2021 Lightning (women's cricket) season

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Lightning

2021 season

Coach

4th

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]

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting Style	Bowling Style	Notes
Batters
Shachi Pai	England	(1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
All-rounders
Kathryn Bryce	Scotland	(1997-11-17)17 November 1997 (aged 23)	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 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Yvonne Graves	England	(1998-10-10)10 October 1998 (aged 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Bethany Harmer	England	(2000-10-30)30 October 2000 (aged 20)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sonia Odedra	England	(1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Wicket-keepers
Tammy Beaumont	England	(1991-03-11)11 March 1991 (aged 30)	Right-handed	—
Sarah Bryce	Scotland	(2000-01-08)8 January 2000 (aged 21)	Right-handed	—
Ella Claridge	England	(2002-09-28)28 September 2002 (aged 18)	Right-handed	—
Abigail Freeborn	England	(1996-11-12)12 November 1996 (aged 24)	Right-handed	—
Michaela Kirk	South Africa	(1999-06-30)30 June 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Bowlers
Grace Ballinger	England	(2002-04-03)3 April 2002 (aged 19)	Left-handed	Left-arm medium
Kirstie Gordon	England	(1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 23)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Josie Groves	England	(2004-09-05)5 September 2004 (aged 16)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
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 23)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Leah Kellogg	England	(1992-06-29)29 June 1992 (aged 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Sophie Munro	England	(2001-08-31)31 August 2001 (aged 19)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Alicia Presland	England	(1999-09-28)28 September 1999 (aged 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Southern Vipers (Q)	7	6	1	3	27	0.417
2	Northern Diamonds (Q)	7	5	2	3	23	1.182
3	Central Sparks (Q)	7	5	2	2	22	0.822
4	Lightning	7	3	4	1	13	0.274
5	South East Stars	7	3	4	1	13	−0.226
6	Western Storm	7	3	4	1	13	−0.462
7	North West Thunder	7	3	4	1	13	−0.620
8	Sunrisers	7	0	7	0	0	−1.598

Lightning 214/9 (50 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 215/6 (46.5 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 57 (91) Tara Norris 3/47 (10 overs)		Danni Wyatt 53 (57) Kirstie Gordon 4/35 (10 overs)

Northern Diamonds 151 (45.5 overs)	v	Lightning 145 (48.1 overs)
Jenny Gunn 40 (77) Kathryn Bryce 4/16 (8 overs)		Tammy Beaumont 21 (34) Katherine Brunt 4/23 (10 overs)

Lightning 259/5 (50 overs)	v	North West Thunder 125 (39.2 overs)
Tammy Beaumont 89 (101) Sophie Ecclestone 2/23 (10 overs)		Emma Lamb 42 (58) Kirstie Gordon 4/23 (10 overs)

Sunrisers 206/9 (50 overs)	v	Lightning 210/5 (40.2 overs)
Naomi Dattani 65 (92) Teresa Graves 4/39 (10 overs)		Michaela Kirk 57 (66) Kelly Castle 2/24 (6 overs)

South East Stars 293/9 (50 overs)	v	Lightning 265 (49.2 overs)
Bryony Smith 84 (73) Yvonne Graves 3/43 (10 overs)		Kathryn Bryce 87 (115) Bryony Smith 3/46 (10 overs)

Western Storm 228/7 (50 overs)	v	Lightning 166 (41.2 overs)
Sophie Luff 70 (111) Kirstie Gordon 3/43 (10 overs)		Ella Claridge 39* (48) Georgia Hennessy 2/22 (8 overs)

Lightning 320/6 (50 overs)	v	Central Sparks 296/9 (50 overs)
Kathryn Bryce 162 (156) Issy Wong 3/61 (10 overs)		Marie Kelly 62 (69) Sonia Odedra 2/56 (9 overs)

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	High score	100s	50s
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

Player	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	Economy	BBI
Kirstie Gordon	7	70.0	16	15.43	3.52	4/23
Kathryn Bryce	7	62.5	10	24.60	3.91	4/16
Teresa Graves	6	37.0	9	16.44	4.00	4/39
Sophie Munro	6	39.2	6	29.66	4.52	2/35
Yvonne Graves	6	38.0	6	29.83	4.71	3/43
Lucy Higham	6	31.5	5	30.80	4.83	3/10

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	BP	Pts	NRR
1	South East Stars (Q)	6	5	1	1	21	1.050
2	Southern Vipers (Q)	6	4	2	3	19	0.875
3	Central Sparks	6	3	3	0	12	−0.669
4	Lightning	6	0	6	0	0	−1.139

Lightning 107 (19.1 overs)	v	South East Stars 108/4 (13.1 overs)
Bethany Harmer 34 (25) Bryony Smith 4/15 (3.1 overs)		Bryony Smith 30 (14) Kathryn Bryce 2/26 (3 overs)

Southern Vipers 134/7 (20 overs)	v	Lightning 88 (19.5 overs)
Georgia Adams 37 (38) Kathryn Bryce 2/15 (4 overs)		Sonia Odedra 16 (22) Michaela Kirk 16 (22) Tara Norris 4/14 (3.5 overs)

Lightning 81 (19.1 overs)	v	Central Sparks 84/4 (19 overs)
Sophie Munro 20* (16) Georgia Davis 4/12 (4 overs)		Gwenan Davies 31 (49) Sophie Munro 2/10 (3 overs)

South East Stars 175/6 (20 overs)	v	Lightning 147/7 (20 overs)
Alice Davidson-Richards 41* (25) Sonia Odedra 2/20 (4 overs)		Abigail Freeborn 61 (50) Bryony Smith 2/18 (4 overs)

Lightning 136/8 (20 overs)	v	Central Sparks 139/6 (19.5 overs)
Abigail Freeborn 32 (33) Emily Arlott 2/13 (3 overs)		Evelyn Jones 71 (55) Sonia Odedra 2/14 (4 overs)

Lightning 124/9 (20 overs)	v	Southern Vipers 125/3 (20 overs)
Abigail Freeborn 27 (29) Tara Norris 3/26 (4 overs)		Paige Scholfield 41* (36) Kirstie Gordon 2/20 (4 overs)

Player	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	High score	50s
Abigail Freeborn	6	6	161	26.83	61	1
Bethany Harmer	6	6	70	11.66	34	0
Sonia Odedra	6	6	70	11.66	22	0
Teresa Graves	6	6	62	10.33	23	0
Sophie Munro	6	6	53	13.25	20*	0

Player	Matches	Overs	Wickets	Average	Economy	BBI
Sonia Odedra	6	20.0	6	21.00	6.30	2/14
Sophie Munro	6	17.0	6	21.66	7.64	2/10
Kathryn Bryce	3	10.0	5	10.20	5.10	2/15

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History	Overview
Home grounds	Trent Bridge Grace Road Kibworth Cricket Club Ground Haslegrave Ground County Ground, Derby John Fretwell Sporting Complex Queen's Park Lindum Sports Club Ground
Leagues	Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Charlotte Edwards Cup
Seasons	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Coaches	Rob Taylor (2020–2021) Chris Guest (2022–present)
Captains	Kathryn Bryce (2020–2022) Kirstie Gordon (2021–present) Marie Kelly (2023–2024)
Players	List

Squad

Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy

Season standings

Fixtures

Tournament statistics

Batting

Bowling

Charlotte Edwards Cup

Group A

Fixtures

Tournament statistics

Batting

Bowling

Season statistics

Batting

Bowling

Fielding

Wicket-keeping

References