The 2016 season was Loughborough Lightning's first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the initial group stage, winning three of their five matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final. However, they lost to Western Storm by five wickets in the semi-final.
The side was partnered with Loughborough University, and played their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground. They were coached by Salliann Briggs and captained by Georgia Elwiss.
Squad Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Loughborough Lightning's first match of the season (30 July 2016).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Georgie Boyce Right-handed Right-arm medium Evelyn Jones Left-handed Left-arm medium All-rounders Thea Brookes Right-handed Right-arm off break Sophie Devine Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Georgia Elwiss Right-handed Right arm medium Captain Alex MacDonald Left-handed Right-arm medium Ellyse Perry Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Paige Scholfield Right-handed Right-arm medium Dane van Niekerk Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player Wicket-keepers Lauren Griffiths Right-handed — Amy Jones Right-handed — Bowlers Amy Gauvrit Right-handed Right-arm medium Rebecca Grundy Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Beth Langston Right-handed Right-arm medium Sonia Odedra Right-handed Right-arm medium
Women's Cricket Super League Season standings
Advanced to the Final. Advanced to the Semi-final.
League stage
Semi-final
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Thea Brookes 6 6 3 43 30* 14.33 138.70 0 0 5 1 Sophie Devine 6 6 0 92 52 15.33 92.92 0 1 7 2 Georgia Elwiss 6 6 0 64 22 10.66 86.48 0 0 8 2 Rebecca Grundy 6 3 2 3 3* 3.00 37.50 0 0 0 0 Amy Jones 6 6 0 91 46 15.16 119.73 0 0 11 0 Evelyn Jones 6 6 0 86 33 14.33 117.80 0 0 13 1 Beth Langston 6 3 0 3 2 1.00 25.00 0 0 0 0 Sonia Odedra 6 6 1 21 9 4.20 72.41 0 0 3 0 Ellyse Perry 6 6 2 190 64* 47.50 118.75 0 1 22 4 Paige Scholfield 6 5 1 61 38 15.25 145.23 0 0 9 1 Dane van Niekerk 6 6 0 126 91 21.00 115.59 0 1 20 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Sophie Devine 6 6 16.3 0 132 6 2/12 22.00 8.00 16.5 Georgia Elwiss 6 6 18.0 0 133 5 2/6 26.60 7.38 21.6 Rebecca Grundy 6 6 19.0 0 124 8 3/21 15.50 6.52 14.2 Beth Langston 6 5 9.0 1 58 3 2/14 19.33 6.44 18.0 Sonia Odedra 6 5 14.0 0 85 5 2/20 17.00 6.07 16.8 Ellyse Perry 6 6 19.0 0 145 4 1/17 36.25 7.63 28.5 Dane van Niekerk 6 6 21.0 0 126 7 2/21 18.00 6.00 18.0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Thea Brookes 6 6 4 Sophie Devine 6 6 1 Georgia Elwiss 6 6 3 Rebecca Grundy 6 6 1 Evelyn Jones 6 6 0 Beth Langston 6 6 0 Sonia Odedra 6 6 1 Ellyse Perry 6 6 2 Paige Scholfield 6 6 0 Dane van Niekerk 6 6 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Amy Jones 6 6 4 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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