2020 Lightning (women's cricket) season

Lightning
2020 season
Coach	Rob Taylor
Captain	Kathryn Bryce
RHFT	North Group, 4th
Most runs	Sarah Bryce (395)
Most wickets	Kathryn Bryce (14)
Most catches	Kathryn Bryce (4)
Most wicket-keeping dismissals	Abigail Freeborn (3)
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The 2020 season was Lightning's first season, in which they competed in the 50 over Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket in England. The side finished bottom of the North Group of the competition, winning two of their six matches.^[1]

After the ending of the Women's Cricket Super League in 2019, the ECB announced the beginning of a new "women's elite domestic structure". Eight teams were included in this new structure, with Lightning being one of the new teams, replacing Loughborough Lightning and representing the East Midlands.^[2] Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, only the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy was able to take place.^[3] Lightning were captained by Kathryn Bryce and coached by Rob Taylor.^[4] They played their home matches at Trent Bridge and Grace Road.^[5]

Squad

Lightning announced their squad on 20 August 2020.^[6] Age given is at the start of Lightning's first match of the season (29 August 2020).

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batters
Ria Fackrell	England	(1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Shachi Pai	England	(1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Kathryn Bryce	Scotland	(1997-11-17)17 November 1997 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium	Captain
Bethan Ellis	England	(1999-07-07)7 July 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Teresa Graves	England	(1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Yvonne Graves	England	(1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Bethany Harmer	England	(2000-10-30)30 October 2000 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keepers
Tammy Beaumont	England	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 29)	Right-handed	—
Sarah Bryce	Scotland	(2000-01-08)8 January 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	—
Abigail Freeborn	England	(1996-11-12)12 November 1996 (aged 23)	Right-handed	—
Bowlers
Grace Ballinger	England	(2002-04-03)3 April 2002 (aged 18)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Kirstie Gordon	England	(1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Nancy Harman	England	(1999-07-11)11 July 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Lucy Higham	England	(1997-10-17)17 October 1997 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sophie Munro	England	(2001-08-31)31 August 2001 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Leah Kellogg	England	(1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Alicia Presland	England	(1999-09-28)28 September 1999 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Ilenia Sims	England	(2002-02-10)10 February 2002 (aged 18)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

North Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Northern Diamonds	6	5	1	3	23	1.000
2	Central Sparks	6	3	3	1	13	−0.285
3	North West Thunder	6	2	4	1	9	−0.515
4	Lightning	6	2	4	0	8	−0.113

Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[1]

Fixtures

29 August 2020
10:30 BST
Scorecard

North West Thunder 206/9 (50 overs)	v	Lightning 146 (35.5 overs)
Sophie Ecclestone 60* (61) Sophie Munro 3/32 (9 overs)		Sarah Bryce 52 (69) Sophie Ecclestone 2/29 (7.5 overs)

North West Thunder won by 4 runs (DLS)
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Joanne Ibbotson and Ian Ramage

North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Lightning were set a revised target of 151 runs from 36 overs due to rain.
Points: North West Thunder 4, Lightning 0

31 August 2020
10:30 BST
Scorecard

Northern Diamonds 226/9 (50 overs)	v	Lightning 217/7 (50 overs)
Nat Sciver 104 (116) Kathryn Bryce 5/29 (10 overs)		Kathryn Bryce 71* (81) Nat Sciver 2/30 (10 overs)

Northern Diamonds won by 9 runs
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Neil Pratt and Lina Nenova

Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Lightning 0

5 September 2020
10:30 BST
Scorecard

Lightning 226 (49.1 overs)	v	Northern Diamonds 229/8 (48.5 overs)
Sarah Bryce 51 (69) Alex MacDonald 2/31 (10 overs)		Jenny Gunn 50* (72) Lucy Higham 3/38 (10 overs)

Northern Diamonds won by 2 wickets
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Joanne Ibbotson and Sue Redfern

Northern Diamonds won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Northern Diamonds 4, Lightning 0

11 September 2020
10:30 BST
Scorecard

Lightning 233/8 (50 overs)	v	Central Sparks 227/9 (50 overs)
Sarah Bryce 75 (98) Anisha Patel 3/49 (10 overs)		Marie Kelly 53 (82) Alicia Presland 3/26 (10 overs)

Lightning won by 6 runs
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Hassan Adnan and Yvette Dolphin-Cooper

Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Lightning 4, Central Sparks 0

13 September 2020
10:30 BST
Scorecard

North West Thunder 188/9 (50 overs)	v	Lightning 116 (39.1 overs)
Natalie Brown 52 (82) Kathryn Bryce 4/38 (10 overs)		Abigail Freeborn 28 (67) Alex Hartley 4/8 (10 overs)

North West Thunder won by 72 runs
Aigburth Cricket Ground, Liverpool
Umpires: Jasmine Naeem and Tom Lungley

