The 2020 season saw Southern Vipers compete in the new 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket in England. The side topped the South Group of the competition, winning all six of their matches, therefore progressing to the final, where they played Northern Diamonds. The Vipers went on to become the inaugural winners of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy as they won by 38 runs, with bowler Charlotte Taylor taking 6/34. Taylor was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 15 wickets, whilst Vipers captain Georgia Adams was the leading run-scorer, with 500 runs.
After the ending of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019, the ECB announced the beginning of a new "women's elite domestic structure". Eight teams were included in this new structure, with Southern Vipers being one of two teams that had their brand retained as a domestic regional hub. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place. Southern Vipers were captained by Georgia Adams and coached by former Vipers player Charlotte Edwards, and played their home matches at the Rose Bowl and the County Ground, Hove.
Squad Southern Vipers announced their squad for the season on 14 August 2020. Georgia Elwiss withdrew from the squad due to injury and was replaced by Charlotte Taylor. Age given is at the start of Southern Vipers' first match of the season (29 August 2020).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Georgia Adams Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Maia Bouchier Right-handed Right-arm medium Ella McCaughan Right-handed Right-arm leg break Emily Windsor Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Ella Chandler Right-handed Right-arm medium Charlie Dean Right-handed Right-arm off break Freya Kemp Right-handed Right-arm medium Alice Monaghan Right-handed Right-arm medium Paige Scholfield Right-handed Right-arm medium Charlotte Taylor Right-handed Right-arm medium Danni Wyatt Right-handed Right-arm off break Wicket-keepers Ariana Dowse Right-handed — Carla Rudd Right-handed — Bowlers Lauren Bell Right-handed Right-arm medium Providence Cowdrill Right-handed Right-arm leg break Cassidy McCarthy Right-handed Right-arm medium Tara Norris Left-handed Left-arm medium
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy South Group
Advanced to the Final.
Fixtures
Final
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Georgia Adams 7 7 1 500 154* 83.33 81.69 1 3 60 0 Lauren Bell 4 1 1 6 6* – 150.00 0 0 1 0 Maia Bouchier 7 7 1 183 50* 30.50 85.51 0 1 22 1 Ella Chandler 1 1 0 5 5 5.00 83.33 0 0 0 0 Providence Cowdrill 3 1 0 4 4 4.00 100.00 0 0 0 0 Charlie Dean 7 6 2 180 60* 45.00 73.77 0 1 16 0 Ella McCaughan 7 6 0 172 63 28.66 59.10 0 2 19 0 Alice Monaghan 7 3 1 11 8 5.50 47.82 0 0 0 0 Tara Norris 7 5 2 27 10* 9.00 50.00 0 0 1 0 Carla Rudd 7 5 0 81 35 16.20 74.31 0 0 8 0 Paige Scholfield 7 6 1 87 31 17.40 67.96 0 0 7 1 Charlotte Taylor 5 3 2 20 12* 20.00 55.55 0 0 1 0 Emily Windsor 6 4 1 112 47* 37.33 74.17 0 0 12 0 Danni Wyatt 2 2 0 119 66 59.50 89.47 0 2 13 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Georgia Adams 7 7 37.4 2 154 7 3/23 22.00 4.08 32.2 Lauren Bell 4 4 36.0 2 151 7 4/36 21.57 4.19 30.8 Maia Bouchier 7 4 18.0 0 83 1 1/13 83.00 4.61 108.0 Providence Cowdrill 3 3 14.5 0 73 3 2/21 24.33 4.92 29.6 Charlie Dean 7 7 58.0 2 269 9 3/50 29.88 4.63 38.6 Alice Monaghan 7 2 4.0 0 18 0 – – 4.50 – Tara Norris 7 7 44.5 2 215 12 4/45 17.91 4.79 22.4 Paige Scholfield 7 7 51.1 2 212 9 3/33 23.55 4.14 34.1 Charlotte Taylor 5 5 44.0 2 152 15 6/34 10.13 3.45 17.6 Danni Wyatt 2 2 7.0 0 27 1 1/16 27.00 3.85 42.0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Georgia Adams 7 7 5 Lauren Bell 4 4 0 Maia Bouchier 7 7 10 Ella Chandler 1 1 0 Providence Cowdrill 3 3 1 Charlie Dean 7 7 4 Ella McCaughan 7 7 4 Alice Monaghan 7 7 3 Tara Norris 7 7 1 Paige Scholfield 7 7 10 Charlotte Taylor 5 5 0 Emily Windsor 6 6 1 Danni Wyatt 2 2 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Carla Rudd 7 7 3 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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