2018 Loughborough Lightning (women's cricket) season explained

Club:	Loughborough Lightning
Season:	2018
Coach:	Rob Taylor
Captain:	Georgia Elwiss
Overseas:	Sophie Devine Rachael Haynes Elyse Villani
Comp1:	WCSL
Comp1 Result:	Runners-up
Most Wickets:	Kirstie Gordon (17)
Most Catches:	Rachael Haynes (10)
Most Dismissals:	Amy Jones (11)
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018

The 2018 season was Loughborough Lightning's third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side topped the initial group stage, winning seven of their ten matches, therefore progressing straight to the final. However, they lost in the final to Surrey Stars by 66 runs.^[1]

The side was coached by the newly appointed Rob Taylor and captained by Georgia Elwiss.^[2] They played four of their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground, and the other at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.^[3]

Squad

Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below.^[4] Age given is at the start of Loughborough Lightning's first match of the season (22 July 2018).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed
		July 22, 2018	Left-handed		Overseas player
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed		Overseas player
All-rounders
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed		Overseas player
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed		Captain
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed
Wicket-keepers
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed	—
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed
		July 22, 2018	Left-handed
		July 22, 2018	Right-handed
		July 22, 2018	Left-handed

Women's Cricket Super League

Season standings

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

League stage

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Final

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
	11	7	3	69		17.25	93.24	0	0	4	1
	11	11	2	269		29.88	146.99	0	1	20	19
	10	6	1	95	26	19.00	92.23	0	0	7	0
	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	11	5	3	19	18	9.50	90.47	0	0	3	0
	11	1	0	6	6	6.00	75.00	0	0	1	0
	11	6	3	46		15.33	95.83	0	0	5	0
	11	10	3	324		46.28	128.06	0	3	49	3
	11	4	2	11		5.50	122.22	0	0	1	0
	11	10	3	202		28.85	119.52	0	1	24	4
	11	1	0	3	3	3.00	37.50	0	0	0	0
	11	7	1	175		29.16	127.73	0	1	25	2
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[5]

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
	11	11	35.5	1	259	16	3/15	16.18	7.22	13.4
	10	10	26.2	0	194	9	2/20	21.55	7.36	17.5
	11	8	16.0	0	110	3	1/14	36.66	6.87	32.0
	11	11	35.0	0	212	17	3/13	12.47	6.05	12.3
	11	11	33.0	1	226	14	3/10	16.14	6.84	14.1
	11	5	6.0	0	41	2	1/2	20.50	6.83	18.0
	11	11	39.3	0	253	11	2/15	23.00	6.40	21.5
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
	11	11	8
	11	11	3
	10	10	3
	1	1	0
	11	11	2
	11	11	2
	11	11	5
	11	11	10
	11	11	0
	11	11	2
	11	11	5
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[6]

Wicket-keeping

Notes and References

1. Web site: Final, Hove, Aug 27 2018, Women's Cricket Super League: Loughborough Lightning v Surrey Stars . ESPN Cricinfo . 2 September 2021.
2. Web site: Taylor relishing Lightning challenge . Leicestershire County Cricket Club . 17 July 2018 . 2 September 2021.
3. Web site: Women's Cricket Super League 2018/Fixtures and Results . ESPN Cricinfo . 2 September 2021.
4. News: KIA SUPER LEAGUE 2018 SQUADS: Who's playing for who this season? . the Cricketer . 2 September 2021.
5. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2018 - Loughborough Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages . ESPN Cricinfo . 2 September 2021.
6. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2018 - Loughborough Lightning/Most Catches . ESPN Cricinfo . 2 September 2021.
7. Web site: Records/Women's Cricket Super League, 2018 - Loughborough Lightning/Most Dismissals . ESPN Cricinfo . 2 September 2021.