The 2018 season was Western Storm's third 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. However, they lost in the semi-final to the eventual winners Surrey Stars by 9 runs.
The side was captained by Heather Knight and coached by Trevor Griffin. They played three home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and one apiece at the County Ground, Bristol and College Ground, Cheltenham.
Squad Western Storm announced their full 15-player squad for the season on 17 July 2018. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (22 July 2018).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Sophie Luff Right-handed Right-arm medium Smriti Mandhana Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Lauren Parfitt Right-handed Left-arm medium Fran Wilson Right-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Naomi Dattani Left-handed Left-arm medium Heather Knight Right-handed Right-arm off break Captain Alice Macleod Right-handed Right-arm off break Rebecca Silk Right-handed Right-arm off break Stafanie Taylor Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Wicket-keepers Amara Carr Right-handed — Rachel Priest Right-handed — Overseas player Bowlers Freya Davies Right-handed Right=arm medium Danielle Gibson Right-handed Right-arm medium Claire Nicholas Right-handed Right-arm off break 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
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Naomi Dattani 11 4 1 26 12 8.66 100.00 0 0 3 1 Freya Davies 11 1 1 9 9* – 112.50 0 0 1 0 Danielle Gibson 11 1 0 3 3 3.00 60.00 0 0 0 0 Heather Knight 11 10 2 368 97 46.00 133.81 0 3 47 6 Sophie Luff 11 5 3 36 19* 18.00 97.29 0 0 2 0 Alice Macleod 2 1 1 2 2* – 66.66 0 0 0 0 Smriti Mandhana 10 9 2 421 102 60.14 174.68 1 2 45 21 Claire Nicholas 10 1 1 2 2* – 40.00 0 0 0 0 Rachel Priest 11 10 0 183 37 18.30 139.69 0 0 26 6 Anya Shrubsole 11 3 1 14 12 7.00 77.77 0 0 2 0 Stafanie Taylor 11 9 4 155 51* 31.00 105.44 0 1 16 1 Fran Wilson 11 8 4 132 58* 33.00 109.09 0 3 47 6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Naomi Dattani 11 3 6.2 0 53 3 1/10 17.66 8.36 12.6 Freya Davies 11 11 37.0 0 286 8 2/28 35.75 7.72 27.7 Danielle Gibson 11 8 18.2 0 136 5 2/34 27.20 7.41 22.0 Heather Knight 11 10 23.0 0 189 6 1/10 31.50 8.21 23.0 Claire Nicholas 10 10 29.0 0 204 7 3/11 29.14 7.03 24.8 Anya Shrubsole 11 11 35.5 0 274 6 2/36 45.66 7.64 35.8 Stafanie Taylor 11 11 29.5 0 230 6 2/18 38.33 7.70 29.8 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Naomi Dattani 11 11 1 Freya Davies 11 11 0 Danielle Gibson 11 11 5 Heather Knight 11 11 1 Sophie Luff 11 11 2 Alice Macleod 2 2 0 Smriti Mandhana 10 10 2 Claire Nicholas 10 10 2 Anya Shrubsole 11 11 0 Stafanie Taylor 11 11 2 Fran Wilson 11 11 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Rachel Priest 11 11 5 6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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