2021 Lightning (women's cricket) season
2021 season | |||
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Coach | Rob Taylor | ||
Captain | Kathryn Bryce | ||
RHFT | 4th | ||
CEC | Group B, 4th | ||
Most runs | RHFT: Kathryn Bryce (353) CEC: Abigail Freeborn (161) | ||
Most wickets | RHFT: Kirstie Gordon (16) CEC: Sonia Odedra (6) & Sophie Munro (6) | ||
Most catches | RHFT: Kathryn Bryce (5) & Kirstie Gordon (5) CEC: Bethany Harmer (3) | ||
Most wicket-keeping dismissals | RHFT: Abigail Freeborn (5) CEC: Abigail Freeborn (5) | ||
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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.[1] In the Charlotte Edwards Cup, the side finished bottom of Group A, losing all 6 of their matches.[2]
The side was captained by Kathryn Bryce and coached by Rob Taylor.[3] 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.[4][5]
Squad
[edit]Lightning announced their initial 18-player squad on 28 May 2021.[3] 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.[6][7] 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 | |
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Batters | ||||||
Shachi Pai | ![]() |
10 October 1998 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
All-rounders | ||||||
Kathryn Bryce | ![]() |
17 November 1997 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | Captain | |
Bethan Ellis | ![]() |
7 July 1999 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Teresa Graves | ![]() |
10 October 1998 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Yvonne Graves | ![]() |
10 October 1998 (aged 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Bethany Harmer | ![]() |
30 October 2000 (aged 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Sonia Odedra | ![]() |
3 June 1988 (aged 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Wicket-keepers | ||||||
Tammy Beaumont | ![]() |
11 March 1991 (aged 30) | Right-handed | — | ||
Sarah Bryce | ![]() |
8 January 2000 (aged 21) | Right-handed | — | ||
Ella Claridge | ![]() |
28 September 2002 (aged 18) | Right-handed | — | ||
Abigail Freeborn | ![]() |
12 November 1996 (aged 24) | Right-handed | — | ||
Michaela Kirk | ![]() |
30 June 1999 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Bowlers | ||||||
Grace Ballinger | ![]() |
3 April 2002 (aged 19) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium | ||
Kirstie Gordon | ![]() |
20 October 1997 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | ||
Josie Groves | ![]() |
5 September 2004 (aged 16) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Nancy Harman | ![]() |
11 July 1999 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm leg break | ||
Lucy Higham | ![]() |
17 October 1997 (aged 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm off break | ||
Leah Kellogg | ![]() |
29 June 1992 (aged 28) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Sophie Munro | ![]() |
31 August 2001 (aged 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | ||
Alicia Presland | ![]() |
28 September 1999 (aged 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium |
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Southern Vipers (Q) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 0.417 |
2 | Northern Diamonds (Q) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 1.182 |
3 | Central Sparks (Q) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0.822 |
4 | Lightning | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.274 |
5 | South East Stars | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.226 |
6 | Western Storm | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.462 |
7 | North West Thunder | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.620 |
8 | Sunrisers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.598 |
Advanced to the final
Advanced to the play-off
Fixtures
[edit]Lightning
214/9 (50 overs) |
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Southern Vipers
215/6 (46.5 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Southern Vipers 4, Lightning 0
Northern Diamonds
151 (45.5 overs) |
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Lightning
145 (48.1 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Lightning 0
Lightning
259/5 (50 overs) |
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North West Thunder
125 (39.2 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Lightning 5, North West Thunder 0
Sunrisers
206/9 (50 overs) |
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Lightning
210/5 (40.2 overs) |
- Sunrisers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Lightning 4, Sunrisers 0
South East Stars
293/9 (50 overs) |
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Lightning
265 (49.2 overs) |
- South East Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: South East Stars 4, Lightning 0
Western Storm
228/7 (50 overs) |
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Lightning
166 (41.2 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Western Storm 5, Lightning 0
Lightning
320/6 (50 overs) |
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Central Sparks
296/9 (50 overs) |
- Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Lightning 4, Central Sparks 0
Tournament statistics
[edit]Batting
[edit]Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | High score | 100s | 50s |
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Kathryn Bryce | 7 | 7 | 353 | 50.42 | 162 | 1 | 2 |
Sarah Bryce | 7 | 7 | 202 | 28.85 | 90 | 0 | 1 |
Tammy Beaumont | 3 | 3 | 167 | 55.66 | 89 | 0 | 2 |
Abigail Freeborn | 7 | 7 | 105 | 15.00 | 44 | 0 | 0 |
Teresa Graves | 6 | 6 | 103 | 25.75 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Lucy Higham | 6 | 5 | 101 | 25.25 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
- Source: ESPN Cricinfo[8] Qualification: 100 runs.
