# 2017 Loughborough Lightning (women's cricket) season

The 2017 season was Loughborough Lightning's second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fourth in the group stage, winning two of their five matches.
The side was coached by Salliann Briggs and captained by Georgia Elwiss. They played one of their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground, and the other at the County Ground, Derby.

## Squad

Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Loughborough Lightning's first match of the season (12 August 2017).
| Name | Nationality | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
| Batters ||||||
| Georgie Boyce | England | (1998-10-04)4 October 1998 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Marie Kelly | England | (1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Elyse Villani | Australia | (1989-10-06)6 October 1989 (aged 27) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| All-rounders ||||||
| Thea Brookes | England | (1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Georgia Elwiss | England | (1991-05-31)31 May 1991 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain |
| Sarah Glenn | England | (1999-02-27)27 February 1999 (aged 18) | Right-handed | Right arm leg break | |
| Ellyse Perry | Australia | (1990-11-01)1 November 1990 (aged 26) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Overseas player |
| Paige Scholfield | England | (1995-12-19)19 December 1995 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Wicket-keepers ||||||
| Abigail Freeborn | England | (1996-11-12)12 November 1996 (aged 20) | Right-handed | — | |
| Amy Jones | England | (1993-06-13)13 June 1993 (aged 24) | Right-handed | — | |
| Bowlers ||||||
| Kristen Beams | Australia | (1984-11-06)6 November 1984 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | Overseas player |
| Rebecca Grundy | England | (1990-07-12)12 July 1990 (aged 27) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
| Lucy Higham | England | (1997-10-17)17 October 1997 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | |
| Beth Langston | England | (1992-09-06)6 September 1992 (aged 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
| Sonia Odedra | England | (1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 29) | 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

* 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
* 15 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Southern Vipers 180/2 (20 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 134 (20 overs) |
| Suzie Bates 119* (72) Lucy Higham 1/29 (4 overs) | | Georgia Elwiss 32 (29) Suzie Bates 3/15 (3 overs) |
* Southern Vipers won by 46 runs County Ground, Derby Umpires: Steve O'Shaugnessy and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Vipers 5, Loughborough Lightning 0
* 18 August 2017 16:00 Scorecard
| Yorkshire Diamonds 110/5 (13 overs) | v | Loughborough Lightning 93/5 (13 overs) |
| Chamari Atapattu 66* (40) Kristen Beams 1/18 (3 overs) | | Georgia Elwiss 41 (28) Chamari Atapattu 2/11 (3 overs) |
* Yorkshire Diamonds won by 17 runs Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Umpires: James Middlebrook and Mark Newell Player of the match: Chamari Atapattu (Yorkshire Diamonds)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 13 overs per side due to rain.
* Points: Yorkshire Diamonds 4, Loughborough Lightning 0
* 20 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Loughborough Lightning 140/5 (20 overs) | v | Lancashire Thunder 90 (17.2 overs) |
| Ellyse Perry 78* (57) Danielle Hazell 2/16 (4 overs) | | Amy Satterthwaite 21 (23) Beth Langston 3/14 (2 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 50 runs Stanley Park, Blackpool Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Loughborough Lightning)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Lancashire Thunder 0
* 26 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard
| Loughborough Lightning 171/3 (20 overs) | v | Surrey Stars 90 (18 overs) |
| Elyse Villani 71 (39) Laura Marsh 2/29 (4 overs) | | Nat Sciver 24 (18) Sarah Glenn 2/5 (3 overs) |
* Loughborough Lightning won by 81 runs The Oval, London Umpires: James Middlebrook and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Ellyse Perry (Loughborough Lightning)
* Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Loughborough Lightning 5, Surrey Stars 0

## Statistics
### Batting

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Kristen Beams | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7* | – | 81.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thea Brookes | 5 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 24 | 12.00 | 137.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Georgia Elwiss | 5 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 41 | 17.00 | 102.40 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Abigail Freeborn | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16* | – | 114.28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sarah Glenn | 4 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 25 | 19.33 | 113.72 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Rebecca Grundy | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucy Higham | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amy Jones | 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 21 | 11.33 | 121.42 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Marie Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Beth Langston | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 5.50 | 57.89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sonia Odedra | 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 20* | 9.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ellyse Perry | 5 | 5 | 2 | 182 | 78* | 60.66 | 120.52 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 |
| Paige Scholfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 15.00 | 65.21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Elyse Villani | 4 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 71 | 21.00 | 155.55 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||||||||||

### Bowling

| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate |
| Kristen Beams | 5 | 5 | 17.0 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 1/10 | 24.33 | 4.29 | 34.0 |
| Georgia Elwiss | 5 | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 102 | 4 | 2/24 | 25.50 | 7.84 | 19.5 |
| Sarah Glenn | 4 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2/5 | 3.25 | 2.60 | 7.5 |
| Rebecca Grundy | 5 | 5 | 11.0 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 2/11 | 21.00 | 7.63 | 16.5 |
| Lucy Higham | 5 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 1/16 | 36.50 | 7.30 | 30.0 |
| Beth Langston | 5 | 5 | 13.0 | 1 | 84 | 6 | 3/14 | 14.00 | 6.46 | 13.0 |
| Sonia Odedra | 5 | 3 | 5.2 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1/9 | 25.00 | 9.37 | 16.0 |
| Ellyse Perry | 5 | 5 | 13.1 | 1 | 79 | 4 | 2/9 | 19.75 | 6.00 | 19.7 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||||||||

### Fielding

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches |
| Kristen Beams | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Thea Brookes | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Georgia Elwiss | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Sarah Glenn | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rebecca Grundy | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Lucy Higham | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Marie Kelly | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Beth Langston | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Sonia Odedra | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Ellyse Perry | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Paige Scholfield | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Elyse Villani | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo ||||

### Wicket-keeping

| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings |
| Abigail Freeborn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Amy Jones | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo |||||