# 2018 Surrey Stars season

The 2018 season was Surrey Stars' third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the group stage, winning 5 of their 10 matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they played against Western Storm. They went on to beat Storm by 9 runs to advance to the final, where they faced group winners Loughborough Lightning. A century from Lizelle Lee ensured that the Stars beat Loughborough Lightning by 66 runs to claim their first WCSL title.
The side was captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook. They played three of their home matches at Woodbridge Road, Guildford and two at The Oval.

## Squad

Surrey Stars' 15-player squad is listed below. Ellen Burt was originally named in the squad, but was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Gayatri Gole. Grace Gibbs was ruled out of the squad during the tournament due to injury, and replaced by Amy Gordon. Age given is at the start of Surrey Stars' first match of the season (22 July 2018).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Aylish Cranstone | England | (1994-08-28)28 August 1994 (aged 23) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Lizelle Lee | South Africa | (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Sophia Dunkley | England | (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Hannah Jones | England | (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Marizanne Kapp | South Africa | (1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas player |
| Nat Sciver | England | (1992-08-20)20 August 1992 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Captain |
| Bryony Smith | England | (1997-12-12)12 December 1997 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Dane van Niekerk | South Africa | (1993-05-14)14 May 1993 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Rhianna Southby | England | (2000-10-16)16 October 2000 (aged 17) | Right-handed | — | |
| Sarah Taylor | England | (1989-05-20)20 May 1989 (aged 29) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Grace Gibbs | England | (1995-05-01)1 May 1995 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Gayatri Gole | England | (1998-07-22)22 July 1998 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Amy Gordon | England | (2001-10-03)3 October 2001 (aged 16) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Injury replacement player |
| Eva Gray | England | (2000-05-24)24 May 2000 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Laura Marsh | England | (1986-12-05)5 December 1986 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Mady Villiers | England | (1998-08-26)26 August 1998 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |

## 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
* 26 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Western Storm 132/9 (20 overs) | v | Surrey Stars 136/3 (15.5 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 37 (21) Sophia Dunkley 3/18 (2 overs) | | Sarah Taylor 50 (34) Danielle Gibson 2/34 (4 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 7 wickets College Ground, Cheltenham Umpires: Sue Redfern and Mark Newell
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Surrey Stars 5, Western Storm 0
* 29 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars | v | Yorkshire Diamonds |
* Match Abandoned Woodbridge Road, Guildford Umpires: Mark Newell and Tom Lungley
* No toss.
* Points: Surrey Stars 2, Yorkshire Diamonds 2
* 31 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 148/5 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 151/5 (19.5 overs) |
| Nat Sciver 95 (57) Emma Lamb 3/34 (4 overs) | | Nicole Bolton 87 (61) Nat Sciver 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Lancashire Thunder won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Graham Lloyd and Nick Cook
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Lancashire Thunder 4, Surrey Stars 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 (Eng) and Rob White (Eng)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Surrey Stars 0
* 7 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 167/8 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 112 (19.2 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 70 (37) Emma Lamb 2/12 (3 overs) | | Evelyn Jones 40 (48) Dane van Niekerk 3/20 (4 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 55 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Mike Burns and Jeff Evans Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Surrey Stars 5, Lancashire Thunder 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
* 12 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 66 (16.4 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 67/1 (9.3 overs) |
| Marizanne Kapp 13 (14) Beth Langston 3/14 (3.4 overs) | | Beth Mooney 44* (30) Laura Marsh 1/20 (3 overs) |
* Yorkshire Diamonds won by 9 wickets Clifton Park, York Umpires: Sue Redfern and James Middlebrook Player of the match: Beth Mooney (Yorkshire Diamonds)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 5, Surrey Stars 0
* 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 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
| Western Storm 158/5 (20 overs) | v | Surrey Stars 160/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Heather Knight 62 (47) Dane van Niekerk 2/20 (4 overs) | | Lizelle Lee 48 (28) Heather Knight 1/18 (2 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Nick Cook and Ian Gould Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Surrey Stars 4, Western Storm 0

### Semi-final

* 27 August 2018 12:00 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 162/5 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 153/6 (20 overs) |
| Nat Sciver 72* (43) Heather Knight 1/16 (2 overs) | | Fran Wilson 58* (45) Nat Sciver 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 9 runs County Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds and Neil Bainton Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Surrey Stars)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

### 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 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 |
| Aylish Cranstone | 8 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 10.00 | 62.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sophia Dunkley | 11 | 10 | 2 | 98 | 66 | 12.25 | 119.51 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Grace Gibbs | 6 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12.00 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Eva Gray | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 27.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hannah Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.00 | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marizanne Kapp | 11 | 9 | 4 | 104 | 32* | 20.80 | 122.35 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Lizelle Lee | 11 | 11 | 0 | 352 | 104 | 32.00 | 149.15 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 18 |
| Laura Marsh | 11 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 4.25 | 47.22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nat Sciver | 11 | 11 | 3 | 362 | 95* | 45.25 | 143.65 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 4 |
| Bryony Smith | 11 | 11 | 0 | 147 | 39 | 13.36 | 90.74 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2 |
| Rhianna Southby | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Taylor | 10 | 10 | 1 | 177 | 51 | 19.66 | 122.91 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Dane van Niekerk | 9 | 9 | 2 | 146 | 31 | 20.85 | 93.58 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| Mady Villiers | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.00 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Sophia Dunkley | 11 | 8 | 18.0 | 0 | 144 | 6 | 3/18 | 24.00 | 8.00 | 18.0 |
| Grace Gibbs | 6 | 3 | 4.5 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 2/10 | 12.66 | 7.86 | 9.6 |
| Eva Gray | 9 | 5 | 8.3 | 0 | 68 | 0 | – | – | 8.00 | – |
| Marizanne Kapp | 11 | 11 | 36.2 | 0 | 206 | 11 | 2/14 | 18.72 | 5.66 | 19.8 |
| Laura Marsh | 11 | 10 | 37.2 | 0 | 275 | 8 | 2/28 | 34.37 | 7.36 | 28.0 |
| Nat Sciver | 11 | 11 | 34.0 | 1 | 280 | 10 | 4/32 | 28.00 | 8.23 | 20.4 |
| Bryony Smith | 11 | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 2/9 | 15.66 | 7.62 | 12.3 |
| Dane van Niekerk | 9 | 9 | 29.0 | 0 | 192 | 13 | 3/20 | 14.76 | 6.62 | 13.3 |
| Mady Villiers | 11 | 6 | 13.0 | 0 | 90 | 5 | 3/22 | 18.00 | 6.92 | 15.6 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Aylish Cranstone | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Sophia Dunkley | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Grace Gibbs | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Eva Gray | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Hannah Jones | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Marizanne Kapp | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Lizelle Lee | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Laura Marsh | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Nat Sciver | 11 | 11 | 6 |
| Bryony Smith | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| Dane van Niekerk | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| Mady Villiers | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Rhianna Southby | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sarah Taylor | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||