2018 Women's Cricket Super League
The 2018 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2018 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Women's Cricket Super League, the semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board, consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format. The Western Storm were the defending champions.
Surrey Stars won the competition defeating Loughborough Lightning by 66 runs in the final. Smriti Mandhana, an Indian player for the Western Storm, was named player of the tournament, after she finished as the tournament's top run-scorer.
Competition format
Six teams competed for the T20 title which took place between 22 July and 27 August 2018. The six teams will play each other twice in a round robin format; followed by semi finals a finals day at the County Cricket Ground in Hove, Sussex.Teams
Team | Home ground | Coach | Captain |
Lancashire Thunder | Old Trafford, Manchester Trafalgar Road Ground, Southport Aigburth, Liverpool Stanley Park, Blackpool | ||
Loughborough Lightning | Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||
Southern Vipers | Rose Bowl, Southampton Arundel Castle, Arundel | ||
Surrey Stars | The Oval, London Woodbridge Road, Guildford | ||
Western Storm | County Ground, Taunton College Ground, Cheltenham Nevil Road, Bristol | ||
Yorkshire Diamonds | Headingley, Leeds Clifton Park, York North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough |
Last updated: 17 July 2018
Points Table
- The three top ranked teams qualified for the Knockouts.
- advanced to Final
- advanced to the Semi-final
Fixtures
League stage
Last updated: 18 August 2018Semi-final
Final
Statistics
- Highest Score by a team: Western Storm − 185/4 vs Lancashire Thunder
- Lowest Score by a team: Surrey Stars − 66/7 vs Yorkshire Diamonds
- Maximum runs: Smriti Mandhana − 421 runs in 9 innings
- Most Wickets: Kirstie Gordon − 17 wickets in 11 innings
- Top Score by an individual: Lizelle Lee − 104 vs Loughborough Lightning
- Best Bowling figures by an individual: Katherine Brunt − 5/26 vs Southern Vipers