2017 Southern Vipers season

Southern Vipers

2017 season
Coach	Nicholas Denning
Captain	Charlotte Edwards
Overseas player	Suzie Bates Mignon du Preez Hayley Matthews
WCSL	Runners-up
Most runs	Suzie Bates (260)
Most wickets	Suzie Bates (8)
Most catches	Suzie Bates (6)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Carla Rudd (7)
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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	England	(1993-10-04)4 October 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Mignon du Preez	South Africa	(1989-06-13)13 June 1989 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Charlotte Edwards	England	(1979-12-17)17 December 1979 (aged 37)	Right-handed	Right arm leg break	Captain
All-rounders
Suzie Bates	New Zealand	(1987-09-16)16 September 1987 (aged 29)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
Arran Brindle	England	(1981-11-23)23 November 1981 (aged 35)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Isabelle Collis	England	(1996-09-22)22 September 1996 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Charlie Dean	England	(2000-12-22)22 December 2000 (aged 16)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Hayley Matthews	West Indies	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Overseas player
Danni Wyatt	England	(1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (aged 26)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Carla Rudd	England	(1993-12-30)30 December 1993 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Bowlers
Ellen Burt	England	(1997-11-20)20 November 1997 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Tash Farrant	England	(1996-05-29)29 May 1996 (aged 21)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Katie George	England	(1999-04-07)7 April 1999 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Left-arm medium
Tara Norris	England	(1998-06-04)4 June 1998 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Linsey Smith	England	(1995-03-10)10 March 1995 (aged 22)	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox

Women's Cricket Super League

Season standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Southern Vipers	5	4	1	0	0	4	20	2.001
2	Surrey Stars	5	4	1	0	0	2	18	0.291
3	Western Storm	5	3	2	0	0	0	12	−0.887
4	Loughborough Lightning	5	2	3	0	0	2	10	0.664
5	Yorkshire Diamonds	5	2	3	0	0	0	8	−0.318
6	Lancashire Thunder	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	−1.692

Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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League stage

10 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Western Storm 70 (18.5 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 73/1 (9 overs)
Georgia Hennessy 22 (31) Tash Farrant 2/10 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 47* (31) Stafanie Taylor 1/3 (2 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 9 wickets Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: David Millns and Steve O'Shaugnessy Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)

• Southern Vipers won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Vipers 5, Western Storm 0

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15 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Southern Vipers 180/2 (20 overs)	v	Loughborough Lightning 134 (20 overs)
Suzie Bates 119* (72) Lucy Higham 1/29 (4 overs)		Georgia Elwiss 32 (29) Suzie Bates 3/15 (3 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 46 runs County Ground, Derby Umpires: Steve O'Shaugnessy and Martin Saggers Player of the match: Suzie Bates (Southern Vipers)

• Loughborough Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Vipers 5, Loughborough Lightning 0

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20 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Surrey Stars 127/8 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 100/7 (16.2 overs)
Marizanne Kapp 42 (48) Hayley Matthews 2/23 (4 overs)		Suzie Bates 50* (41) Nat Sciver 3/28 (3.2 overs)

Surrey Stars won by 4 runs (DLS) Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Mark Newell and Russell Warren Player of the match: Marizanne Kapp (Surrey Stars)

• Surrey Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
• Southern Vipers innings curtailed at 16.2 overs due to rain.
• Southern Vipers' target at 16.2 overs was 105 runs to win.
• Points: Surrey Stars 4, Southern Vipers 0

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23 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Lancashire Thunder 87 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 88/4 (14.5 overs)
Danielle Hazell 37 (39) Linsey Smith 3/16 (4 overs)		Danni Wyatt 46* (29) Sophie Ecclestone 2/19 (4 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 6 wickets Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool Umpires: Ben Debenham and Paul Pollard Player of the match: Danni Wyatt (Southern Vipers)

• Lancashire Thunder won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Vipers 5, Lancashire Thunder 0

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26 August 2017 14:30 Scorecard

Southern Vipers 138/6 (20 overs)	v	Yorkshire Diamonds 108 (18.3 overs)
Mignon du Preez 50* (35) Katie Levick 3/21 (4 overs)		Katherine Brunt 42 (30) Arran Brindle 2/13 (4 overs)

Southern Vipers won by 30 runs Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel Umpires: Ian Blackwell and Chris Watts Player of the match: Mignon du Preez (Southern Vipers)

• Yorkshire Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Southern Vipers 5, Yorkshire Diamonds 0

Final

1 September 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Southern Vipers 145/5 (20 overs)	v	Western Storm 151/3 (18 overs)
Hayley Matthews 31 (28) Stafanie Taylor 3/28 (4 overs)		Rachel Priest 72 (36) Arran Brindle 1/17 (4 overs)

Western Storm won by 7 wickets County Ground, Hove Umpires: David Millns and Steve O'Shaughnessy Player of the match: Rachel Priest (Western Storm)

• Western Storm won the toss and elected to field.

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