# 2016 Western Storm season

The 2016 season was Western Storm's first 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, where they beat Loughborough Lightning by 5 wickets. In the final, they played against Southern Vipers but lost the game by 7 wickets to finish as runners-up.
The side represented the South West of England, and was partnered with Somerset County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and the University of Exeter. They played two of their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and one at the County Ground, Bristol. Western Storm's coach was Caroline Foster, and they were captained by Heather Knight.

## Squad

Western Storm announced a 15-player squad on 21 April 2016. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (31 July 2016).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Lizelle Lee | South Africa | (1992-04-02)2 April 1992 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Sophie Luff | England | (1993-12-06)6 December 1993 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Fran Wilson | England | (1991-11-07)7 November 1991 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Rosalie Birch | England | (1983-12-06)6 December 1983 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Georgia Hennessy | England | (1996-11-04)4 November 1996 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Heather Knight | England | (1990-12-26)26 December 1990 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Captain |
| Sophie Mackenzie | England | (1998-11-21)21 November 1998 (aged 17) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Caitlin O'Keefe | England | (1996-12-16)16 December 1996 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Stafanie Taylor | West Indies | (1991-06-11)11 June 1991 (aged 25) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | Overseas player |
| Izzy Westbury | England | (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Amara Carr | England | (1994-04-17)17 April 1994 (aged 22) | Right-handed | — | |
| Rachel Priest | New Zealand | (1985-06-13)13 June 1985 (aged 31) | Right-handed | — | Overseas player |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Freya Davies | England | (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Jodie Dibble | England | (1994-09-17)17 September 1994 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Anya Shrubsole | England | (1991-12-07)7 December 1991 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |

## 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 14:30 Scorecard
| Lancashire Thunder 83 (18.3 overs) | v | Western Storm 86/6 (15.3 overs) |
| Emma Lamb 25 (27) Heather Knight 3/11 (4 overs) | | Heather Knight 23 (25) Deandra Dottin 3/8 (3 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 4 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Russell Warren and Chris Watts
* Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Western Storm 3, Lancashire Thunder 0.
* 5 August 16:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Loughborough Lightning 158/8 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 153/5 (20 overs) |
| Amy Jones 46 (30) Anya Shrubsole 2/26 (4 overs) | | Heather Knight 74 (46) Sonia Odedra 2/20 (4 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 5 runs Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: Ben Debenham and Russell Warren
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 2, Western Storm 0.
* 7 August 14:30 Scorecard
| Surrey Stars 161/6 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 165/5 (19.4 overs) |
| Nat Sciver 90* (45) Freya Davies 2/38 (4 overs) | | Stafanie Taylor 74* (48) Nat Sciver 2/17 (4 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)
* Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Western Storm 2, Surrey Stars 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 (Eng) and Tom Lungley (Eng)
* Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Western Storm 2, Southern Vipers 0.
* 14 August 14:30 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 118 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 119/4 (16.3 overs) |
| Beth Mooney 56 (44) Anya Shrubsole 5/23 (4 overs) | | Rachel Priest 50 (35) Shabnim Ismail 2/16 (2 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 6 wickets Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Paul Pollard (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Western Storm 2, Yorkshire Diamonds 0.

### Semi-final

* 21 August 11:00 Scorecard
| Loughborough Lightning 124/7 (20 overs) | v | Western Storm 128/5 (19.3 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 64* (48) Stafanie Taylor 3/31 (4 overs) | | Heather Knight 52 (43) Dane van Niekerk 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Western Storm won by 5 wickets County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Ben Debenham (Eng) and Tom Lungley (Eng)
* Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

### 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 Cricket Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Russell Warren (Eng) and Chris Watts (Eng)
* Southern Vipers 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Jodie Dibble | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Georgia Hennessy | 7 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 20* | 45.00 | 112.50 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Heather Knight | 7 | 7 | 0 | 199 | 74 | 28.42 | 119.16 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 1 |
| Lizelle Lee | 7 | 6 | 0 | 67 | 53 | 11.16 | 111.66 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Sophie Luff | 7 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 21* | 18.00 | 116.12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Caitlin O'Keefe | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Rachel Priest | 7 | 7 | 0 | 133 | 57 | 19.00 | 98.51 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 3 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1* | – | 25.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 7 | 7 | 2 | 289 | 78* | 57.80 | 118.44 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 |
| Fran Wilson | 7 | 7 | 3 | 102 | 24* | 25.50 | 106.25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Freya Davies | 7 | 7 | 23.5 | 1 | 176 | 5 | 2/38 | 35.20 | 7.38 | 28.6 |
| Jodie Dibble | 7 | 7 | 17.0 | 0 | 120 | 3 | 1/9 | 40.00 | 7.05 | 34.0 |
| Georgia Hennessy | 7 | 7 | 18.3 | 0 | 133 | 3 | 1/10 | 44.33 | 7.18 | 37.0 |
| Heather Knight | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 0 | 153 | 7 | 3/11 | 21.85 | 5.88 | 22.2 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 2 | 146 | 9 | 5/23 | 16.22 | 5.61 | 17.3 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 7 | 7 | 26.0 | 0 | 177 | 11 | 4/14 | 16.09 | 6.80 | 14.1 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Freya Davies | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Jodie Dibble | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Georgia Hennessy | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Heather Knight | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Lizelle Lee | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Sophie Luff | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Caitlin O'Keefe | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| Anya Shrubsole | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Stafanie Taylor | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Fran Wilson | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Rachel Priest | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||