2016 Loughborough Lightning (women's cricket) season explained

Club:	Loughborough Lightning
Season:	2016
Coach:	Salliann Briggs
Captain:	Georgia Elwiss
Overseas:	Sophie Devine Ellyse Perry Dane van Niekerk
Comp1:	WCSL
Comp1 Result:	3rd
Most Runs:	Ellyse Perry (190)
Most Catches:	Thea Brookes (4)
Most Dismissals:	Amy Jones (8)
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 season was Loughborough Lightning's first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the initial group stage, winning three of their five matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final. However, they lost to Western Storm by five wickets in the semi-final.^[1]

The side was partnered with Loughborough University, and played their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground.^{[2] [3]} They were coached by Salliann Briggs and captained by Georgia Elwiss.^[4]

Squad

Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below.^[5] Age given is at the start of Loughborough Lightning's first match of the season (30 July 2016).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batters
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed
		July 30, 2016	Left-handed
All-rounders
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed		Overseas player
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed		Captain
		July 30, 2016	Left-handed
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed		Overseas player
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed		Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed	—
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Amy Gauvrit		July 30, 2016	Right-handed
		July 30, 2016	Left-handed
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed
		July 30, 2016	Right-handed

Women's Cricket Super League

Season standings

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

League stage

----------------

Semi-final

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
	6	6	3	43		14.33	138.70	0	0	5	1
	6	6	0	92	52	15.33	92.92	0	1	7	2
	6	6	0	64	22	10.66	86.48	0	0	8	2
	6	3	2	3		3.00	37.50	0	0	0	0
	6	6	0	91	46	15.16	119.73	0	0	11	0
	6	6	0	86	33	14.33	117.80	0	0	13	1
	6	3	0	3	2	1.00	25.00	0	0	0	0
	6	6	1	21	9	4.20	72.41	0	0	3	0
	6	6	2	190		47.50	118.75	0	1	22	4
	6	5	1	61	38	15.25	145.23	0	0	9	1
	6	6	0	126	91	21.00	115.59	0	1	20	3
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[6]

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
	6	6	16.3	0	132	6	2/12	22.00	8.00	16.5
	6	6	18.0	0	133	5	2/6	26.60	7.38	21.6
	6	6	19.0	0	124	8	3/21	15.50	6.52	14.2
	6	5	9.0	1	58	3	2/14	19.33	6.44	18.0
	6	5	14.0	0	85	5	2/20	17.00	6.07	16.8
	6	6	19.0	0	145	4	1/17	36.25	7.63	28.5
	6	6	21.0	0	126	7	2/21	18.00	6.00	18.0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
	6	6	4
	6	6	1
	6	6	3
	6	6	1
	6	6	0
	6	6	0
	6	6	1
	6	6	2
	6	6	0
	6	6	3
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[7]

Wicket-keeping

Notes and References

1. Web site: Semi-Final, Chelmsford, Aug 21 2016, Women's Cricket Super League: Western Storm v Loughborough Lightning . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 September 2021.
2. News: Women's Cricket Super League: Six successful bids announced for new T20 league . BBC Sport . 1 September 2021.
3. Web site: Women's Cricket Super League 2016/Fixtures and Results . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 September 2021.
4. Web site: New coaches unveiled for Women's Cricket Super League . Sky Sports . 25 February 2016 . 1 September 2021.
5. Web site: Women's Cricket Super League 2016/Loughborough Lightning Squad . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 September 2021.
6. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2016 - Loughborough Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 September 2021.
7. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2016 - Loughborough Lightning/Most Catches . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 September 2021.
8. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2016 - Loughborough Lightning/Most Dismissals . ESPN Cricinfo . 1 September 2021.