2016 Lancashire Thunder season explained

Club:Lancashire Thunder
Season:2016
Coach:Stephen Titchard
Captain:Amy Satterthwaite
Overseas:Deandra Dottin
Hayley Matthews
Amy Satterthwaite
Comp1:WCSL
Comp1 Result:Group stage, 6th
Most Wickets:Hayley Matthews (8)
Most Catches:Natalie Brown (2)
Deandra Dottin (2)
Sophie Ecclestone (2)
Amy Satterthwaite (2)
Most Dismissals:Eleanor Threlkeld (5)
Nextseason:2017

The 2016 season was Lancashire Thunder's first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished bottom of the group stage, winning one of their five matches.

The side was partnered with Lancashire County Cricket Club, and played their home matches at Old Trafford and Stanley Park.[1] [2] They were coached by Stephen Titchard and captained by overseas player Amy Satterthwaite.[3] [4]

Squad

Lancashire Thunder's 14-player squad is listed below.[5] The squad originally contained 15 players, but Sarah Taylor, who was also meant to captain the side, withdrew due to anxiety issues. Jess Jonassen and Sarah Coyte were initially signed as overseas players, but were replaced by Hayley Matthews and Amy Satterthwaite, respectively, with Satterthwaite also replacing Taylor as captain.[6] [7] [4] Age given is at the start of Lancashire Thunder's first match of the season (31 July 2016).

NameNationalityBirth dateBatting StyleBowling StyleNotes
Batters
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
All-rounders
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
July 31, 2016 Right-handed Overseas player
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
July 31, 2016 Right-handed Overseas player
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
July 31, 2016 Left-handed Captain
Overseas player
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
Bowlers
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
July 31, 2016 Right-handed
Georgia Holmes July 31, 2016 Right-handed
July 31, 2016 Right-handed

Women's Cricket Super League

Season standings

Advanced to the Final.
Advanced to the Semi-final.

League stage

Statistics

Batting

PlayerMatchesInningsNORunsHSAverageStrike rate100s50s4s6s
5 4 1 15 9 5.00 71.42 0 0 0 0
5 5 0 18 9 3.60 90.00 0 0 3 0
5 5 0 87 42 17.40 104.81 0 0 13 1
5 2 2 4 80.00 0 0 0 0
5 5 0 122 34 24.40 104.27 0 0 13 0
3 3 1 9 7 4.50 90.00 0 0 1 0
5 5 0 21 11 4.20 53.84 0 0 3 0
3 3 0 4 2 1.33 28.57 0 0 0 0
3 3 0 32 17 10.66 76.19 0 0 4 0
1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
5 5 1 146 52 36.50 102.81 0 1 21 1
5 3 0 14 7 4.66 53.84 0 0 1 0
5 5 0 39 29 7.80 88.63 0 0 4 0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[8]

Bowling

PlayerMatchesInningsOversMaidensRunsWicketsBBIAverageEconomyStrike rate
5 2 2.0 0 24 0 12.00
5 5 14.3 1 109 3 1/15 36.33 7.51 29.0
5 5 17.0 0 114 7 3/8 16.28 6.70 14.5
5 5 20.0 0 124 6 3/23 20.66 6.20 20.0
5 5 17.5 1 97 8 3/25 12.12 5.43 13.3
5 5 14.2 0 109 2 1/22 54.50 7.60 43.0
5 3 5.0 0 45 0 9.00
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding

PlayerMatchesInningsCatches
5 5 2
5 5 0
5 5 2
5 5 2
5 5 1
3 3 1
5 5 0
3 3 1
3 3 0
1 1 0
5 5 2
5 5 1
Source: ESPN Cricinfo[9]

Wicket-keeping

Notes and References

  1. News: Women's Cricket Super League: Six successful bids announced for new T20 league . BBC Sport . 30 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Women's Cricket Super League 2016/Fixtures and Results . ESPN Cricinfo . 30 August 2021.
  3. News: Stephen Titchard gets Lancashire |expecting=women's}} Cricket Super League role ]. BBC Sport . 30 August 2021.
  4. Web site: Amy Satterthwaite to captain Lancashire Thunder . Lancashire Cricket . 30 August 2021.
  5. Web site: Lancashire Thunder confirm full squad . Lancashire Cricket . 30 August 2021.
  6. News: WCSL: Hayley Matthews joins Lancashire as squads are confirmed . BBC News . 21 April 2016 . 30 August 2021.
  7. Web site: Lancashire Thunder sign Amy Satterthwaite . Lancashire Cricket . 30 August 2021.
  8. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2016 - Lancashire Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPN Cricinfo . 30 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2016 - Lancashire Thunder/Most Catches . ESPN Cricinfo . 30 August 2021.
  10. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2016 - Lancashire Thunder/Most Dismissals . ESPN Cricinfo . 30 August 2021.