The 2018 season was Surrey Stars' third season, in which they competed in the Women's Cricket Super League, a Twenty20 competition. The side finished third in the group stage, winning 5 of their 10 matches, therefore progressing to the semi-final, where they played against Western Storm. They went on to beat Storm by 9 runs to advance to the final, where they faced group winners Loughborough Lightning. A century from Lizelle Lee ensured that the Stars beat Loughborough Lightning by 66 runs to claim their first WCSL title.
The side was captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook. They played three of their home matches at Woodbridge Road, Guildford and two at The Oval.
Squad Surrey Stars' 15-player squad is listed below. Ellen Burt was originally named in the squad, but was ruled out due to injury and replaced by Gayatri Gole. Grace Gibbs was ruled out of the squad during the tournament due to injury, and replaced by Amy Gordon. Age given is at the start of Surrey Stars' first match of the season (22 July 2018).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes Batters Aylish Cranstone Left-handed Left-arm medium Lizelle Lee Right-handed Right-arm medium Overseas player All-rounders Sophia Dunkley Right-handed Right-arm leg break Hannah Jones Right-handed Right-arm off break Marizanne Kapp Right-handed Right arm medium Overseas player Nat Sciver Right-handed Right arm medium Captain Bryony Smith Right-handed Right-arm off break Dane van Niekerk Right-handed Right-arm leg break Overseas player Wicket-keepers Rhianna Southby Right-handed — Sarah Taylor Right-handed — Bowlers Grace Gibbs Right-handed Right-arm medium Gayatri Gole Right-handed Right-arm medium Amy Gordon Right-handed Right-arm medium Injury replacement player Eva Gray Right-handed Right-arm medium Laura Marsh Right-handed Right arm off break Mady Villiers Right-handed Right-arm off break
Women's Cricket Super League Season standings
Advanced to the Final. Advanced to the Semi-final.
League stage
Semi-final
Final
Statistics Batting Player Matches Innings NO Runs HS Average Strike rate 100s 50s 4s 6s Aylish Cranstone 8 3 2 10 9 10.00 62.50 0 0 1 0 Sophia Dunkley 11 10 2 98 66 12.25 119.51 0 1 14 1 Grace Gibbs 6 3 2 12 8 12.00 66.66 0 0 1 0 Eva Gray 9 2 0 3 2 1.50 27.27 0 0 0 0 Hannah Jones 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 66.66 0 0 0 0 Marizanne Kapp 11 9 4 104 32* 20.80 122.35 0 0 9 2 Lizelle Lee 11 11 0 352 104 32.00 149.15 1 1 45 18 Laura Marsh 11 6 2 17 8 4.25 47.22 0 0 1 0 Nat Sciver 11 11 3 362 95* 45.25 143.65 0 2 43 4 Bryony Smith 11 11 0 147 39 13.36 90.74 0 0 20 2 Rhianna Southby 1 1 1 0 0* – – 0 0 0 0 Sarah Taylor 10 10 1 177 51 19.66 122.91 0 2 26 0 Dane van Niekerk 9 9 2 146 31 20.85 93.58 0 0 16 2 Mady Villiers 11 2 0 2 2 1.00 25.00 0 0 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling Player Matches Innings Overs Maidens Runs Wickets BBI Average Economy Strike rate Sophia Dunkley 11 8 18.0 0 144 6 3/18 24.00 8.00 18.0 Grace Gibbs 6 3 4.5 0 38 3 2/10 12.66 7.86 9.6 Eva Gray 9 5 8.3 0 68 0 – – 8.00 – Marizanne Kapp 11 11 36.2 0 206 11 2/14 18.72 5.66 19.8 Laura Marsh 11 10 37.2 0 275 8 2/28 34.37 7.36 28.0 Nat Sciver 11 11 34.0 1 280 10 4/32 28.00 8.23 20.4 Bryony Smith 11 3 6.1 0 47 3 2/9 15.66 7.62 12.3 Dane van Niekerk 9 9 29.0 0 192 13 3/20 14.76 6.62 13.3 Mady Villiers 11 6 13.0 0 90 5 3/22 18.00 6.92 15.6 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding Player Matches Innings Catches Aylish Cranstone 8 8 1 Sophia Dunkley 11 11 3 Grace Gibbs 6 6 2 Eva Gray 9 9 0 Hannah Jones 1 1 0 Marizanne Kapp 11 11 4 Lizelle Lee 11 11 2 Laura Marsh 11 11 3 Nat Sciver 11 11 6 Bryony Smith 11 11 3 Dane van Niekerk 9 9 5 Mady Villiers 11 11 1 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping Player Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Rhianna Southby 1 1 0 0 Sarah Taylor 10 10 2 4 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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