Women’s Super League: ECB reveals final squads
Women's Super League: ECB reveals final squads
The Women’s Super League (WSL) marks new beginning in women’s cricket and has been in the news for the same ever since its mention. As the first season of the competition is about to take place, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) revealed the final squad of the six teams. Each squad of fifteen comprises of three overseas players and the skippers of the teams have also been announced at the same time. The six teams have been named as Lancashire Thunder, Surrey Stars, Western Storm, Southern Vipers, Yorkshire Diamonds and Loughborough Lightning. READ: World’s top players including Meg Lanning and Stafanie Taylor to feature in Women’s Super League
As reported by espncricinfo.com, the director of England Women’s cricket, Clare Connor revealed, “The momentum behind the new Kia Super League continues to gather pace. Today marks another important piece of the jigsaw as we get set for the competition’s launch later this summer.”
Talking about the squads, she said, “The six squads are well balanced and full of quality, talent, youth and experience. Having former World Cup winners and Ashes winners involved will not only strengthen the standard of the competition on the field, it will also bring another level of insight and knowledge, which will assist with meeting our overriding objective for the Kia Super League to bridge the gap between domestic and international cricket.”
The tournament is scheduled to start from the end of July this year. Here are the full squads:
Lancashire Thunder: Sarah Taylor(c), Kate Cross, Danielle Wyatt, Sarah Coyte, Deandra Dottin, Hayley Matthews, Sophie Ecclestone, Emma Lamb, Ellie Threlkeld, Natalie Brown, Georgia Holmes, Laura Marshall, Natasha Miles, Laura Newton, Nalisha Patel
Surrey Stars: Natalie Sciver(c), Tammy Beaumont, Laura Marsh, Rene Farrell, Marizanne Kapp, Meg Lanning, Sophie Dunkley, Alex Hartley, Bryony Smith, Aylish Cranstone, Grace Gibbs, Cordelia Griffith, Raveena Lakhtaria, Beth Morgan, Kirstie White
Western Storm: Heather Knight (c), Anya Shrubsole, Fran Wilson, Lizelle Lee, Rachel Priest, Stafanie Taylor, Freya Davies, Sophie Luff, Amara Carr, Jodie Dibble, Rosalie Fairbairn, Georgia Hennessy, Sophie Mackenzie, Cait O’Keefe, Izzy Westbury
Southern Vipers: Charlotte Edwards(c), Natasha Farrant, Lydia Greenway, Suzie Bates, Sara McGlashan, Megan Schutt, Georgia Adams, Ellen Burt, Katie George, Arran Brindle, Isabelle Collis, Daisy Gardner, Alice Macleod, Fi Morris, Carla Rudd
Yorkshire Diamonds: Lauren Winfield(c), Katherine Brunt, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Alex Blackwell, Beth Mooney, Shabnim Ismail, Hollie Armitage, Steph Butler, Alice Davidson Richards, Teresa Graves, Katie Levick, Anna Nicholls, Laura Spragg, Katie Thompson
Loughborough Lightning: Georgia Elwiss, Rebecca Grundy, Amy Jones, Beth Langston, Sophie Devine, Ellyse Perry, Dane van Nierkerk, Evelyn Jones, Alex MacDonald, Georgie Boyce, Thea Brookes, Amy Gauvrit, Lauren Griffiths, Sonia Odedra, Paige Scholfield