The 2018 season was Southern Vipers' third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished bottom of the group stage, winning two of their ten matches.
The side was captained by Suzie Bates and coached by Nicholas Denning. They played three of their home matches at the Rose Bowl and one home match apiece at the Arundel Castle Cricket Ground and the County Ground, Hove.
Squad Southern Vipers announced a 15-player squad on 5 July 2018. Tash Farrant was ruled out of the squad during the tournament due to injury and replaced by Emily Windsor for the final four group-stage matches. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (22 July 2018).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Maia Bouchier Right-handed Right-arm medium Mignon du Preez Right-handed Right-arm off break Overseas player All-rounders Suzie Bates Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain; Overseas player Arran Brindle Right-handed Right-arm medium Charlie Dean Right-handed Right-arm off break Amelia Kerr Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player Fi Morris Right-handed Right-arm off break Paige Scholfield Right-handed Right-arm medium Emily Windsor Right-handed Right-arm medium Injury replacement player Danni Wyatt Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Tammy Beaumont Right-handed — Sara McGlashan Right-handed — UK Passport Carla Rudd Right-handed Right-arm medium Bowlers Lauren Bell Right-handed Right-arm medium Tash Farrant Left-handed Left-arm medium Katie George Right-handed Left-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 Suzie Bates 10 10 1 245 82 27.22 115.02 0 1 33 1 Tammy Beaumont 8 7 1 198 64 33.00 127.74 0 2 30 1 Lauren Bell 4 2 1 5 4* 5.00 166.66 0 0 1 0 Maia Bouchier 4 4 0 40 17 10.00 93.02 0 0 1 1 Arran Brindle 8 6 0 60 26 10.00 81.08 0 0 6 0 Charlie Dean 5 4 4 7 3* – 58.33 0 0 0 0 Mignon du Preez 10 10 1 174 48 19.33 103.57 0 0 19 2 Tash Farrant 6 4 1 23 11 7.66 104.54 0 0 1 0 Katie George 3 3 1 12 6 6.00 70.58 0 0 0 0 Amelia Kerr 10 8 1 61 26* 8.71 88.40 0 0 5 0 Sara McGlashan 10 9 2 164 55* 23.42 123.30 0 1 15 6 Fi Morris 7 4 0 11 6 2.75 73.33 0 0 1 0 Carla Rudd 9 5 1 8 7 2.00 88.88 0 0 1 0 Paige Scholfield 8 6 2 36 22* 9.00 128.57 0 0 2 2 Danni Wyatt 9 9 0 172 39 19.11 122.85 0 0 23 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Suzie Bates 10 9 27.3 0 225 9 4/26 25.00 8.18 18.3 Lauren Bell 4 3 11.0 1 67 0 – – 6.09 – Arran Brindle 8 7 17.1 0 127 3 1/3 42.33 7.39 34.3 Charlie Dean 5 4 9.0 0 84 0 — – 9.33 – Tash Farrant 6 6 22.0 1 171 10 3/16 17.10 7.77 13.2 Katie George 3 3 8.0 0 62 0 – – 7.75 – Amelia Kerr 10 9 35.3 0 231 10 2/22 23.10 6.50 21.3 Fi Morris 7 6 20.5 0 167 7 4/22 23.85 8.01 17.8 Paige Scholfield 8 6 11.5 0 98 2 1/25 49.00 8.28 35.5 Danni Wyatt 9 3 4.3 0 33 2 1/4 16.50 7.33 13.5 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Suzie Bates 10 9 3 Tammy Beaumont 8 6 0 Lauren Bell 4 3 1 Maia Bouchier 4 4 2 Arran Brindle 8 7 0 Charlie Dean 5 5 0 Mignon du Preez 10 9 5 Tash Farrant 6 6 1 Katie George 3 3 2 Amelia Kerr 10 9 2 Sara McGlashan 10 9 3 Fi Morris 7 6 0 Paige Scholfield 8 7 1 Danni Wyatt 9 8 6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Tammy Beaumont 8 1 0 1 Carla Rudd 9 8 2 6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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