The 2016 season was Western Storm's first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished second in the initial group stage, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they beat Loughborough Lightning by 5 wickets. In the final, they played against Southern Vipers but lost the game by 7 wickets to finish as runners-up.
The side represented the South West of England, and was partnered with Somerset County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and the University of Exeter. They played two of their home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and one at the County Ground, Bristol. Western Storm's coach was Caroline Foster, and they were captained by Heather Knight.
Squad Western Storm announced a 15-player squad on 21 April 2016. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (31 July 2016).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Lizelle Lee Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Sophie Luff Right-handed Right-arm medium Fran Wilson Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Rosalie Birch Right-handed Right-arm off break Georgia Hennessy Right-handed Right-arm medium Heather Knight Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain Sophie Mackenzie Right-handed Right-arm medium Caitlin O'Keefe Right-handed Right-arm medium Stafanie Taylor Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Izzy Westbury Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Amara Carr Right-handed — Rachel Priest Right-handed — Overseas player Bowlers Freya Davies Right-handed Right-arm medium Jodie Dibble Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Anya Shrubsole 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
Final
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Freya Davies 7 – – – – – – – – – – Jodie Dibble 7 – – – – – – – – – – Georgia Hennessy 7 7 4 45 20* 45.00 112.50 0 0 7 0 Heather Knight 7 7 0 199 74 28.42 119.16 0 2 23 1 Lizelle Lee 7 6 0 67 53 11.16 111.66 0 1 9 2 Sophie Luff 7 6 4 36 21* 18.00 116.12 0 0 4 0 Caitlin O'Keefe 7 – – – – – – – – – – Rachel Priest 7 7 0 133 57 19.00 98.51 0 2 17 3 Anya Shrubsole 7 1 1 1 1* – 25.00 0 0 0 0 Stafanie Taylor 7 7 2 289 78* 57.80 118.44 0 2 28 9 Fran Wilson 7 7 3 102 24* 25.50 106.25 0 0 10 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Freya Davies 7 7 23.5 1 176 5 2/38 35.20 7.38 28.6 Jodie Dibble 7 7 17.0 0 120 3 1/9 40.00 7.05 34.0 Georgia Hennessy 7 7 18.3 0 133 3 1/10 44.33 7.18 37.0 Heather Knight 7 7 26.0 0 153 7 3/11 21.85 5.88 22.2 Anya Shrubsole 7 7 26.0 2 146 9 5/23 16.22 5.61 17.3 Stafanie Taylor 7 7 26.0 0 177 11 4/14 16.09 6.80 14.1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Freya Davies 7 7 2 Jodie Dibble 7 7 1 Georgia Hennessy 7 7 0 Heather Knight 7 7 1 Lizelle Lee 7 7 4 Sophie Luff 7 7 1 Caitlin O'Keefe 7 7 2 Anya Shrubsole 7 7 3 Stafanie Taylor 7 7 0 Fran Wilson 7 7 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Rachel Priest 7 7 2 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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