15 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Western Storm 124/6 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 125/1 (12.3 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 29 (27) Kirstie Gordon 3/19 (4 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 66* (40) Heather Knight 1/24 (2 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 9 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Nick Cook and Graham Lloyd Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (Loughborough Lightning)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Western Storm 0
* 18 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 148/6 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 145/6 (20 overs) |
| Beth Mooney 76 (50) Linsey Smith 2/18 (4 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 47 (38) Alice Davidson-Richards 2/17 (3 overs) |
* Yorkshire Diamonds won by 3 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: James Middlebrook and Tom Lungley
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Loughborough Lightning 0

### Final

* 27 August 2018 16:00 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 183/6 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 117 (18.3 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 104 (58) Georgia Elwiss 2/29 (4 overs) | | Jenny Gunn 23* (21) Mady Villiers 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 66 runs County Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Neil Bainton and Sue Redfern Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Georgia Adams | 11 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 22* | 17.25 | 93.24 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Sophie Devine | 11 | 11 | 2 | 269 | 61* | 29.88 | 146.99 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 19 |
| Georgia Elwiss | 10 | 6 | 1 | 95 | 26 | 19.00 | 92.23 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jo Gardner | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sarah Glenn | 11 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 18 | 9.50 | 90.47 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kirstie Gordon | 11 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6.00 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jenny Gunn | 11 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 23* | 15.33 | 95.83 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Rachael Haynes | 11 | 10 | 3 | 324 | 66* | 46.28 | 128.06 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 3 |
| Lucy Higham | 11 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 9* | 5.50 | 122.22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Amy Jones | 11 | 10 | 3 | 202 | 66* | 28.85 | 119.52 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 |
| Linsey Smith | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 37.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elyse Villani | 11 | 7 | 1 | 175 | 61* | 29.16 | 127.73 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 2 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Sophie Devine | 11 | 11 | 35.5 | 1 | 259 | 16 | 3/15 | 16.18 | 7.22 | 13.4 |
| Georgia Elwiss | 10 | 10 | 26.2 | 0 | 194 | 9 | 2/20 | 21.55 | 7.36 | 17.5 |
| Sarah Glenn | 11 | 8 | 16.0 | 0 | 110 | 3 | 1/14 | 36.66 | 6.87 | 32.0 |
| Kirstie Gordon | 11 | 11 | 35.0 | 0 | 212 | 17 | 3/13 | 12.47 | 6.05 | 12.3 |
| Jenny Gunn | 11 | 11 | 33.0 | 1 | 226 | 14 | 3/10 | 16.14 | 6.84 | 14.1 |
| Lucy Higham | 11 | 5 | 6.0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 1/2 | 20.50 | 6.83 | 18.0 |
| Linsey Smith | 11 | 11 | 39.3 | 0 | 253 | 11 | 2/15 | 23.00 | 6.40 | 21.5 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Georgia Adams | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| Sophie Devine | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Georgia Elwiss | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Jo Gardner | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sarah Glenn | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Kirstie Gordon | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Jenny Gunn | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Rachael Haynes | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Lucy Higham | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Linsey Smith | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Elyse Villani | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Amy Jones | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||