The 2018 season was Lancashire Thunder's third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fourth in the group stage, their best ever finish, winning five of their ten matches.
The side was captained by Danielle Hazell and coached by Alex Blackwell. They played two home matches at Old Trafford, and one apiece at Stanley Park, Aigburth Cricket Ground and the Trafalgar Road Ground.
Squad Lancashire Thunder's 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Lancashire Thunder's first match of the season (22 July 2018).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Nicole Bolton Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Georgie Boyce Right-handed Right-arm medium Evelyn Jones Left-handed Left-arm medium Natasha Miles Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Natalie Brown Right-handed Right arm medium Harmanpreet Kaur Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Emma Lamb Right-handed Right-arm off break Amy Satterthwaite Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Wicket-keepers Eleanor Threlkeld Right-handed — Bowlers Kate Cross Right-handed Right-arm medium Rachel Dickinson Right-handed Right-arm medium Alice Dyson Right-handed Right-arm medium Sophie Ecclestone Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Alex Hartley Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Danielle Hazell Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain
Women's Cricket Super League Season standings
Advanced to the Final. Advanced to the Semi-final.
League stage
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Nicole Bolton 10 10 0 274 87 27.40 119.65 0 1 40 0 Georgie Boyce 9 8 0 98 38 12.25 87.50 0 0 11 2 Natalie Brown 5 3 1 34 13 17.00 117.24 0 0 3 1 Kate Cross 10 4 2 17 13* 8.50 80.95 0 0 2 0 Sophie Ecclestone 10 7 2 3 2 0.60 23.07 0 0 0 0 Alex Hartley 10 4 2 0 0* 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Danielle Hazell 10 7 1 34 12 5.66 89.47 0 0 4 0 Evelyn Jones 9 8 0 168 69 21.00 84.84 0 0 22 1 Harmanpreet Kaur 7 7 2 164 74 32.80 151.85 0 1 13 9 Emma Lamb 10 9 1 38 13 4.75 67.85 0 0 2 0 Amy Satterthwaite 10 10 2 277 85* 34.62 127.06 0 2 33 5 Eleanor Threlkeld 10 10 3 138 53* 19.71 99.28 0 1 14 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Natalie Brown 5 2 3.0 0 33 0 – – 11.00 – Kate Cross 10 10 36.0 1 266 7 1/4 38.00 7.38 30.8 Sophie Ecclestone 10 10 36.0 1 231 15 4/20 15.40 6.41 14.4 Alex Hartley 10 10 36.0 0 282 10 3/19 28.20 7.83 21.6 Danielle Hazell 10 10 34.0 1 237 6 2/29 39.50 6.97 34.0 Harmanpreet Kaur 7 1 2.0 0 15 0 – – 7.50 – Emma Lamb 10 10 29.0 1 234 11 4/17 21.27 8.06 15.8 Amy Satterthwaite 10 5 10.0 0 72 4 2/14 18.00 7.20 15.0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Nicole Bolton 10 10 3 Georgie Boyce 9 9 1 Natalie Brown 5 5 1 Kate Cross 10 10 6 Sophie Ecclestone 10 10 5 Alex Hartley 10 10 0 Danielle Hazell 10 10 2 Evelyn Jones 9 9 1 Harmanpreet Kaur 7 7 1 Emma Lamb 10 10 0 Amy Satterthwaite 10 10 6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Eleanor Threlkeld 10 10 1 8 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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