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 Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), known as the Kia Super League (KSL) for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional women's Twenty20 cricket competition in England and Wales operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The comp ...

(WCSL), the semi-professional women's

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competition in England and Wales. The competition, run by the

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(ECB), consisted of six franchise teams playing in a

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format.

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were the defending champions.

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. The Stars played their home matches at The Oval and Woodbridge Road ...

won the competition, defeating Loughborough Lightning by 66 runs in the final. Smriti Mandhana, an Indian player for

, 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 played each other twice in a round robin format, with the top three teams progressing to a Finals Day at the County Ground,

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Teams

''Last updated: 17 July 2018''

Points Table

* The three top ranked teams qualified for the Knockouts. * advanced to

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* advanced to the

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Fixtures

League stage

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Semi-final

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Final

Statistics

* Highest score by a team:

– 185/4 (20 overs) v Lancashire Thunder (9 August). * Lowest score by a team:

– 66 (16.4 overs) v Yorkshire Diamonds (12 August). * Top score by an individual:

Lizelle Lee Lizelle Lee (born 2 April 1992) is a South African cricketer who played for the South Africa women's national cricket team from 2013 to 2022. She has played for Western Storm and Surrey Stars in the Women's Cricket Super League, as well as Melb ...

– 104 (58) v Loughborough Lightning (27 August). * Best bowling figures by an individual:

Katherine Brunt Katherine Helen Sciver-Brunt (; born 2 July 1985) is an English former cricketer who played as a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed lower-order batter. She played for England between 2004 and 2023, appearing in 14 Test matches, 141 One ...

– 5/26 (4 overs) v

Southern Vipers The Southern Vipers were a women's cricket team that represented the South of England. The Vipers wore an orange and black kit and primarily played their home matches at the Rose Bowl and the County Ground, Hove. They were coached by former ...

(2 August).

Most runs

Source: ESPNCricinfo

Most wickets

Source: ESPNCricinfo

References

External links

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