The 2016 season was Southern Vipers' first season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished top of the initial group stage, therefore progressing straight to the final, where they played against Western Storm. They went on to win the final by 7 wickets with 7 balls to spare to become the inaugural winners of the WCSL.

The side represented the South of England, and was partnered with Hampshire County Cricket Club, Sussex County Cricket Club, Berkshire County Cricket Club, Dorset County Cricket Club, Oxfordshire County Cricket Club, Wiltshire County Cricket Club, the Isle of Wight Cricket Board and Southampton Solent University. They played their home matches at the Rose Bowl. Southern Vipers' coach was Nicholas Denning, and they were captained by Charlotte Edwards.

Squad Southern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 21 April 2016. Megan Schutt and Daisy Gardner were originally named in the squad, but were both ruled out due to injury and replaced by Morna Nielsen and Linsey Smith, respectively. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (31 July 2016).

Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Georgia Adams Right-handed Right-arm off break Charlotte Edwards Right-handed Right arm leg break Captain Lydia Greenway Left-handed Right-arm off break All-rounders Suzie Bates Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player Arran Brindle Right-handed Right-arm medium Isabelle Collis Right-handed Right-arm leg break Alice Macleod Right-handed Right-arm off break Fi Morris Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Sara McGlashan Right-handed — Overseas player Carla Rudd Right-handed Right-arm medium Bowlers Ellen Burt Right-handed Right-arm medium Tash Farrant Left-handed Left-arm medium Katie George Right-handed Left-arm medium Morna Nielsen Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Overseas player Linsey Smith Left-handed Slow left-arm orthodox

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 Georgia Adams 5 4 0 73 41 18.25 87.95 0 0 11 0 Suzie Bates 6 6 1 232 57 46.40 113.17 0 2 28 3 Arran Brindle 5 4 4 91 45* – 105.81 0 0 8 0 Isabelle Collis 2 2 0 10 9 5.00 76.92 0 0 0 0 Charlotte Edwards 5 4 0 64 30 16.00 94.11 0 0 7 1 Tash Farrant 6 – – – – – – – – – – Katie George 4 – – – – – – – – – – Lydia Greenway 6 6 3 81 29 27.00 89.01 0 0 9 0 Alice Macleod 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 71.42 0 0 1 0 Sara McGlashan 6 6 3 134 54* 44.66 97.10 0 1 11 1 Fi Morris 3 – – – – – – – – – – Morna Nielsen 6 – – – – – – – – – – Carla Rudd 6 1 1 0 0* – – 0 0 0 0 Linsey Smith 5 – – – – – – – – – – Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Suzie Bates 6 6 20.2 0 124 9 2/8 13.77 6.09 13.5 Arran Brindle 5 4 14.0 0 83 5 3/24 16.60 5.92 16.8 Tash Farrant 6 6 21.0 1 119 5 2/17 23.80 5.66 25.2 Katie George 4 4 9.0 1 55 1 1/15 55.00 6.11 54.0 Fi Morris 3 3 8.0 0 48 3 1/10 16.00 6.00 16.0 Morna Nielsen 6 6 22.5 1 111 5 2/16 22.20 4.86 27.4 Linsey Smith 5 5 18.0 1 92 8 4/10 11.50 5.11 13.5 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Georgia Adams 5 5 0 Suzie Bates 6 6 3 Arran Brindle 5 5 3 Isabelle Collis 2 2 0 Charlotte Edwards 5 5 4 Tash Farrant 6 6 1 Katie George 4 4 1 Lydia Greenway 6 6 4 Alice Macleod 1 1 0 Sara McGlashan 6 6 1 Fi Morris 3 3 0 Morna Nielsen 6 6 0 Linsey Smith 5 5 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Carla Rudd 6 6 0 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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