# 2016 Southern Vipers season

The 2016 season was Southern Vipers' first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished top of the initial group stage, therefore progressing straight to the final, where they played against Western Storm. They went on to win the final by 7 wickets with 7 balls to spare to become the inaugural winners of the WCSL.
The side represented the South of England, and was partnered with Hampshire County Cricket Club, Sussex County Cricket Club, Berkshire County Cricket Club, Dorset County Cricket Club, Oxfordshire County Cricket Club, Wiltshire County Cricket Club, the Isle of Wight Cricket Board and Southampton Solent University. They played their home matches at the Rose Bowl. Southern Vipers' coach was Nicholas Denning, and they were captained by Charlotte Edwards.

## Squad

Southern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 21 April 2016. Megan Schutt and Daisy Gardner were originally named in the squad, but were both ruled out due to injury and replaced by Morna Nielsen and Linsey Smith, respectively. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (31 July 2016).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Georgia Adams | England | (1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Charlotte Edwards | England | (1979-12-17)17 December 1979 (aged 36) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | Captain |
| Lydia Greenway | England | (1985-08-06)6 August 1985 (aged 30) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Suzie Bates | New Zealand | (1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Arran Brindle | England | (1981-11-23)23 November 1981 (aged 34) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Isabelle Collis | England | (1996-09-22)22 September 1996 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | |
| Alice Macleod | England | (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Fi Morris | England | (1994-01-31)31 January 1994 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Sara McGlashan | New Zealand | (1982-03-28)28 March 1982 (aged 34) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| Carla Rudd | England | (1993-12-30)30 December 1993 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Ellen Burt | England | (1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Tash Farrant | England | (1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 20) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Katie George | England | (1999-04-07)7 April 1999 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Morna Nielsen | New Zealand | (1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | Overseas player |
| Linsey Smith | England | (1995-03-10)10 March 1995 (aged 21) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |

## Women's Cricket Super League
### Season standings

Points table :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Southern Vipers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1.437 |
| 2 | Western Storm | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.838 |
| 3 | Loughborough Lightning | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0.170 |
| 4 | Surrey Stars | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | −0.274 |
| 5 | Yorkshire Diamonds | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | −0.362 |
| 6 | Lancashire Thunder | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.724 |
Advanced to the Final.  Advanced to the Semi-final.

### League stage

* 31 July 14:00 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 85/6 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 88/4 (15.2 overs) |
| Nat Sciver 36 (44) Tash Farrant 2/17 (4 overs) | | Georgia Adams 41 (43) Alex Hartley 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 6 wickets Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Paul Pollard
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Southern Vipers 3, Surrey Stars 0
* 5 August 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 132/4 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 121/7 (20 overs) |
| Sara McGlashan 54 (50) Hayley Matthews 2/16 (4 overs) | | Emma Lamb 34 (35) Morna Nielsen 2/16 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 11 runs Stanley Park, Blackpool Umpires: Tom Lungley and Paul Pollard
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Southern Vipers 2, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 8 August 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 118/4 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 64 (16.3 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 45* (45) Katherine Brunt 2/26 (4 overs) | | Beth Mooney 17 (23) Linsey Smith 4/10 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 54 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Ben Debenham and Chris Watts
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Southern Vipers 3, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 12 August 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 137/3 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 140/2 (17.5 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 57 (50) Heather Knight 2/27 (4 overs) | | Stafanie Taylor 78* (51) Fi Morris 1/10 (1 over) |
* Western Storm won by 8 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Tom Lungley
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Western Storm 2, Southern Vipers 0
* 14 August 14:00 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 156/4 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 97 (18.5 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 38 (24) Rebecca Grundy 2/24 (4 overs) | | Ellyse Perry 35 (33) Linsey Smith 3/16 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 59 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Ben Debenham and Tom Lungley
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Southern Vipers 3, Loughborough Lightning 0

### Final

* 21 August 15:00 Scorecard
| Western Storm 140/5 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 143/3 (18.5 overs) |
| Rachel Priest 57 (55) Arran Brindle 2/15 (4 overs) | | Suzie Bates 52 (46) Jodie Dibble 1/27 (4 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 7 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Russell Warren and Chris Watts
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Georgia Adams | 5 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 41 | 18.25 | 87.95 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Suzie Bates | 6 | 6 | 1 | 232 | 57 | 46.40 | 113.17 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
| Arran Brindle | 5 | 4 | 4 | 91 | 45* | – | 105.81 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Isabelle Collis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 5.00 | 76.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlotte Edwards | 5 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 30 | 16.00 | 94.11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Katie George | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Lydia Greenway | 6 | 6 | 3 | 81 | 29 | 27.00 | 89.01 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Alice Macleod | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 71.42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sara McGlashan | 6 | 6 | 3 | 134 | 54* | 44.66 | 97.10 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Fi Morris | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Morna Nielsen | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Carla Rudd | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0* | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linsey Smith | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Suzie Bates | 6 | 6 | 20.2 | 0 | 124 | 9 | 2/8 | 13.77 | 6.09 | 13.5 |
| Arran Brindle | 5 | 4 | 14.0 | 0 | 83 | 5 | 3/24 | 16.60 | 5.92 | 16.8 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 6 | 21.0 | 1 | 119 | 5 | 2/17 | 23.80 | 5.66 | 25.2 |
| Katie George | 4 | 4 | 9.0 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 1/15 | 55.00 | 6.11 | 54.0 |
| Fi Morris | 3 | 3 | 8.0 | 0 | 48 | 3 | 1/10 | 16.00 | 6.00 | 16.0 |
| Morna Nielsen | 6 | 6 | 22.5 | 1 | 111 | 5 | 2/16 | 22.20 | 4.86 | 27.4 |
| Linsey Smith | 5 | 5 | 18.0 | 1 | 92 | 8 | 4/10 | 11.50 | 5.11 | 13.5 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Georgia Adams | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Suzie Bates | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Arran Brindle | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Isabelle Collis | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Charlotte Edwards | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Tash Farrant | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Katie George | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Lydia Greenway | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| Alice Macleod | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sara McGlashan | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| Fi Morris | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Morna Nielsen | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Linsey Smith | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Carla Rudd | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||