Surrey Stars

The Surrey Stars were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in South London that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition, the Women's Cricket Super League.[1] The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road, Guildford.[2]They were captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook, working with Surrey’s Director of Women’s Cricket Ebony Rainford-Brent.[3][4] The Stars won the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, beating Loughborough Lightning in the final at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.[5] In 2020, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, some elements of the Surrey Stars were retained for a new team, the South East Stars.[6]

Surrey Stars
Personnel
CaptainNatalie Sciver
CoachRichard Bedbrook (2016-2019)
Team information
Colours  Light blue
Founded2016
Home groundThe Oval, Kennington, London
Woodbridge Road, Guildford
History
WCSL wins1
Official websiteSurrey Stars

T20 kit

History

2016-2019: Women's Cricket Super League

Surrey Stars were formed in 2016 to compete in the new Women's Cricket Super League, partnering with Surrey CCC.[7] In their inaugural season, they finished 4th in the group stage, just missing out on Finals Day, winning two matches.[8] In 2017, the Stars improved, winning four of their five games to finish second in the group and progress to the semi-final.[9] However, here they were beaten by eventual tournament winners Western Storm, by 3 wickets.[10] Stars all-rounder Nat Sciver was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 12 wickets.[11]

In 2018, Surrey Stars finished 3rd in the group stage, with 5 wins, qualifying for the semi-final where they again faced Western Storm.[12] This time, the Stars were victorious, winning by 9 runs thanks to a Player of the Match performance from Nat Sciver, who scored 72* and took two wickets.[13] In the final, the Stars faced Loughborough Lightning. Batting first, the Stars posted 183, with overseas player Lizelle Lee hitting 104. Loughborough then collapsed to 117 all out, giving Surrey Stars their first WCSL title.[14]

2019 saw a reversal in Surrey's fortunes, as they finished 5th out of 6 in the group stage, with 3 wins.[15] This was the final season of Surrey Stars' existence, as women's cricket in England was reformed in 2020; the South East Stars retained some elements of Surrey Stars, but represent a larger region under the new structure.[16]

Players

Final squad, 2019 season[17]

  • No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
  • denotes players with international caps.
No. Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes
Batsman
67Lizelle Lee  South Africa (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992Right-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
79Gwenan Davies Wales (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994Left-handedRight-arm medium
All-rounders
4Bryony Smith England (1997-12-11) 11 December 1997Right-handedRight-arm off breakEngland Academy player
10Natalie Sciver  England (1992-08-20) 20 August 1992Right-handedRight-arm mediumClub captain; England Performance squad
26Mady Villiers  England (1998-08-26) 26 August 1998Right-handedRight-arm off breakEngland Performance squad
23Marizanne Kapp  South Africa (1990-01-04) 4 January 1990Right-handedRight-arm mediumOverseas player
28Aylish Cranstone England (1994-08-28) 28 August 1994Left-handedLeft-arm medium
81Dane van Niekerk  South Africa (1993-05-14) 14 May 1993Right-handedRight-arm leg breakOverseas player
Wicket-keepers
30Sarah Taylor  England (1989-05-20) 20 May 1989Right-handedEngland Performance squad
17Rhianna Southby England (2000-10-16) 16 October 2000Right-handed
Bowlers
7Laura Marsh  England (1986-12-05) 5 December 1986Right-handedRight-arm off breakEngland Performance squad
61Grace Gibbs England (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
18Eva Gray England (2000-05-24) 24 May 2000Right-handedRight-arm medium-fast
21Amy Gordon England (2001-10-03) 3 October 2001Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastEngland Academy player
8Hannah Jones England (1999-02-10) 10 February 1999Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxEngland Academy player

Overseas players

Seasons

Women's Cricket Super League

Season Final standing League standings Notes
P W L T NR BP Pts NRR Pos
2016 Group Stage 5230015–0.2744th DNQ
2017 Losing semi-finalists: 3rd 54100218+0.2912nd Lost to Western Storm in the semi-final
2018 Champions 105401224–0.4043rd Won against Loughborough Lightning in the final
2019 Group Stage 103601216–0.8575th DNQ

Statistics

Overall Results

Women's Cricket Super League - summary of results[18][19]
Year Played Wins Losses Tied NR Win %
2016 5230040.00
2017 6420066.66
2018 12740158.33
2019 10360130.00
Total 3316150248.48
  • Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
  • Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.

Teamwise Result summary

Opposition Mat Won Lost Tied NR Win %
Lancashire Thunder6510083.33
Loughborough Lightning7250028.57
Southern Vipers6230133.33
Western Storm8440050.00
Yorkshire Diamonds6320150.00

Records

See also

References

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