The 2017 season was Southern Vipers' second season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side topped the group stage for the second year in a row, therefore progressing to the final. In the final, they faced Western Storm in a repeat of the previous season's final. This time, however, Western Storm were victorious by seven wickets with twelve balls to spare.
The side was captained by Charlotte Edwards and coached by Nicholas Denning. They played two of their home matches at the Rose Bowl and their other home match at the Arundel Castle Cricket Ground.
Squad Southern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 26 July 2017. Dane van Niekerk were originally signed as an overseas player, but was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Mignon du Preez. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (10 August 2017).
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 off break Overseas player Charlotte Edwards Right-handed Right arm leg break Captain 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 Charlie Dean Right-handed Right-arm off break Hayley Matthews Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player Danni Wyatt Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers 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 Tara Norris Left-handed Left-arm medium 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 6 6 1 22 12 4.40 61.11 0 0 1 1 Suzie Bates 6 6 3 260 119* 86.66 132.65 1 1 34 7 Arran Brindle 6 4 2 62 19* 31.00 77.50 0 0 5 0 Charlie Dean 1 – – – – – – – – – – Mignon du Preez 6 4 1 92 50* 30.66 122.66 0 1 11 0 Charlotte Edwards 6 2 1 20 20* 20.00 153.84 0 0 4 0 Tash Farrant 6 2 1 13 12* 13.00 144.44 0 0 1 0 Katie George 4 – – – – – – – – – – Hayley Matthews 6 6 0 114 40 19.00 91.20 0 0 16 2 Tara Norris 1 – – – – – – – – – – Carla Rudd 6 1 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 Linsey Smith 6 – – – – – – – – – – Danni Wyatt 6 5 2 92 46* 30.66 124.32 0 0 11 2 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Suzie Bates 6 6 17.0 0 95 8 3/15 11.87 5.58 12.7 Arran Brindle 6 6 22.0 0 110 7 2/13 15.71 5.00 18.8 Charlie Dean 1 1 4.0 0 20 1 1/20 20.00 5.00 24.0 Tash Farrant 6 6 20.0 0 123 6 2/10 20.50 6.15 20.0 Katie George 4 3 9.0 0 64 3 1/15 21.33 7.11 18.0 Hayley Matthews 6 6 20.2 2 107 6 2/23 17.83 5.26 20.3 Tara Norris 1 1 3.0 0 18 1 1/18 18.00 6.00 18.0 Linsey Smith 6 5 19.0 0 110 5 3/16 22.00 5.78 22.8 Danni Wyatt 6 1 1.0 0 7 0 – – 7.00 – Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Georgia Adams 6 6 0 Suzie Bates 6 6 6 Arran Brindle 6 6 1 Charlie Dean 1 1 1 Mignon du Preez 6 6 1 Charlotte Edwards 6 6 2 Tash Farrant 6 6 0 Katie George 4 4 0 Hayley Matthews 6 6 1 Tara Norris 1 1 0 Linsey Smith 6 6 0 Danni Wyatt 6 6 3 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Carla Rudd 6 6 3 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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