Bowling
[edit]Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 5wi |
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Kirstie Gordon | 7 | 70.0 | 16 | 15.43 | 3.52 | 4/23 | 0 |
Kathryn Bryce | 7 | 62.5 | 10 | 24.60 | 3.91 | 4/16 | 0 |
Teresa Graves | 6 | 37.0 | 9 | 16.44 | 4.00 | 4/39 | 0 |
Sophie Munro | 6 | 39.2 | 6 | 29.66 | 4.52 | 2/35 | 0 |
Yvonne Graves | 6 | 38.0 | 6 | 29.83 | 4.71 | 3/43 | 0 |
Lucy Higham | 6 | 31.5 | 5 | 30.80 | 4.83 | 3/10 | 0 |
- Source: ESPN Cricinfo[9] Qualification: 5 wickets.
Charlotte Edwards Cup
[edit]Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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1 | South East Stars (Q) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1.050 |
2 | Southern Vipers (Q) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0.875 |
3 | Central Sparks | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.669 |
4 | Lightning | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.139 |
- Advanced to the final
- Advanced to the semi-final
Fixtures
[edit]Lightning
107 (19.1 overs) |
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South East Stars
108/4 (13.1 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: South East Stars 5, Lightning 0
Southern Vipers
134/7 (20 overs) |
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Lightning
88 (19.5 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Southern Vipers 5, Lightning 0
Lightning
81 (19.1 overs) |
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Central Sparks
84/4 (19 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Central Sparks 4, Lightning 0
South East Stars
175/6 (20 overs) |
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Lightning
147/7 (20 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South East Stars 4, Lightning 0
Lightning
136/8 (20 overs) |
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Central Sparks
139/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Central Sparks 4, Lightning 0
Lightning
124/9 (20 overs) |
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Southern Vipers
125/3 (20 overs) |
- Lightning won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Southern Vipers 4, Lightning 0
Tournament statistics
[edit]Batting
[edit]Player | Matches | Innings | Runs | Average | High score | 100s | 50s |
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Abigail Freeborn | 6 | 6 | 161 | 26.83 | 61 | 0 | 1 |
Bethany Harmer | 6 | 6 | 70 | 11.66 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
Sonia Odedra | 6 | 6 | 70 | 11.66 | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Teresa Graves | 6 | 6 | 62 | 10.33 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Sophie Munro | 6 | 6 | 53 | 13.25 | 20* | 0 | 0 |
- Source: ESPN Cricinfo[10] Qualification: 50 runs.
Bowling
[edit]Player | Matches | Overs | Wickets | Average | Economy | BBI | 5wi |
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Sonia Odedra | 6 | 20.0 | 6 | 21.00 | 6.30 | 2/14 | 0 |
Sophie Munro | 6 | 17.0 | 6 | 21.66 | 7.64 | 2/10 | 0 |
Kathryn Bryce | 3 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.20 | 5.10 | 2/15 | 0 |
- Source: ESPN Cricinfo[11] Qualification: 5 wickets.
Season statistics
[edit]Batting
[edit]Player | Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy | Charlotte Edwards Cup | ||||||||||||||
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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[12][13] |
Bowling
[edit]Player | Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy | Charlotte Edwards Cup | ||||||||||||
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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[12][13] |
Fielding
[edit]Player | Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy | Charlotte Edwards Cup | ||||
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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[14][15] |
Wicket-keeping
[edit]Player | Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy | Charlotte Edwards Cup | ||||||
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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[16][17] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021/Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Charlotte Edwards Cup 2021/Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Women's Regional team guide 2021: Lightning". the Cricketer. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021/Fixtures and Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Charlotte Edwards Cup 2021/Fixtures and Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Group A, Worcester, Aug 28 2021, Charlotte Edwards Cup: Central Sparks v Lightning". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Beckenham, Sep 10 2021, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: South East Stars v Lightning". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021 - Lightning/Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021 - Lightning/Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Lightning/Most runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Lightning/Most wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021 - Lightning/Most catches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Lightning/Most catches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021 - Lightning/Most dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Lightning/Most dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2021.