The 2020 season was Sunrisers' 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, losing all six of their 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 Sunrisers being one of the new teams, representing the London and the East of England. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. Sunrisers were captained by Amara Carr and coached by Trevor Griffin, and played their home matches at the County Ground, Chelmsford.
Squad Sunrisers' squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Sunrisers' first match of the season (29 August 2020).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Hayley Brown Right-handed Right-arm leg break Cordelia Griffith Right-handed Right-arm medium Fran Wilson Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Kelly Castle Right-handed Right-arm medium Naomi Dattani Left-handed Left-arm medium Jo Gardner Right-handed Right-arm medium Alice Macleod Right-handed Right-arm off break Katie Midwood Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Grace Scrivens Left-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Amara Carr Right-handed — Captain Scarlett Hughes Left-handed — Mia Rogers Right-handed — Bowlers Gayatri Gole Right-handed Right-arm medium Sonali Patel Right-handed Right-arm medium Emily Thorpe Right-handed Right-arm leg break Mady Villiers Right-handed Right-arm off break Katie Wolfe Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy South Group
Advanced to the Final.
Fixtures
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Hayley Brown 1 1 0 16 16 16.00 34.78 0 0 0 0 Amara Carr 6 6 0 116 99 19.33 75.32 0 1 11 0 Kelly Castle 6 6 1 85 25 17.00 57.43 0 0 3 0 Naomi Dattani 6 6 0 125 42 20.83 58.96 0 0 15 0 Jo Gardner 6 6 0 193 54 32.16 69.17 0 1 19 3 Gayatri Gole 1 1 0 4 4 4.00 30.76 0 0 1 0 Cordelia Griffith 4 4 0 84 41 21.00 79.24 0 0 12 1 Alice Macleod 6 6 0 68 35 11.33 60.17 0 0 8 0 Katie Midwood 5 5 1 57 27 14.25 56.43 0 0 4 0 Sonali Patel 6 6 1 24 9* 4.80 39.34 0 0 1 0 Mia Rogers 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 62.50 0 0 0 0 Grace Scrivens 6 6 0 137 72 22.83 58.54 0 1 16 0 Emily Thorpe 2 2 1 23 12* 23.00 92.00 0 0 3 0 Mady Villiers 2 2 0 76 64 38.00 76.76 0 1 6 0 Fran Wilson 2 2 0 40 29 20.00 88.88 0 0 6 1 Katie Wolfe 6 6 2 13 7 3.25 40.62 0 0 1 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Kelly Castle 6 3 12.0 0 95 1 1/15 95.00 7.91 72.0 Naomi Dattani 6 4 12.0 1 81 0 – – 6.75 – Jo Gardner 6 6 38.5 0 208 7 2/13 29.71 5.35 33.2 Gayatri Gole 1 1 5.0 0 41 0 – – 8.20 – Alice Macleod 6 6 37.0 0 196 4 2/64 49.00 5.29 55.5 Katie Midwood 5 5 39.0 2 180 2 2/33 90.00 4.61 117.0 Sonali Patel 6 6 31.5 2 165 7 4/52 23.57 5.18 27.2 Grace Scrivens 6 4 28.2 3 144 3 1/27 48.00 5.08 56.6 Emily Thorpe 2 2 5.0 0 32 0 – – 6.40 – Mady Villiers 2 2 20.0 0 97 1 1/49 97.00 4.85 120.0 Katie Wolfe 6 6 44.2 4 213 7 2/34 30.42 4.80 38.0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Hayley Brown 1 1 1 Kelly Castle 6 6 1 Naomi Dattani 6 6 3 Jo Gardner 6 6 1 Gayatri Gole 1 1 0 Cordelia Griffith 4 4 1 Alice Macleod 6 6 1 Katie Midwood 5 5 0 Sonali Patel 6 6 0 Mia Rogers 1 1 1 Grace Scrivens 6 6 1 Emily Thorpe 2 2 0 Mady Villiers 2 2 0 Fran Wilson 2 2 2 Katie Wolfe 6 6 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Amara Carr 6 6 3 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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