North West Thunder won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West Thunder 5, Lightning 0

19 September 2020
10:30 BST
Scorecard

Lightning 303/5 (50 overs)	v	Central Sparks 248 (49.4 overs)
Sarah Bryce 136* (133) Anisha Patel 2/46 (10 overs)		Evelyn Jones 115* (138) Kathryn Bryce 3/54 (9.4 overs)

Lightning won by 55 runs
Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Paul Pollard and Malinda Underdown

Central Sparks won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Lightning 4, Central Sparks 0

Statistics

Batting

Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	Average	Strike rate	100s	50s	4s	6s
Grace Ballinger	3	2	1	5	5	5.00	38.46	0	0	0	0
Tammy Beaumont	2	2	0	53	51	26.50	63.09	0	1	5	0
Kathryn Bryce	6	6	1	141	71*	28.20	65.27	0	1	13	1
Sarah Bryce	6	6	1	395	136*	79.00	78.52	1	4	48	0
Bethan Ellis	6	6	0	120	62	20.00	59.11	0	1	11	0
Ria Fackrell	1	1	0	8	8	8.00	34.78	0	0	0	0
Abigail Freeborn	5	5	0	167	40	33.40	69.29	0	0	20	1
Kirstie Gordon	3	2	1	2	2*	2.00	40.00	0	0	0	0
Teresa Graves	6	6	0	114	65	19.00	89.06	0	1	14	1
Nancy Harman	6	6	1	43	21	8.60	78.18	0	0	4	0
Lucy Higham	6	6	0	42	19	7.00	50.60	0	0	4	0
Leah Kellogg	2	2	1	1	1*	1.00	10.00	0	0	0	0
Sophie Munro	5	2	0	5	3	2.50	35.71	0	0	0	0
Shachi Pai	4	3	0	23	9	7.66	50.00	0	0	1	0
Alicia Presland	4	2	1	9	5	9.00	39.13	0	0	1	0
Ilenia Sims	1	1	1	1	1*	–	14.28	0	0	0	0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[7]

Bowling

Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	BBI	Average	Economy	Strike rate
Grace Ballinger	3	2	11.0	1	60	0	–	–	5.45	–
Kathryn Bryce	6	6	55.4	4	216	14	5/29	15.42	3.88	23.8
Bethan Ellis	6	6	47.5	1	210	6	3/25	35.00	4.39	47.8
Kirstie Gordon	3	3	29.0	1	101	3	2/40	33.66	3.48	58.0
Teresa Graves	6	4	17.0	0	75	3	2/17	25.00	4.41	34.0
Nancy Harman	6	4	20.0	0	112	2	2/54	56.00	5.60	60.0
Lucy Higham	6	6	44.0	3	195	8	3/38	24.37	4.43	33.0
Leah Kellogg	2	2	10.0	0	45	2	1/14	22.50	4.50	30.0
Sophie Munro	5	5	37.0	2	163	4	3/32	40.75	4.40	55.5
Alicia Presland	4	4	27.0	0	114	5	3/26	22.80	4.22	32.4
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[7]

Fielding

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches
Grace Ballinger	3	3	2
Tammy Beaumont	2	2	3
Kathryn Bryce	6	6	4
Sarah Bryce	6	3	1
Bethan Ellis	6	6	3
Ria Fackrell	1	1	0
Abigail Freeborn	5	2	0
Kirstie Gordon	3	3	0
Teresa Graves	6	6	2
Nancy Harman	6	6	1
Lucy Higham	6	6	0
Leah Kellogg	2	2	0
Sophie Munro	5	5	0
Shachi Pai	4	4	1
Alicia Presland	4	4	0
Ilenia Sims	1	1	0
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[8]

Wicket-keeping

Player	Matches	Innings	Catches	Stumpings
Sarah Bryce	6	3	0	1
Abigail Freeborn	5	3	1	2
Source: ESPN Cricinfo^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020/Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: The special-edition 50-over competition explained". the Cricketer. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Women's cricket: Domestic 50-over competition named Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". BBC Sport. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Taylor appointed as new Head Coach for Lightning Cricket". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020/Fixtures and Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Squad Analysis: Lightning Reveal their squad for Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". Female Cricket. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning/Most Catches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning/Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[table-1] "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020/Table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[2] "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: The special-edition 50-over competition explained". the Cricketer. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[3] "Women's cricket: Domestic 50-over competition named Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". BBC Sport. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[4] "Taylor appointed as new Head Coach for Lightning Cricket". Loughborough University. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[5] "Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020/Fixtures and Results". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[6] "Squad Analysis: Lightning Reveal their squad for Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy". Female Cricket. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[BatBowl-7] "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[8] "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning/Most Catches". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

[9] "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2020 - Lightning/Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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