# 2018 Lancashire Thunder season

The 2018 season was Lancashire Thunder's third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fourth in the group stage, their best ever finish, winning five of their ten matches.
The side was captained by Danielle Hazell and coached by Alex Blackwell. They played two home matches at Old Trafford, and one apiece at Stanley Park, Aigburth Cricket Ground and the Trafalgar Road Ground.

## Squad

Lancashire Thunder's 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Lancashire Thunder's first match of the season (22 July 2018).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Nicole Bolton | Australia | (1989-01-17)17 January 1989 (aged 29) | Left-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Georgie Boyce | England | (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Evelyn Jones | England | (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 25) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Natasha Miles | Hong Kong | (1988-10-19)19 October 1988 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Natalie Brown | England | (1990-10-16)16 October 1990 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right arm medium | |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | India | (1989-03-08)8 March 1989 (aged 29) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Emma Lamb | England | (1997-12-16)16 December 1997 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Amy Satterthwaite | New Zealand | (1986-10-07)7 October 1986 (aged 31) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Eleanor Threlkeld | England | (1998-11-16)16 November 1998 (aged 19) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Kate Cross | England | (1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Rachel Dickinson | England | (1998-05-06)6 May 1998 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Alice Dyson | England | (1999-01-28)28 January 1999 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Sophie Ecclestone | England | (1999-05-06)6 May 1999 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Alex Hartley | England | (1993-09-06)6 September 1993 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Danielle Hazell | England | (1988-05-13)13 May 1988 (aged 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain |

## 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
| Lancashire Thunder 72 (16.5 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 74/4 (15.1 overs) |
| Evelyn Jones 19 (20) Jenny Gunn 3/10 (3 overs) | | Georgia Adams 22 (19) Alex Hartley 2/12 (4 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 6 wickets Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Umpires: Rob White and Ian Ramage
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 27 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 134/4 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 101 (18.2 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 57* (34) Alice Davidson-Richards 2/15 (3 overs) | | Lauren Winfield 28 (23) Sophie Ecclestone 3/11 (3.2 overs) |
* Lancashire Thunder won by 33 runs Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Mike Burns and Rob Bailey Player of the match: Eleanor Threlkeld (Lancashire Thunder)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Lancashire Thunder 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 29 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 137/6 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 133/9 (20 overs) |
| Evelyn Jones 69 (65) Tash Farrant 3/24 (4 overs) | | Suzie Bates 40 (36) Emma Lamb 4/17 (4 overs) |
* Lancashire Thunder won by 4 runs Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Umpires: Sue Redfern and James Middlebrook
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Lancashire Thunder 4, Southern Vipers 0
* 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) Natalie 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
* 3 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 153/7 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 154/3 (18.2 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 85* (57) Anya Shrubsole 2/36 (4 overs) | | Smriti Mandhana 102 (61) Amy Satterthwaite 1/7 (1.2 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 7 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Paul Baldwin and Sue Redfern
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 4, Lancashire Thunder 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
| Western Storm 185/4 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 109 (18.2 overs) |
| Heather Knight 76 (50) Sophie Ecclestone 2/27 (4 overs) | | Eleanor Threlkeld 33 (32) Claire Nicholas 3/11 (3 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 76 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Billy Taylor and Sue Redfern
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 5, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 11 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 136/7 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 137/1 (14.3 overs) |
| Amy Satterthwaite 47 (41) Sophie Devine 2/22 (4 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 40* (37) Alex Hartley 0/16 (2 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 9 wickets Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Mark Newell and Ian Ramage
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 14 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 154/9 (20 overs) | v | Yorkshire Diamonds 145/8 (20 overs) |
| Harmanpreet Kaur 74 (44) Katherine Brunt 3/22 (4 overs) | | Katherine Brunt 44* (25) Alex Hartley 2/27 (4 overs) |
* Lancashire Thunder won by 9 runs Stanley Park, Blackpool Umpires: James Middlebrook and Rob White Player of the match: Harmanpreet Kaur (Lancashire Thunder)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Lancashire Thunder 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 0
* 18 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 162/3 (20 overs) | v | Southern Vipers 153 (19.4 overs) |
| Harmanpreet Kaur 44* (20) Paige Scholfield 1/28 (4 overs) | | Danielle Wyatt 36 (21) Sophie Ecclestone 4/20 (4 overs) |
* Lancashire Thunder won by 9 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Mark Newell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Sophie Ecclestone (Lancashire Thunder)
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Lancashire Thunder 4, Southern Vipers 0

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Nicole Bolton | 10 | 10 | 0 | 274 | 87 | 27.40 | 119.65 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
| Georgie Boyce | 9 | 8 | 0 | 98 | 38 | 12.25 | 87.50 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 |
| Natalie Brown | 5 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 13 | 17.00 | 117.24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Kate Cross | 10 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 13* | 8.50 | 80.95 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sophie Ecclestone | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0.60 | 23.07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Hartley | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0* | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danielle Hazell | 10 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 5.66 | 89.47 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Evelyn Jones | 9 | 8 | 0 | 168 | 69 | 21.00 | 84.84 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 7 | 7 | 2 | 164 | 74 | 32.80 | 151.85 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 |
| Emma Lamb | 10 | 9 | 1 | 38 | 13 | 4.75 | 67.85 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Amy Satterthwaite | 10 | 10 | 2 | 277 | 85* | 34.62 | 127.06 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 5 |
| Eleanor Threlkeld | 10 | 10 | 3 | 138 | 53* | 19.71 | 99.28 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Natalie Brown | 5 | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | – | – | 11.00 | – |
| Kate Cross | 10 | 10 | 36.0 | 1 | 266 | 7 | 1/4 | 38.00 | 7.38 | 30.8 |
| Sophie Ecclestone | 10 | 10 | 36.0 | 1 | 231 | 15 | 4/20 | 15.40 | 6.41 | 14.4 |
| Alex Hartley | 10 | 10 | 36.0 | 0 | 282 | 10 | 3/19 | 28.20 | 7.83 | 21.6 |
| Danielle Hazell | 10 | 10 | 34.0 | 1 | 237 | 6 | 2/29 | 39.50 | 6.97 | 34.0 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 7 | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | – | – | 7.50 | – |
| Emma Lamb | 10 | 10 | 29.0 | 1 | 234 | 11 | 4/17 | 21.27 | 8.06 | 15.8 |
| Amy Satterthwaite | 10 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 72 | 4 | 2/14 | 18.00 | 7.20 | 15.0 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Nicole Bolton | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Georgie Boyce | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Natalie Brown | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Kate Cross | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Sophie Ecclestone | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Alex Hartley | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Danielle Hazell | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Evelyn Jones | 9 | 9 | 1 |
| Harmanpreet Kaur | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Emma Lamb | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Amy Satterthwaite | 10 | 10 | 6 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Eleanor Threlkeld | 10 | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||