The 2021 season was Lightning's second season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy and the new Twenty20 competition, the Charlotte Edwards Cup. The side finished fourth in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 3 wins from their 7 matches. In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the side finished bottom of Group A, losing all 6 of their matches.
The side was captained by Kathryn Bryce and coached by Rob Taylor. They played their home matches at five grounds across the East Midlands: Trent Bridge, Grace Road, the County Ground, Derby, the Haslegrave Ground and Kibworth Cricket Club Ground.
Squad Lightning announced their initial 18-player squad on 28 May 2021. Ella Claridge and Josie Groves were promoted to the senior squad from the Academy during the season, and played their first matches on 28 August 2021 and 10 September 2021, respectively. Age given is at the start of Lightning's first match of the season (29 May 2021).
Name Nationality Birth date Batting Style Bowling Style Notes Batters Shachi Pai Right-handed Right-arm medium All-rounders Kathryn Bryce Right-handed Right-arm medium Captain Bethan Ellis Right-handed Right-arm medium Teresa Graves Right-handed Right-arm medium Yvonne Graves Right-handed Right-arm off break Bethany Harmer Right-handed Right-arm off break Sonia Odedra Right-handed Right-arm medium Wicket-keepers Tammy Beaumont Right-handed — Sarah Bryce Right-handed — Ella Claridge Right-handed — Abigail Freeborn Right-handed — Michaela Kirk Right-handed Right-arm off break Bowlers Grace Ballinger Left-handed Left-arm medium Kirstie Gordon Right-handed Slow left-arm orthodox Josie Groves Right-handed Right-arm leg break Nancy Harman Right-handed Right-arm leg break Lucy Higham Right-handed Right-arm off break Leah Kellogg Right-handed Right-arm medium Sophie Munro Right-handed Right-arm medium Alicia Presland Right-handed Right-arm medium
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Season standings
Advanced to the final Advanced to the play-off
Fixtures
Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 7 7 1 2 7 7 0 1 3 3 0 2 7 7 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 5 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 100 runs.
Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 7 16 0 7 10 0 6 9 0 6 6 0 6 6 0 6 5 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 5 wickets.
Charlotte Edwards Cup Group A
Advanced to the final Advanced to the semi-final
Fixtures
Tournament statistics Batting Player Matches Innings Runs Average High score 100s 50s 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 50 runs.
Bowling Player Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi 6 6 0 6 6 0 3 5 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo Qualification: 5 wickets.
Season statistics Batting PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Matches Innings Runs High score Average Strike rate 100s 50s Grace Ballinger 3 2 24 18 12.00 109.09 0 0 4 2 0 0* – 0.00 0 0 Tammy Beaumont 3 3 167 89 55.66 73.89 0 2 – – – – – – – – Kathryn Bryce 7 7 353 162 50.42 80.96 1 2 3 3 29 13 9.66 64.44 0 0 Sarah Bryce 7 7 202 90 28.85 73.45 0 1 3 3 10 6 3.33 43.47 0 0 Ella Claridge 3 3 46 39* 23.00 73.01 0 0 2 2 21 20 10.50 84.00 0 0 Bethan Ellis 1 1 4 4 4.00 66.66 0 0 – – – – – – – – Abigail Freeborn 7 7 105 44 15.00 54.40 0 0 6 6 161 61 26.83 99.38 0 1 Kirstie Gordon 7 4 57 24 14.25 67.85 0 0 6 6 42 20 8.40 97.67 0 0 Teresa Graves 6 6 103 32 25.75 65.60 0 0 6 6 62 23 10.33 76.54 0 0 Yvonne Graves 6 4 53 22* 17.66 53.00 0 0 3 – – – – – – – Josie Groves 1 1 2 2* – 100.00 0 0 – – – – – – – – Nancy Harman 1 – – – – – – – 3 3 9 6 9.00 90.00 0 0 Bethany Harmer 3 3 21 14 7.00 77.77 0 0 6 6 70 34 11.66 102.94 0 0 Lucy Higham 6 5 101 32 25.25 69.17 0 0 4 4 29 22 7.25 72.50 0 0 Michaela Kirk 4 3 71 57 23.66 70.29 0 1 3 3 18 16 6.00 64.28 0 0 Sophie Munro 6 4 20 17 10.00 74.07 0 0 6 6 53 20* 13.25 126.19 0 0 Sonia Odedra 4 4 63 24* 31.50 70.78 0 0 6 6 70 22 11.66 74.46 0 0 Shachi Pai 2 1 9 9 9.00 34.61 0 0 5 5 49 24 9.80 87.50 0 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Matches Overs Wickets Average Economy BBI 5wi Grace Ballinger 3 26.0 4 40.25 6.19 2/60 0 4 12.0 3 29.66 7.41 1/16 0 Kathryn Bryce 7 62.5 10 24.60 3.91 4/16 0 3 10.0 5 10.20 5.10 2/15 0 Bethan Ellis 1 2.0 0 – 8.00 – 0 – – – – – – – Kirstie Gordon 7 70.0 16 15.43 3.52 4/23 0 6 23.0 3 52.00 6.78 2/20 0 Teresa Graves 6 37.0 9 16.44 4.00 4/39 0 6 10.0 2 33.50 6.70 1/11 0 Yvonne Graves 6 38.0 6 29.83 4.71 3/43 0 3 7.0 2 24.50 7.00 1/10 0 Josie Groves 1 8.0 0 – 7.37 – 0 – – – – – – – Nancy Harman 1 4.0 0 – 5.50 – 0 3 1.0 0 – 16.00 – 0 Lucy Higham 6 31.5 5 30.80 4.83 3/10 0 4 12.0 2 26.00 4.33 1/10 0 Sophie Munro 6 39.2 6 29.66 4.52 2/35 0 6 17.0 6 21.66 7.64 2/10 0 Sonia Odedra 4 13.0 2 39.50 6.07 2/56 0 6 20.0 6 21.00 6.30 2/14 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Fielding PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Matches Innings Catches Grace Ballinger 3 3 1 4 4 1 Tammy Beaumont 3 3 3 – – – Kathryn Bryce 7 7 5 3 3 0 Sarah Bryce 7 3 1 3 – – Ella Claridge 3 3 1 2 2 0 Bethan Ellis 1 1 1 – – – Abigail Freeborn 7 4 4 6 3 0 Kirstie Gordon 7 7 5 6 6 2 Teresa Graves 6 6 0 6 6 1 Yvonne Graves 6 6 0 3 3 1 Josie Groves 1 1 0 – – – Nancy Harman 1 1 0 3 3 0 Bethany Harmer 3 3 2 6 6 3 Lucy Higham 6 6 3 4 4 0 Michaela Kirk 4 4 1 3 3 2 Sophie Munro 6 6 2 6 6 1 Sonia Odedra 4 4 1 6 6 1 Shachi Pai 2 2 0 5 5 0 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
Wicket-keeping PlayerRachael Heyhoe Flint TrophyCharlotte Edwards Cup Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Matches Innings Catches Stumpings Sarah Bryce 7 4 3 0 3 3 1 1 Abigail Freeborn 7 3 3 2 6 3 0 5 Source: ESPN Cricinfo
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