The 2016 season was Lancashire Thunder's first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished bottom of the group stage, winning one of their five matches.
The side was partnered with Lancashire County Cricket Club, and played their home matches at Old Trafford and Stanley Park. They were coached by Stephen Titchard and captained by overseas player Amy Satterthwaite.
Squad Lancashire Thunder's 14-player squad is listed below. The squad originally contained 15 players, but Sarah Taylor, who was also meant to captain the side, withdrew due to anxiety issues. Jess Jonassen and Sarah Coyte were initially signed as overseas players, but were replaced by Hayley Matthews and Amy Satterthwaite, respectively, with Satterthwaite also replacing Taylor as captain. Age given is at the start of Lancashire Thunder's first match of the season (31 July 2016).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Laura Marshall Right-handed Right-arm medium Natasha Miles Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Natalie Brown Right-handed Right arm medium Deandra Dottin Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Emma Lamb Right-handed Right-arm off break Hayley Matthews Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Laura Newton Right-handed Right-arm medium Amy Satterthwaite Left-handed Right-arm medium Captain; Overseas player Danni Wyatt Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Eleanor Threlkeld Right-handed — Bowlers Kate Cross Right-handed Right-arm medium Sophie Ecclestone Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Georgia Holmes Right-handed Right-arm medium Nalisha Patel Right-handed Right-arm off break
Women's Cricket Super League Season standings
Advanced to the Final. Advanced to the Semi-final.
League stage
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Natalie Brown 5 4 1 15 9 5.00 71.42 0 0 0 0 Kate Cross 5 5 0 18 9 3.60 90.00 0 0 3 0 Deandra Dottin 5 5 0 87 42 17.40 104.81 0 0 13 1 Sophie Ecclestone 5 2 2 4 4* – 80.00 0 0 0 0 Emma Lamb 5 5 0 122 34 24.40 104.27 0 0 13 0 Laura Marshall 3 3 1 9 7 4.50 90.00 0 0 1 0 Hayley Matthews 5 5 0 21 11 4.20 53.84 0 0 3 0 Natasha Miles 3 3 0 4 2 1.33 28.57 0 0 0 0 Laura Newton 3 3 0 32 17 10.66 76.19 0 0 4 0 Nalisha Patel 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Amy Satterthwaite 5 5 1 146 52 36.50 102.81 0 1 21 1 Eleanor Threlkeld 5 3 0 14 7 4.66 53.84 0 0 1 0 Danni Wyatt 5 5 0 39 29 7.80 88.63 0 0 4 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Natalie Brown 5 2 2.0 0 24 0 – – 12.00 – Kate Cross 5 5 14.3 1 109 3 1/15 36.33 7.51 29.0 Deandra Dottin 5 5 17.0 0 114 7 3/8 16.28 6.70 14.5 Sophie Ecclestone 5 5 20.0 0 124 6 3/23 20.66 6.20 20.0 Hayley Matthews 5 5 17.5 1 97 8 3/25 12.12 5.43 13.3 Amy Satterthwaite 5 5 14.2 0 109 2 1/22 54.50 7.60 43.0 Danni Wyatt 5 3 5.0 0 45 0 – – 9.00 – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Natalie Brown 5 5 2 Kate Cross 5 5 0 Deandra Dottin 5 5 2 Sophie Ecclestone 5 5 2 Emma Lamb 5 5 1 Laura Marshall 3 3 1 Hayley Matthews 5 5 0 Natasha Miles 3 3 1 Laura Newton 3 3 0 Nalisha Patel 1 1 0 Amy Satterthwaite 5 5 2 Danni Wyatt 5 5 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Eleanor Threlkeld 5 5 3 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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