The 2020 season saw Western Storm compete in the new 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket in England. The side finished second in the South Group of the competition, winning 4 of their 6 games, failing to progress to the final.
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 Western Storm being one of two teams that had their brand retained as a domestic regional hub. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. Western Storm were captained by Sophie Luff and coached by Mark O'Leary, and played all of their home matches at the County Ground, Bristol.
Squad Western Storm confirmed their full 17-player squad for the season on 28 August 2020. Age given is at the start of Western Storm's first match of the season (29 August 2020).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Sophie Luff Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Lauren Parfitt Right-handed Left-arm medium All-rounders Emma Corney Right-handed Right-arm medium Olivia Churcher Unknown Right-handed Right-arm medium Katie George Right-handed Left-arm medium Danielle Gibson Right-handed Right-arm medium Alex Griffiths Right-handed Right-arm medium Georgia Hennessy Right-handed Right-arm medium Niamh Holland Right-handed Right-arm medium Heather Knight Right-handed Right-arm off break Fi Morris Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Abbie Whybrow Right-handed — Nat Wraith Right-handed — Bowlers Emily Edgcombe Right-handed Left-arm medium Lauren Filer Right-handed Right-arm medium Steph Hutchins Right-handed Right-arm off spin Claire Nicholas Right-handed Right-arm off break Anya Shrubsole 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 Emma Corney 6 3 1 21 12 10.50 67.74 0 0 1 0 Emily Edgcombe 3 2 1 11 10 11.00 91.66 0 0 1 0 Lauren Filer 3 1 1 3 3* – 60.00 0 0 0 0 Katie George 2 2 1 19 19* 19.00 73.077 0 0 3 0 Danielle Gibson 1 1 1 33 33* – 137.50 0 0 5 0 Alex Griffiths 6 4 0 141 80 35.25 118.48 0 1 18 2 Georgia Hennessy 6 6 0 209 105 34.83 80.07 1 1 28 0 Niamh Holland 6 2 0 8 8 4.00 57.14 0 0 0 0 Steph Hutchins 4 1 0 4 4 4.00 40.00 0 0 0 0 Heather Knight 2 2 1 158 91* 158.00 88.26 0 2 17 0 Sophie Luff 6 6 1 339 104* 67.80 75.50 1 3 32 2 Fi Morris 6 6 0 115 33 19.16 62.16 0 0 14 0 Claire Nicholas 3 2 1 46 24* 46.00 67.78 0 0 5 0 Lauren Parfitt 5 5 1 89 33* 22.25 58.94 0 0 12 0 Anya Shrubsole 1 – – – – – – – – – – Nat Wraith 6 6 1 111 68 22.20 60.98 0 1 12 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Emma Corney 6 4 20.0 0 88 2 1/16 44.00 4.40 60.0 Emily Edgcombe 3 2 14.0 2 71 1 1/39 71.00 5.07 84.0 Lauren Filer 3 3 11.0 1 70 3 2/24 23.33 6.36 22.0 Katie George 2 2 16.0 0 58 2 1/15 29.00 3.62 48.0 Alex Griffiths 6 6 36.0 3 189 3 2/53 63.00 5.25 72.0 Georgia Hennessy 6 6 53.1 2 257 11 4/31 23.36 4.83 29.0 Niamh Holland 6 2 5.0 0 35 1 1/21 35.00 7.00 30.0 Steph Hutchins 4 4 31.0 4 130 3 1/26 43.33 4.19 62.0 Heather Knight 2 1 10.0 1 36 2 2/36 18.00 3.60 30.0 Sophie Luff 6 1 4.0 0 27 1 1/27 27.00 6.75 24.0 Fi Morris 6 6 59.0 4 240 11 5/26 21.81 4.06 32.1 Claire Nicholas 3 3 24.0 0 89 2 1/31 44.50 3.70 72.0 Anya Shrubsole 1 1 9.0 1 31 0 – – 3.44 – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Emma Corney 6 6 3 Emily Edgcombe 3 3 1 Lauren Filer 3 3 0 Katie George 2 2 0 Danielle Gibson 1 1 0 Alex Griffiths 6 6 2 Georgia Hennessy 6 6 3 Niamh Holland 6 6 0 Steph Hutchins 4 4 1 Heather Knight 2 2 1 Sophie Luff 6 6 4 Fi Morris 6 6 2 Claire Nicholas 3 3 0 Lauren Parfitt 5 5 1 Anya Shrubsole 1 1 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Nat Wraith 6 6 1 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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