| Club: | Loughborough Lightning |
| Season: | 2017 |
| Coach: | Salliann Briggs |
| Captain: | Georgia Elwiss |
| Overseas: | Kristen Beams Ellyse Perry Elyse Villani |
| Comp1: | WCSL |
| Comp1 Result: | Group Stage, 4th |
| Most Runs: | Ellyse Perry (182) |
| Most Wickets: | Beth Langston (6) |
| Most Catches: | Elyse Villani (4) |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
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.[1]
Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below.[2] 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 | ||||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | Overseas player | ||||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | Captain | ||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | Overseas player | ||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | — | ||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | — | ||||
| Bowlers | ||||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | Overseas player | ||||
| August 12, 2017 | Left-handed | |||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
| August 12, 2017 | Right-handed | |||||
Advanced to the Final.
Advanced to the Semi-final.
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| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | HS | Average | Strike rate | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | – | 81.81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 48 | 24 | 12.00 | 137.14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 41 | 17.00 | 102.40 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | – | 114.28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 25 | 19.33 | 113.72 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12.00 | 150.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3.00 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 34 | 21 | 11.33 | 121.42 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 18.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 5.50 | 57.89 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 9.00 | 60.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2 | 182 | 60.66 | 120.52 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 15.00 | 65.21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 84 | 71 | 21.00 | 155.55 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo[3] | ||||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | BBI | Average | Economy | Strike rate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 17.0 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 1/10 | 24.33 | 4.29 | 34.0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 13.0 | 0 | 102 | 4 | 2/24 | 25.50 | 7.84 | 19.5 | ||||
| 4 | 2 | 5.0 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 2/5 | 3.25 | 2.60 | 7.5 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 11.0 | 0 | 84 | 4 | 2/11 | 21.00 | 7.63 | 16.5 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 10.0 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 1/16 | 36.50 | 7.30 | 30.0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 13.0 | 1 | 84 | 6 | 3/14 | 14.00 | 6.46 | 13.0 | ||||
| 5 | 3 | 5.2 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1/9 | 25.00 | 9.37 | 16.0 | ||||
| 5 | 5 | 13.1 | 1 | 79 | 4 | 2/9 | 19.75 | 6.00 | 19.7 | ||||
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo | |||||||||||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo[4] | ||||
| Player | Matches | Innings | Catches | Stumpings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Source: ESPN Cricinfo[5] | |||||