# 2017 Women's Cricket Super League

The 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2017 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), a semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format. The Southern Vipers were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Western Storm.

## Competition format

Six teams competed for the T20 title which took place between 10 August and 1 September 2017. The six teams played each other once in a round-robin format; followed by a finals day at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.

## Teams

| Team | Home ground(s) | Coach | Captain |
| Lancashire Thunder | Old Trafford, Manchester Stanley Park, Blackpool Aigburth, Liverpool | Stephen Titchard | Danielle Hazell |
| Loughborough Lightning | Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough County Ground, Derby | Salliann Briggs | Georgia Elwiss |
| Southern Vipers | Rose Bowl, Southampton Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel | Nicholas Denning | Charlotte Edwards |
| Surrey Stars | The Oval, London | Richard Bedbrook | Nat Sciver |
| Western Storm | County Ground, Taunton County Ground, Bristol | Trevor Griffin | Heather Knight |
| Yorkshire Diamonds | Headingley, Leeds Clifton Park, York | Paul Grayson | Lauren Winfield |

## Points table

| 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 |

## Fixtures
### Semi-final

* 1 September 14:15 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 100/7 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 101/7 (18.5 overs) |
| Sophia Dunkley 30 (33) Anya Shrubsole 3/22 (4 overs) | | Stafanie Taylor 37* (45) Marizanne Kapp 3/11 (4 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 3 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: David Millns and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Western Storm)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.

### 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

* Highest score by a team: Southern Vipers – 180/2 (20 overs) v Loughborough Lightning (15 August).
* Lowest score by a team: Western Storm – 70 (18.5 overs) v Southern Vipers (10 August).
* Top score by an individual: Suzie Bates – 119* (72) v Loughborough Lightning (15 August).
* Best bowling figures by an individual: Rene Farrell – 5/26 (4 overs) v Lancashire Thunder (16 August).

### Most runs

| Player | Team | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
| Rachel Priest | Western Storm | 7 | 7 | 261 | 43.50 | 106* | 1 | 2 |
| Suzie Bates | Southern Vipers | 6 | 6 | 260 | 86.66 | 119* | 1 | 1 |
| Ellyse Perry | Loughborough Lightning | 5 | 5 | 182 | 60.66 | 78* | 0 | 2 |
| Marizanne Kapp | Surrey Stars | 6 | 6 | 178 | 35.60 | 48* | 0 | 0 |
| Nat Sciver | Surrey Stars | 6 | 6 | 154 | 38.50 | 40* | 0 | 0 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5w |
| Nat Sciver | Surrey Stars | 21.5 | 12 | 11.75 | 3/11 | 0 |
| Danielle Hazell | Lancashire Thunder | 18.0 | 9 | 9.77 | 2/14 | 0 |
| Stafanie Taylor | Western Storm | 22.0 | 9 | 11.66 | 4/5 | 0 |
| Laura Marsh | Surrey Stars | 24.0 | 9 | 14.00 | 2/12 | 0 |
| Alex Hartley | Surrey Stars | 23.5 | 9 | 19.22 | 3/15 | 0 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo