# 2017 Southern Vipers season

The 2017 season was Southern Vipers' second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side topped the group stage for the second year in a row, therefore progressing to the final. In the final, they faced Western Storm in a repeat of the previous season's final. This time, however, Western Storm were victorious by seven wickets with twelve balls to spare.
The side was captained by Charlotte Edwards and coached by Nicholas Denning. They played two of their home matches at the Rose Bowl and their other home match at the Arundel Castle Cricket Ground.

## Squad

Southern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 26 July 2017. Dane van Niekerk were originally signed as an overseas player, but was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Mignon du Preez. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (10 August 2017).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Georgia Adams | England | (1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Mignon du Preez | South Africa | (1989-06-13)13 June 1989 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Charlotte Edwards | England | (1979-12-17)17 December 1979 (aged 37) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | Captain |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Arran Brindle | England | (1981-11-23)23 November 1981 (aged 35) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Isabelle Collis | England | (1996-09-22)22 September 1996 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Charlie Dean | England | (2000-12-22)22 December 2000 (aged 16) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Hayley Matthews | West Indies | (1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Danni Wyatt | England | (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Carla Rudd | England | (1993-12-30)30 December 1993 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Ellen Burt | England | (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Tash Farrant | England | (1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Katie George | England | (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Tara Norris | England | (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 19) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Linsey Smith | England | (1995-03-10)10 March 1995 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |

## 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 |
Advanced to the Final.  Advanced to the Semi-final.

### 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
* 15 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 180/2 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 134 (20 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 119* (72) Lucy Higham 1/29 (4 overs) | | Georgia Elwiss 32 (29) Suzie Bates 3/15 (3 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 46 runs County Ground, Derby Umpires: Steve O'Shaugnessy and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Vipers 5, Loughborough Lightning 0
* 20 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 127/8 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 100/7 (16.2 overs) |
| Marizanne Kapp 42 (48) Hayley Matthews 2/23 (4 overs) | | Suzie Bates 50* (41) Nat Sciver 3/28 (3.2 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 4 runs (DLS) Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Mark Newell and Russell Warren Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Surrey Stars)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
* Southern Vipers innings curtailed at 16.2 overs due to rain.
* Southern Vipers' target at 16.2 overs was 105 runs to win.
* Points: Surrey Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0
* 23 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 87 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 88/4 (14.5 overs) |
| Danielle Hazell 37 (39) Linsey Smith 3/16 (4 overs) | | Danni Wyatt 46* (29) Sophie Ecclestone 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 6 wickets Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Umpires: Ben Debenham and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Danni Wyatt (Southern Vipers)
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Vipers 5, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 26 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 138/6 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 108 (18.3 overs) |
| Mignon du Preez 50* (35) Katie Levick 3/21 (4 overs) | | Katherine Brunt 42 (30) Arran Brindle 2/13 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 30 runs Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (Southern Vipers)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Vipers 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

### 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 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 |
| Georgia Adams | 6 | 6 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 4.40 | 61.11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Suzie Bates | 6 | 6 | 3 | 260 | 119* | 86.66 | 132.65 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 7 |
| Arran Brindle | 6 | 4 | 2 | 62 | 19* | 31.00 | 77.50 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Dean | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Mignon du Preez | 6 | 4 | 1 | 92 | 50* | 30.66 | 122.66 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| Charlotte Edwards | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20* | 20.00 | 153.84 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12* | 13.00 | 144.44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Katie George | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Hayley Matthews | 6 | 6 | 0 | 114 | 40 | 19.00 | 91.20 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Tara Norris | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Carla Rudd | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linsey Smith | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Danni Wyatt | 6 | 5 | 2 | 92 | 46* | 30.66 | 124.32 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Suzie Bates | 6 | 6 | 17.0 | 0 | 95 | 8 | 3/15 | 11.87 | 5.58 | 12.7 |
| Arran Brindle | 6 | 6 | 22.0 | 0 | 110 | 7 | 2/13 | 15.71 | 5.00 | 18.8 |
| Charlie Dean | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1/20 | 20.00 | 5.00 | 24.0 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 6 | 20.0 | 0 | 123 | 6 | 2/10 | 20.50 | 6.15 | 20.0 |
| Katie George | 4 | 3 | 9.0 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 1/15 | 21.33 | 7.11 | 18.0 |
| Hayley Matthews | 6 | 6 | 20.2 | 2 | 107 | 6 | 2/23 | 17.83 | 5.26 | 20.3 |
| Tara Norris | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1/18 | 18.00 | 6.00 | 18.0 |
| Linsey Smith | 6 | 5 | 19.0 | 0 | 110 | 5 | 3/16 | 22.00 | 5.78 | 22.8 |
| Danni Wyatt | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 7.00 | – |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Georgia Adams | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Suzie Bates | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Arran Brindle | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Charlie Dean | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mignon du Preez | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Charlotte Edwards | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Katie George | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Hayley Matthews | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Tara Norris | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Linsey Smith | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Danni Wyatt | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Carla Rudd | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||