# 2018 Western Storm season

The 2018 season was Western Storm's third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished second in the initial group stage, therefore progressing to the semi-final. However, they lost in the semi-final to the eventual winners Surrey Stars by 9 runs.
The side was captained by Heather Knight and coached by Trevor Griffin. They played three home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and one apiece at the County Ground, Bristol and College Ground, Cheltenham.

## Squad

Western Storm announced their full 15-player squad for the season on 17 July 2018. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (22 July 2018).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Sophie Luff | England | (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Smriti Mandhana | India | (1996-07-18)18 July 1996 (aged 22) | Left-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Lauren Parfitt | Wales | (1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Fran Wilson | England | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Naomi Dattani | England | (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 24) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | |
| Heather Knight | England | (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain |
| Alice Macleod | England | (1994-05-14)14 May 1994 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Rebecca Silk | England | (1994-11-16)16 November 1994 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Amara Carr | England | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 24) | Right-handed | — | |
| Rachel Priest | New Zealand | (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 33) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Freya Davies | England | (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right=arm medium | |
| Danielle Gibson | England | (2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Claire Nicholas | Wales | (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 (aged 31) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Anya Shrubsole | England | (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |

## 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 |
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### League stage

* 22 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 162/5 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 166/3 (15.3 overs) |
| Delissa Kimmince 55*(41) Freya Davies 2/28 (4 overs) | | Heather Knight 97 (62) Alice Davidson-Richards 2/31 (3.3 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 7 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Tim Robinson (Eng) and Martin Saggers (Eng)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 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 (Eng) and Mark Newell (Eng)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Surrey Stars 5, Western Storm 0.
* 29 July 2018 10:30 Scorecard
| Western Storm 85/2 (6 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 67/0 (6 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 52* (19) Georgia Elwiss 1/17 (1 over) | | Sophie Devine 46* (21) |
* Western Storm won by 18 runs County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Mike Burns (Eng) and Ian Gould (Eng) Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Western Storm)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 6 over per side due to rain.
* Points: Western Storm 5, Loughborough Lightning 0.
* 31 July 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 91 (18.1 overs) | v | Western Storm 93/1 (9.3 overs) |
| Sara McGlashan 31 (30) Claire Nicholas 2/17 (4 overs) | | Smriti Mandhana 43* (27) Arran Brindle 1/13 (2 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 9 wickets Arundel Castle, Arundel Umpires: Chris Watts (Eng) and Rob White (Eng) Player of the match: Smriti Mandhana (Western Storm)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 5, Southern Vipers 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 (Eng) and Sue Redfern (Eng)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 4, Lancashire Thunder 0.
* 5 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 172/5 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 174/3 (19.2 overs) |
| Beth Mooney 69 (42) Heather Knight 1/27 (4 overs) | | Smriti Mandhana 56 (36) Katie Levick 1/16 (3 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 7 wickets North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough Umpires: James Middlebrook (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)
* Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Western Storm 4, Yorkshire Diamonds 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 (Eng) and Sue Redfern (Eng)
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 5, Lancashire Thunder 0.
* 11 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 62/2 (8.5 overs) | v | Western Storm |
| Danielle Wyatt 27 (20) Danielle Gibson 1/8 (1.5 overs) | | |
* No result County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Rob White (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 2, Southern Vipers 2.
* 15 August 2018 14:30 Scorecard
| Western Storm 124/6 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 125/1 (12.3 overs) |
| Smriti Mandhana 29 (27) Kirstie Gordon 3/19 (4 overs) | | Rachael Haynes 66* (40) Heather Knight 1/24 (2 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 9 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Nick Cook (Eng) and Graham Lloyd (Eng) Player of the match: Rachael Haynes (Loughborough Lightning)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Western Storm 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 (Eng) and Ian Gould (Eng) 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 Cricket Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) and Neil Bainton (Eng) Player of the match: Nat Sciver (Surrey Stars)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Naomi Dattani | 11 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 8.66 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Freya Davies | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9* | – | 112.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Danielle Gibson | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heather Knight | 11 | 10 | 2 | 368 | 97 | 46.00 | 133.81 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 6 |
| Sophie Luff | 11 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 19* | 18.00 | 97.29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alice Macleod | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | – | 66.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smriti Mandhana | 10 | 9 | 2 | 421 | 102 | 60.14 | 174.68 | 1 | 2 | 45 | 21 |
| Claire Nicholas | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2* | – | 40.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rachel Priest | 11 | 10 | 0 | 183 | 37 | 18.30 | 139.69 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 11 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 7.00 | 77.77 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 11 | 9 | 4 | 155 | 51* | 31.00 | 105.44 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
| Fran Wilson | 11 | 8 | 4 | 132 | 58* | 33.00 | 109.09 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 6 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Naomi Dattani | 11 | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 1/10 | 17.66 | 8.36 | 12.6 |
| Freya Davies | 11 | 11 | 37.0 | 0 | 286 | 8 | 2/28 | 35.75 | 7.72 | 27.7 |
| Danielle Gibson | 11 | 8 | 18.2 | 0 | 136 | 5 | 2/34 | 27.20 | 7.41 | 22.0 |
| Heather Knight | 11 | 10 | 23.0 | 0 | 189 | 6 | 1/10 | 31.50 | 8.21 | 23.0 |
| Claire Nicholas | 10 | 10 | 29.0 | 0 | 204 | 7 | 3/11 | 29.14 | 7.03 | 24.8 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 11 | 11 | 35.5 | 0 | 274 | 6 | 2/36 | 45.66 | 7.64 | 35.8 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 11 | 11 | 29.5 | 0 | 230 | 6 | 2/18 | 38.33 | 7.70 | 29.8 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Naomi Dattani | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Freya Davies | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Danielle Gibson | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| Heather Knight | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Sophie Luff | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Alice Macleod | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Smriti Mandhana | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Claire Nicholas | 10 | 10 | 2 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Fran Wilson | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Rachel Priest | 11 | 11 | 5 | 6 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||