The 2019 season was Western Storm's fourth season, in which they competed in the final edition of the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished top of the initial group stage, winning 9 of their 10 matches, therefore progressing straight to the final. In the final they played against Southern Vipers, beating them by seven wickets to claim their second Super League title.
The side was captained by Heather Knight and coached by Trevor Griffin. They played three home matches at the County Ground, Taunton and two at the County Ground, Bristol.
Squad Western Storm announced their full 15-player squad for the season on 5 July 2019. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (6 August 2019).
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 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 Deepti Sharma Left-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Wicket-keepers Amara Carr Right-handed — Rachel Priest Right-handed — Overseas player Nat Wraith Right-handed — Bowlers Freya Davies Right-handed Right-arm medium Danielle Gibson Right-handed Right-arm medium Alex Griffiths Right-handed Right-arm medium Ellie Mitchell Right-handed Right-arm leg break Claire Nicholas Right-handed Right-arm off break Sonia Odedra Right-handed Right-arm medium 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
Final
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Naomi Dattani 11 3 3 9 5* – 75.00 0 0 0 0 Freya Davies 11 1 1 0 0* – – 0 0 0 0 Danielle Gibson 1 – – – – – – – – – – Alex Griffiths 5 1 0 1 1 1.00 50.00 0 0 0 0 Heather Knight 11 11 3 392 78* 49.00 111.36 0 4 37 9 Sophie Luff 11 10 4 134 34 22.33 130.09 0 0 12 0 Smriti Mandhana 11 11 0 268 72 24.36 137.43 0 2 42 3 Claire Nicholas 10 – – – – – – – – – – Sonia Odedra 7 1 1 1 1* – 100.00 0 0 0 0 Rachel Priest 11 11 1 365 89 35.50 145.41 0 3 45 15 Deepti Sharma 11 7 5 106 39* 53.00 145.20 0 0 15 0 Anya Shrubsole 10 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Fran Wilson 11 10 4 298 54 49.66 138.60 0 2 37 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Naomi Dattani 11 2 2.5 0 22 2 2/10 11.00 7.76 8.5 Freya Davies 11 11 39.0 1 251 19 4/18 13.21 6.43 13.21 Danielle Gibson 1 1 2.0 0 8 0 – – 4.00 – Alex Griffiths 5 5 6.0 0 52 1 1/15 52.00 8.66 36.0 Heather Knight 11 11 35.0 1 256 5 2/27 51.20 7.31 42.0 Claire Nicholas 10 10 35.0 1 246 12 2/25 20.50 7.02 17.5 Sonia Odedra 7 7 16.0 0 138 6 4/25 23.00 8.62 16.0 Deepti Sharma 11 11 38.2 0 254 9 3/18 28.22 6.62 25.5 Anya Shrubsole 10 10 32.0 0 254 13 3/36 19.53 7.93 14.7 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Naomi Dattani 11 11 5 Freya Davies 11 11 0 Danielle Gibson 1 1 0 Alex Griffiths 5 5 4 Heather Knight 11 11 2 Sophie Luff 11 11 4 Smriti Mandhana 11 11 5 Claire Nicholas 10 10 3 Sonia Odedra 7 7 3 Deepti Sharma 11 11 3 Anya Shrubsole 10 10 3 Fran Wilson 11 11 6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Rachel Priest 11 11 7 5 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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