The Surrey Stars were an English women's

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team based in South

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that competed in the English women's Twenty20 competition, the

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. The Stars played their home matches at

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and Woodbridge Road, Guildford. They were captained by

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and coached by Richard Bedbrook, working with Surrey’s Director of Women’s Cricket

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. The Stars won the

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, beating Loughborough Lightning in the final at the

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. In 2020, following reforms to the structure of women's domestic cricket, some elements of the Surrey Stars were retained for a new team, the

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History

2016–2019: Women's Cricket Super League

Surrey Stars were formed in 2016 to compete in the new

, partnering with

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. In their inaugural season, they finished 4th in the group stage, just missing out on Finals Day, winning two matches. In

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, the Stars improved, winning four of their five games to finish second in the group and progress to the semi-final. However, here they were beaten by eventual tournament winners

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, by 3 wickets. Stars all-rounder

was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament, with 12 wickets. In

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, Surrey Stars finished 3rd in the group stage, with 5 wins, qualifying for the semi-final where they again faced Western Storm. This time, the Stars were victorious, winning by 9 runs thanks to a

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performance from Nat Sciver, who scored 72 * and took two wickets. In the final, the Stars faced Loughborough Lightning. Batting first, the Stars posted 183, with overseas player

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hitting 104. Loughborough then collapsed to 117 all out, giving Surrey Stars their first WCSL title.

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saw a reversal in Surrey's fortunes, as they finished 5th out of 6 in the group stage, with 3 wins. This was the final season of Surrey Stars' existence, as women's cricket in England was reformed in 2020; the

retained some elements of Surrey Stars, but represent a larger region under the new structure.

Home grounds

Players

Final squad, 2019 season * No. denotes the player's squad number, as worn on the back of their shirt. * denotes players with international caps.

Overseas players

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– Australia (2016–2017) *

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(2016–2019) *

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–

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(2016) *

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(2017–2019) *

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(2018–2019)

Seasons

Women's Cricket Super League

Statistics

Overall Results

* Abandoned matches are counted as NR (no result) * Win or loss by super over or boundary count are counted as tied.

Teamwise Result summary

Records

*Highest team total: 183/6, v Loughborough Lightning on 27 August, 2018. *Lowest team total: 66, v

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on 12 August, 2018. *Highest individual score: 104,

v Loughborough Lightning on 27 August, 2018. *Best individual bowling analysis: 5/26,

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on 16 August, 2017. *Most runs: 930 in 31 matches,

. *Most wickets: 32 wickets in 31 matches,

Honours

: ** Champions (1) –

References

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