The 2019 season was Loughborough Lightning's fourth and final season, in which they competed in the final edition of the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished second in the group stage, winning seven of their ten matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final. However, they lost to Southern Vipers in the semi-final by 5 wickets.
The side was captained by Georgia Elwiss and coached by Rob Taylor. They played four of their home matches at the Haslegrave Ground and one at Trent Bridge. Following the season, women's domestic cricket in England was reformed, with the creation of new "regional hubs", with Loughborough Lightning replaced by Lightning, which retained some elements of the original team but represent a larger area.
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 (6 August 2019).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Georgia Adams Right-handed Right-arm off break Mignon du Preez Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player All-rounders Chamari Atapattu Left-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Kathryn Bryce Right-handed Right-arm medium Jo Gardner Right-handed Right-arm medium Jenny Gunn Right-handed Right-arm medium Georgia Elwiss Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Hayley Matthews Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Alice Monaghan Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Abigail Freeborn Right-handed — Amy Jones Right-handed — Bowlers Sarah Glenn Right-handed Right-arm leg break Kirstie Gordon Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Lucy Higham Right-handed Right-arm off break Tara Norris Left-handed Left-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 Georgia Adams 11 9 3 169 50 28.16 113.42 0 1 11 5 Chamari Atapattu 11 11 1 196 45 19.60 93.33 0 0 23 3 Kathryn Bryce 9 4 3 42 32 42.00 140.00 0 0 8 0 Mignon du Preez 11 9 3 267 70* 44.50 147.51 0 1 23 12 Georgia Elwiss 10 8 0 171 38 21.37 108.91 0 0 14 2 Abigail Freeborn 3 2 1 29 15 29.00 103.57 0 0 5 0 Jo Gardner 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Sarah Glenn 11 3 1 9 5 4.50 81.81 0 0 1 0 Kirstie Gordon 10 2 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Jenny Gunn 11 6 4 57 17* 28.50 150.00 0 0 5 2 Lucy Higham 8 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Amy Jones 11 11 2 309 74* 34.33 114.86 0 3 31 8 Hayley Matthews 9 8 1 133 54* 19.00 105.55 0 1 22 1 Tara Norris 3 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Chamari Atapattu 11 9 19.0 0 121 5 3/18 24.20 6.36 22.8 Kathryn Bryce 9 9 29.0 1 191 8 2/16 23.87 6.58 21.7 Georgia Elwiss 10 9 22.0 0 159 7 1/7 22.71 7.22 18.8 Jo Gardner 3 3 7.0 0 65 2 1/16 32.50 9.28 21.0 Sarah Glenn 11 11 34.0 0 206 11 3/25 18.72 6.05 18.5 Kirstie Gordon 10 10 36.4 0 222 11 3/18 20.18 6.05 20.0 Jenny Gunn 11 11 27.5 0 187 10 3/14 18.70 6.71 16.7 Lucy Higham 8 1 2.0 0 16 1 1/16 16.00 8.00 12.0 Hayley Matthews 9 8 27.3 1 169 9 2/1 18.77 6.14 18.3 Tara Norris 3 3 3.0 0 32 0 – – 10.66 – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Georgia Adams 11 11 6 Chamari Atapattu 11 11 5 Kathryn Bryce 9 9 0 Mignon du Preez 11 11 2 Georgia Elwiss 10 10 1 Abigail Freeborn 3 3 0 Jo Gardner 3 3 0 Sarah Glenn 11 11 2 Kirstie Gordon 10 10 2 Jenny Gunn 11 11 2 Lucy Higham 8 8 2 Hayley Matthews 9 9 7 Tara Norris 3 3 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Amy Jones 11 11 2 6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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