# 2017 Western Storm season

The 2017 season was Western Storm's second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the initial group stage, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they beat Surrey Stars by three wickets. In the final, they faced Southern Vipers in a repeat of the previous season's final. This time, however, Western Storm were victorious by seven wickets to claim their first title.
The side was captained by Heather Knight and coached by the newly appointed Trevor Griffin. They played one of their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and their other home match at the County Ground, Bristol.

## Squad

Western Storm's 15-player squad for the season is listed below. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (10 August 2017).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting Style | Bowling Style | Notes |
| Batsmen ||||||
| Sophie Luff | England | (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Lauren Parfitt | Wales | (1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Fran Wilson | England | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Georgia Hennessy | England | (1996-11-04)4 November 1996 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Heather Knight | England | (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Captain |
| Alice Macleod | England | (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | |
| Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right arm off break | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Amara Carr | England | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 23) | Right-handed | — | |
| Rachel Priest | New Zealand | (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 32) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Jodie Dibble | England | (1994-09-17)17 September 1994 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Freya Davies | England | (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Danielle Gibson | England | (2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 16) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Holly Huddleston | New Zealand | (1987-10-11)11 October 1987 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | Overseas player |
| Claire Nicholas | Wales | (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Anya Shrubsole | England | (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |

## 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
* 12 August 2017 12:00 Scorecard
| Loughborough Lightning 108/9 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 109/5 (19.1 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 25 (28) Stafanie Taylor 4/5 (4 overs) | | Stafanie Taylor 34 (32) Georgia Elwiss 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Nick Cook Player of the match: Stafanie Taylor (Western Storm)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 4, Loughborough Lightning 0
* 20 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 160/7 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 161/0 (17 overs) |
| Lauren Winfield 58 (44) Holly Huddleston 1/19 (4 overs) | | Rachel Priest 106* (65) |
* Western Storm won by 10 wickets Clifton Park Ground, York Umpires: Ben Debenham and James Middlebrook Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 23 August 2017 14:00 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 169/6 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 117 (19.3 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 72 (44) Claire Nicholas 3/20 (4 overs) | | Alice Macleod 30 (29) Nat Sciver 3/11 (3.3 overs) |
* Surrey Stars won by 52 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Lizelle Lee (Surrey Stars)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Surrey Stars 5, Western Storm 0
* 26 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 122/5 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 123/5 (17.1 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 44 (41) Freya Davies 2/24 (4 overs) | | Rachel Priest 52 (26) Danielle Hazell 2/14 (4 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Tom Lungley and Russell Warren Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Western Storm 4, Lancashire Thunder 0

### 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 Cricket 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 Cricket 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 |
| Freya Davies | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 5.50 | 62.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jodie Dibble | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2* | 4.00 | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Hennessy | 7 | 5 | 0 | 110 | 28 | 22.00 | 80.88 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Holly Huddleston | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2* | 4.00 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heather Knight | 7 | 7 | 1 | 103 | 48* | 17.16 | 101.98 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| Sophie Luff | 7 | 6 | 3 | 84 | 30* | 28.00 | 96.55 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Alice Macleod | 7 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 30 | 13.66 | 74.54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Claire Nicholas | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4* | 4.00 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rachel Priest | 7 | 7 | 1 | 261 | 106* | 43.50 | 164.15 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 9 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 6.00 | 85.71 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 7 | 6 | 2 | 113 | 37* | 28.25 | 85.60 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| Fran Wilson | 7 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 4.66 | 62.22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Freya Davies | 7 | 7 | 22.0 | 0 | 165 | 5 | 2/24 | 33.00 | 7.50 | 26.4 |
| Jodie Dibble | 5 | 5 | 16.0 | 0 | 111 | 1 | 1/27 | 111.00 | 6.93 | 96.0 |
| Georgia Hennessy | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 10.00 | – |
| Holly Huddleston | 4 | 4 | 11.0 | 0 | 104 | 2 | 1/19 | 52.00 | 9.45 | 33.0 |
| Heather Knight | 7 | 6 | 14.0 | 0 | 102 | 3 | 1/8 | 34.00 | 7.28 | 28.0 |
| Claire Nicholas | 7 | 7 | 23.0 | 2 | 126 | 8 | 3/20 | 15.75 | 5.47 | 17.2 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 5 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 131 | 6 | 3/22 | 21.83 | 6.55 | 17.2 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 7 | 7 | 22.0 | 1 | 105 | 9 | 4/5 | 11.66 | 4.77 | 14.6 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Freya Davies | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Jodie Dibble | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Georgia Hennessy | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Holly Huddleston | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Heather Knight | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Sophie Luff | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Alice Macleod | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Claire Nicholas | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Fran Wilson | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Rachel Priest | 7 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||