The 2017 season was Loughborough Lightning's second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished fourth in the group stage, winning two of their five matches.
The side was coached by Salliann Briggs and captained by Georgia Elwiss. They played one of their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground, and the other at the County Ground, Derby.
Squad Loughborough Lightning's 15-player squad is listed below. Age given is at the start of Loughborough Lightning's first match of the season (12 August 2017).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Georgie Boyce Right-handed Right-arm medium Marie Kelly Right-handed Right-arm medium Elyse Villani Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player All-rounders Thea Brookes Right-handed Right-arm off break Georgia Elwiss Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Sarah Glenn Right-handed Right arm leg break Ellyse Perry Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Paige Scholfield Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Abigail Freeborn Right-handed — Amy Jones Right-handed — Bowlers Kristen Beams Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player Rebecca Grundy Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Lucy Higham Right-handed Right-arm off break Beth Langston Right-handed Right-arm medium Sonia Odedra Right-handed Right-arm medium
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 Kristen Beams 5 2 2 9 7* – 81.81 0 0 0 0 Thea Brookes 5 5 1 48 24 12.00 137.14 0 0 3 3 Georgia Elwiss 5 5 0 85 41 17.00 102.40 0 0 9 1 Abigail Freeborn 2 1 1 16 16* – 114.28 0 0 2 0 Sarah Glenn 4 4 1 58 25 19.33 113.72 0 0 4 3 Rebecca Grundy 5 1 0 12 12 12.00 150.00 0 0 2 0 Lucy Higham 5 2 0 6 6 3.00 75.00 0 0 0 0 Amy Jones 3 3 0 34 21 11.33 121.42 0 0 7 0 Marie Kelly 1 1 0 18 18 18.00 60.00 0 0 1 0 Beth Langston 5 2 0 11 8 5.50 57.89 0 0 1 0 Sonia Odedra 5 4 1 27 20* 9.00 60.00 0 0 1 1 Ellyse Perry 5 5 2 182 78* 60.66 120.52 0 2 16 6 Paige Scholfield 1 1 0 15 15 15.00 65.21 0 0 1 0 Elyse Villani 4 4 0 84 71 21.00 155.55 0 1 12 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Kristen Beams 5 5 17.0 0 73 3 1/10 24.33 4.29 34.0 Georgia Elwiss 5 5 13.0 0 102 4 2/24 25.50 7.84 19.5 Sarah Glenn 4 2 5.0 0 13 4 2/5 3.25 2.60 7.5 Rebecca Grundy 5 5 11.0 0 84 4 2/11 21.00 7.63 16.5 Lucy Higham 5 5 10.0 0 73 2 1/16 36.50 7.30 30.0 Beth Langston 5 5 13.0 1 84 6 3/14 14.00 6.46 13.0 Sonia Odedra 5 3 5.2 0 50 2 1/9 25.00 9.37 16.0 Ellyse Perry 5 5 13.1 1 79 4 2/9 19.75 6.00 19.7 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Kristen Beams 5 5 0 Thea Brookes 5 5 0 Georgia Elwiss 5 5 0 Sarah Glenn 4 4 0 Rebecca Grundy 5 5 0 Lucy Higham 5 5 3 Marie Kelly 1 1 0 Beth Langston 5 5 1 Sonia Odedra 5 5 3 Ellyse Perry 5 5 1 Paige Scholfield 1 1 1 Elyse Villani 4 4 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Abigail Freeborn 2 2 0 1 Amy Jones 3 3 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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