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.
The side was coached by the newly appointed Rob Taylor and captained by Georgia Elwiss. They played four of their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground, and the other at Edgbaston Cricket Ground.
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 (22 July 2018).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Georgia Adams Right-handed Right-arm off break Rachael Haynes Left-handed Left-arm medium Overseas player Elyse Villani Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player All-rounders Sophie Devine Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Georgia Elwiss Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Jo Gardner Right-handed Right-arm medium Jenny Gunn Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Abigail Freeborn Right-handed — Amy Jones Right-handed — Bowlers Sarah Glenn Right-handed Right arm leg break Kirstie Gordon Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Lucy Higham Right-handed Right-arm off break Tara Norris Left-handed Left-arm medium Sonia Odedra Right-handed Right-arm medium Linsey Smith Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox
Women's Cricket Super League Season standings
Advanced to the Final. Advanced to the Semi-final.
League stage
Final
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Georgia Adams 11 7 3 69 22* 17.25 93.24 0 0 4 1 Sophie Devine 11 11 2 269 61* 29.88 146.99 0 1 20 19 Georgia Elwiss 10 6 1 95 26 19.00 92.23 0 0 7 0 Jo Gardner 1 – – – – – – – – – – Sarah Glenn 11 5 3 19 18 9.50 90.47 0 0 3 0 Kirstie Gordon 11 1 0 6 6 6.00 75.00 0 0 1 0 Jenny Gunn 11 6 3 46 23* 15.33 95.83 0 0 5 0 Rachael Haynes 11 10 3 324 66* 46.28 128.06 0 3 49 3 Lucy Higham 11 4 2 11 9* 5.50 122.22 0 0 1 0 Amy Jones 11 10 3 202 66* 28.85 119.52 0 1 24 4 Linsey Smith 11 1 0 3 3 3.00 37.50 0 0 0 0 Elyse Villani 11 7 1 175 61* 29.16 127.73 0 1 25 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Sophie Devine 11 11 35.5 1 259 16 3/15 16.18 7.22 13.4 Georgia Elwiss 10 10 26.2 0 194 9 2/20 21.55 7.36 17.5 Sarah Glenn 11 8 16.0 0 110 3 1/14 36.66 6.87 32.0 Kirstie Gordon 11 11 35.0 0 212 17 3/13 12.47 6.05 12.3 Jenny Gunn 11 11 33.0 1 226 14 3/10 16.14 6.84 14.1 Lucy Higham 11 5 6.0 0 41 2 1/2 20.50 6.83 18.0 Linsey Smith 11 11 39.3 0 253 11 2/15 23.00 6.40 21.5 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Georgia Adams 11 11 8 Sophie Devine 11 11 3 Georgia Elwiss 10 10 3 Jo Gardner 1 1 0 Sarah Glenn 11 11 2 Kirstie Gordon 11 11 2 Jenny Gunn 11 11 5 Rachael Haynes 11 11 10 Lucy Higham 11 11 0 Linsey Smith 11 11 2 Elyse Villani 11 11 5 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Amy Jones 11 11 2 9 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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