| 2017 Women's Cricket Super League | |
| Administrator: | England and Wales Cricket Board |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| Tournament Format: | Round robin and knockout finals |
| Champions: | Western Storm |
| Count: | 1 |
| Participants: | 6 |
| Matches: | 17 |
| Most Runs: | Rachel Priest (261) |
| Most Wickets: | Nat Sciver (12) |
| Previous Year: | 2016 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2016 Women's Cricket Super League |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Next Tournament: | 2018 Women's Cricket Super League |
The 2017 Women's Cricket Super League, or 2017 Kia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), a semi-professional women's cricket competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a Twenty20 format.[1] The Southern Vipers were the defending champions, but lost in the final to Western Storm.
Six teams competed for the T20 title which took place between 10 August and 1 September 2017. The six teams played each other once in a round-robin format; followed by a finals day at the County Cricket Ground, Hove.[2]
| Team | Home ground(s) | Coach | Captain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancashire Thunder | Old Trafford, Manchester Stanley Park, Blackpool Aigburth, Liverpool | |||
| Loughborough Lightning | Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough County Ground, Derby | |||
| Southern Vipers | Rose Bowl, Southampton Arundel Castle Cricket Ground, Arundel | |||
| Surrey Stars | The Oval, London | |||
| Western Storm | County Ground, Taunton County Ground, Bristol | |||
| Yorkshire Diamonds | Headingley, Leeds Clifton Park, York |
| width=150 | Player | width=160 | Team | width=60 | Matches | width=60 | Innings | width=60 | Runs | width=60 | Average | width=60 | width=60 | 100s | width=60 | 50s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Priest | Western Storm | 7 | 7 | 261 | 43.50 | 106 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Suzie Bates | Southern Vipers | 6 | 6 | 260 | 86.66 | 119 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Ellyse Perry | Loughborough Lightning | 5 | 5 | 182 | 60.66 | 78 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| Marizanne Kapp | Surrey Stars | 6 | 6 | 178 | 35.60 | 48 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Nat Sciver | Surrey Stars | 6 | 6 | 154 | 38.50 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| width=150 | Player | width=160 | Team | width=60 | Overs | width=60 | Wickets | width=60 | Average | width=60 | BBI | width=60 | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nat Sciver | Surrey Stars | 21.5 | 12 | 11.75 | 3/11 | 0 | |||||||
| Danielle Hazell | Lancashire Thunder | 18.0 | 9 | 9.77 | 2/14 | 0 | |||||||
| Stafanie Taylor | Western Storm | 22.0 | 9 | 11.66 | 4/5 | 0 | |||||||
| Laura Marsh | Surrey Stars | 24.0 | 9 | 14.00 | 2/12 | 0 | |||||||
| Alex Hartley | Surrey Stars | 23.5 | 9 | 19.22 | 3/15 | 0 |