Surrey Stars

The Surrey Stars were an English women's Twenty20 cricket team based in South London that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition, the Women's Cricket Super League.[1] The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road, Guildford.[2]They were captained by Nat Sciver and coached by Richard Bedbrook, working with Surrey’s Director of Women’s Cricket Ebony Rainford-Brent.[3][4] The Stars won the 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, beating Loughborough Lightning in the final at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.[5] In 2020, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, some elements of the Surrey Stars were retained for a new team, the South East Stars.[6]

Surrey Stars

Personnel
Captain	Natalie Sciver
Coach	Richard Bedbrook (2016-2019)
Team information
Colours	Light blue
Founded	2016
Home ground	The Oval, Kennington, London Woodbridge Road, Guildford
History
WCSL wins	1
Official website	Surrey Stars
T20 kit

History

2016-2019: Women's Cricket Super League

Surrey Stars were formed in 2016 to compete in the new Women's Cricket Super League, partnering with Surrey CCC.[7] In their inaugural season, they finished 4th in the group stage, just missing out on Finals Day, winning two matches.[8] In 2017, the Stars improved, winning four of their five games to finish second in the group and progress to the semi-final.[9] However, here they were beaten by eventual tournament winners Western Storm, by 3 wickets.[10] Stars all-rounder Nat Sciver was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 12 wickets.[11]

In 2018, Surrey Stars finished 3rd in the group stage, with 5 wins, qualifying for the semi-final where they again faced Western Storm.[12] This time, the Stars were victorious, winning by 9 runs thanks to a Player of the Match performance from Nat Sciver, who scored 72* and took two wickets.[13] In the final, the Stars faced Loughborough Lightning. Batting first, the Stars posted 183, with overseas player Lizelle Lee hitting 104. Loughborough then collapsed to 117 all out, giving Surrey Stars their first WCSL title.[14]

2019 saw a reversal in Surrey's fortunes, as they finished 5th out of 6 in the group stage, with 3 wins.[15] This was the final season of Surrey Stars' existence, as women's cricket in England was reformed in 2020; the South East Stars retained some elements of Surrey Stars, but represent a larger region under the new structure.[16]

Players

Final squad, 2019 season[17]

• No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt.
• denotes players with international caps.

No.	Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batsman
67	Lizelle Lee	South Africa	2 April 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
79	Gwenan Davies	Wales	12 May 1994	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
4	Bryony Smith	England	11 December 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	England Academy player
10	Natalie Sciver	England	20 August 1992	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Club captain; England Performance squad
26	Mady Villiers	England	26 August 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	England Performance squad
23	Marizanne Kapp	South Africa	4 January 1990	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Overseas player
28	Aylish Cranstone	England	28 August 1994	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
81	Dane van Niekerk	South Africa	14 May 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break	Overseas player
Wicket-keepers
30	Sarah Taylor	England	20 May 1989	Right-handed	—	England Performance squad
17	Rhianna Southby	England	16 October 2000	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
7	Laura Marsh	England	5 December 1986	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	England Performance squad
61	Grace Gibbs	England	1 May 1995	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
18	Eva Gray	England	24 May 2000	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
21	Amy Gordon	England	3 October 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast	England Academy player
8	Hannah Jones	England	10 February 1999	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox	England Academy player

Overseas players

• Rene Farrell – Australia (2016–2017)
• Marizanne Kapp – South Africa (2016–2019)
• Lea Tahuhu – New Zealand (2016)
• Lizelle Lee – South Africa (2017–2019)
• Dane van Niekerk – South Africa (2018–2019)

Seasons

Women's Cricket Super League

Season	Final standing	League standings									Notes
		P	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR	Pos
2016	Group Stage	5	2	3	0	0	1	5	–0.274	4th	DNQ
2017	Losing semi-finalists: 3rd	5	4	1	0	0	2	18	+0.291	2nd	Lost to Western Storm in the semi-final
2018	Champions	10	5	4	0	1	2	24	–0.404	3rd	Won against Loughborough Lightning in the final
2019	Group Stage	10	3	6	0	1	2	16	–0.857	5th	DNQ

Statistics

Overall Results

Women's Cricket Super League - summary of results[18][19]

Year	Played	Wins	Losses	Tied	NR	Win %
2016	5	2	3	0	0	40.00
2017	6	4	2	0	0	66.66
2018	12	7	4	0	1	58.33
2019	10	3	6	0	1	30.00
Total	33	16	15	0	2	48.48

• Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result)
• Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.

Teamwise Result summary

Opposition	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win %
Lancashire Thunder	6	5	1	0	0	83.33
Loughborough Lightning	7	2	5	0	0	28.57
Southern Vipers	6	2	3	0	1	33.33
Western Storm	8	4	4	0	0	50.00
Yorkshire Diamonds	6	3	2	0	1	50.00

Records

• Highest team total: 183/6, v Loughborough Lightning on 27 August, 2018.[20]
• Lowest team total: 66, v Yorkshire Diamonds on 12 August, 2018.[21]
• Highest individual score: 104, Lizelle Lee v Loughborough Lightning on 27 August, 2018.[22]
• Best individual bowling analysis: 5/26, Rene Farrell v Lancashire Thunder on 16 August, 2017.[23]
• Most runs: 930 in 31 matches, Nat Sciver.[24]
• Most wickets: 32 wickets in 31 matches, Nat Sciver.[25]

See also

• Surrey County Cricket Club
• Surrey Women's Cricket Team

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