The 2020 season was Lightning'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 bottom of 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 Lightning being one of the new teams, replacing Loughborough Lightning and representing the East Midlands. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. Lightning were captained by Kathryn Bryce and coached by Rob Taylor. They played their home matches at Trent Bridge and Grace Road.
Squad Lightning announced their squad on 20 August 2020. Age given is at the start of Lightning's first match of the season (29 August 2020).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Ria Fackrell Right-handed Right-arm off break Shachi Pai Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Kathryn Bryce Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Bethan Ellis Right-handed Right-arm medium Teresa Graves Right-handed Right-arm medium Yvonne Graves Right-handed Right-arm off break Bethany Harmer Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Tammy Beaumont Right-handed — Sarah Bryce Right-handed — Abigail Freeborn Right-handed — Bowlers Grace Ballinger Left-handed Left-arm medium Kirstie Gordon Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Nancy Harman Right-handed Right-arm leg break Lucy Higham Right-handed Right-arm off break Sophie Munro Right-handed Right-arm medium Leah Kellogg Right-handed Right-arm medium Alicia Presland Right-handed Right-arm medium Ilenia Sims Right-handed Right-arm off break
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy North Group
Fixtures
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Grace Ballinger 3 2 1 5 5 5.00 38.46 0 0 0 0 Tammy Beaumont 2 2 0 53 51 26.50 63.09 0 1 5 0 Kathryn Bryce 6 6 1 141 71* 28.20 65.27 0 1 13 1 Sarah Bryce 6 6 1 395 136* 79.00 78.52 1 4 48 0 Bethan Ellis 6 6 0 120 62 20.00 59.11 0 1 11 0 Ria Fackrell 1 1 0 8 8 8.00 34.78 0 0 0 0 Abigail Freeborn 5 5 0 167 40 33.40 69.29 0 0 20 1 Kirstie Gordon 3 2 1 2 2* 2.00 40.00 0 0 0 0 Teresa Graves 6 6 0 114 65 19.00 89.06 0 1 14 1 Nancy Harman 6 6 1 43 21 8.60 78.18 0 0 4 0 Lucy Higham 6 6 0 42 19 7.00 50.60 0 0 4 0 Leah Kellogg 2 2 1 1 1* 1.00 10.00 0 0 0 0 Sophie Munro 5 2 0 5 3 2.50 35.71 0 0 0 0 Shachi Pai 4 3 0 23 9 7.66 50.00 0 0 1 0 Alicia Presland 4 2 1 9 5 9.00 39.13 0 0 1 0 Ilenia Sims 1 1 1 1 1* – 14.28 0 0 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Grace Ballinger 3 2 11.0 1 60 0 – – 5.45 – Kathryn Bryce 6 6 55.4 4 216 14 5/29 15.42 3.88 23.8 Bethan Ellis 6 6 47.5 1 210 6 3/25 35.00 4.39 47.8 Kirstie Gordon 3 3 29.0 1 101 3 2/40 33.66 3.48 58.0 Teresa Graves 6 4 17.0 0 75 3 2/17 25.00 4.41 34.0 Nancy Harman 6 4 20.0 0 112 2 2/54 56.00 5.60 60.0 Lucy Higham 6 6 44.0 3 195 8 3/38 24.37 4.43 33.0 Leah Kellogg 2 2 10.0 0 45 2 1/14 22.50 4.50 30.0 Sophie Munro 5 5 37.0 2 163 4 3/32 40.75 4.40 55.5 Alicia Presland 4 4 27.0 0 114 5 3/26 22.80 4.22 32.4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Grace Ballinger 3 3 2 Tammy Beaumont 2 2 3 Kathryn Bryce 6 6 4 Sarah Bryce 6 3 1 Bethan Ellis 6 6 3 Ria Fackrell 1 1 0 Abigail Freeborn 5 2 0 Kirstie Gordon 3 3 0 Teresa Graves 6 6 2 Nancy Harman 6 6 1 Lucy Higham 6 6 0 Leah Kellogg 2 2 0 Sophie Munro 5 5 0 Shachi Pai 4 4 1 Alicia Presland 4 4 0 Ilenia Sims 1 1 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Sarah Bryce 6 3 0 1 Abigail Freeborn 5 3 1 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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