The 2020 season was North West Thunder's first season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket in England. The side finished third in the North Group of the competition, winning two of their six matches.
After the ending of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019, the ECB announced the beginning of a new "women's elite domestic structure". Eight teams were included in this new structure, with North West Thunder being one of the new teams, replacing Lancashire Thunder and representing North West England. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. North West Thunder were captained by Alex Hartley and coached by Paul Shaw. They played their home matches at Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool.
Squad North West Thunder's squad for the season is listed below. Age given is at the start of North West Thunder's first match of the season (29 August 2020).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Georgie Boyce Right-handed Right-arm medium Danielle Collins Left-handed Right-arm medium Rebecca Duckworth Right-handed Right-arm medium Laura Marshall Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Natalie Brown Right-handed Right-arm medium Laura Jackson Right-handed Right-arm medium Daisy Mullan Right-handed Right-arm medium Emma Lamb Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Eleanor Threlkeld Right-handed — Alice Clarke Left-handed Right-arm medium Bowlers Sophie Ecclestone Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Kate Cross Right-handed Right-arm medium-fast Alice Dyson Right-handed Right-arm medium Alex Hartley Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Captain Liberty Heap Right-handed Right-arm off break Hannah Jones Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Olivia Thomas Right-handed Right-arm leg break Sophia Turner Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy North Group
Fixtures
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Georgie Boyce 6 6 0 105 31 17.50 51.98 0 0 14 0 Natalie Brown 6 6 0 189 52 31.50 68.72 0 1 25 0 Alice Clarke 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 20.00 0 0 0 0 Danielle Collins 3 3 0 27 18 9.00 40.90 0 0 2 0 Kate Cross 2 2 0 53 45 26.50 54.08 0 0 4 0 Rebecca Duckworth 4 4 1 66 27 22.00 34.55 0 0 2 0 Alice Dyson 4 4 1 52 25* 17.33 50.48 0 0 5 0 Sophie Ecclestone 2 2 1 74 60* 74.00 90.24 0 1 8 2 Alex Hartley 6 6 4 23 14* 11.50 63.88 0 0 1 0 Liberty Heap 4 4 0 28 15 7.00 45.16 0 0 4 0 Laura Jackson 3 3 0 23 22 7.66 19.16 0 0 1 0 Hannah Jones 6 4 2 9 4* 4.50 36.00 0 0 0 0 Emma Lamb 2 2 0 9 6 4.50 24.32 0 0 1 0 Laura Marshall 6 6 0 61 25 10.16 48.80 0 0 10 0 Olivia Thomas 3 3 1 17 16* 8.50 0 0 1 0 Eleanor Threlkeld 6 6 0 114 52 19.00 57.28 0 1 12 0 Sophia Turner 2 2 0 3 2 1.50 11.53 0 0 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Georgie Boyce 6 1 1.0 0 10 0 – – 10.00 – Natalie Brown 6 6 41.4 3 203 4 1/18 50.75 4.87 62.5 Kate Cross 2 2 17.0 2 76 2 1/26 38.00 4.47 51.0 Alice Dyson 4 4 19.0 1 106 2 2/38 53.00 5.57 57.0 Sophie Ecclestone 2 2 17.5 3 42 4 2/13 10.50 2.35 26.7 Alex Hartley 6 6 54.0 6 170 11 4/8 14.45 3.14 Liberty Heap 4 3 19.0 1 91 5 3/34 18.20 4.78 22.8 Laura Jackson 3 2 16.0 1 43 2 2/23 21.50 2.68 48.0 Hannah Jones 6 6 41.2 5 131 4 2/20 32.75 3.16 62.0 Emma Lamb 2 2 6.0 0 32 0 – – 5.33 – Olivia Thomas 3 1 4.0 0 29 1 1/29 29.00 7.25 24.0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Georgie Boyce 6 6 0 Natalie Brown 6 6 3 Alice Clarke 1 1 0 Danielle Collins 3 3 0 Kate Cross 2 2 0 Rebecca Duckworth 4 4 0 Alice Dyson 4 4 0 Sophie Ecclestone 2 2 1 Alex Hartley 6 6 3 Liberty Heap 4 4 1 Laura Jackson 3 3 0 Hannah Jones 6 6 0 Emma Lamb 2 2 0 Laura Marshall 6 6 0 Olivia Thomas 3 3 1 Sophia Turner 2 2 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Eleanor Threlkeld 6 6 1 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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