HEAD COACH
TREVOR GRIFFIN
TREVOR GRIFFIN RETURNED TO WESTERN STORM TO TAKE OVER THE COACHING ROLE AFTER MARK O'LEARY’S DEPARTURE. GRIFFIN HAS ALSO COACHED THE SUNRIERS IN THE WOMEN’S REGIONAL DOMESTIC STRUCTURE
WESTERN STORM ENCOMPASSES SEVEN COUNTIES BUT HAVE ONLY PLAYED MATCHES IN WALES/GLAMORGAN, SOMERSET AND GLOUCESTERSHIRE
HEAD COACH ANDY TENNANT
FORMER SCOTLAND CRICKETER, ANDY TENNANT, HAS COACHED THE SUNRISERS SINCE OCTOBER 2022. AHEAD OF TENNANT’S ARRIVAL, THE SUNRISERS HAD ONLY EVER WON ONCE IN THE CHARLOTTE EDWARDS CUP. THE SIDE RECORDED SIX WINS IN THE 2023 RACHAEL HEYHOE FLINT TROPHY AND WIN FOUR IN A ROW AT THE END OF THE SEASON
SUNRISERS HAD ONLY EVER WON ONE MATCH AHEAD OF THE 2023 SEASON BUT WENT ON TO WIN SIX RACHAEL HEYHOE FLINT TROPHY MATCHES - FOUR OF WHICH CAME AT THE END OF THE SEASON WHEN GRACE SCRIVENS TOOK ON THE CAPTAINCY
DAVINA PERRIN, STILL ONLY 17, ACTUALLY MADE HER DEBUT FOR CENTRAL SPARKS TWO DAYS AFTER HER 15TH BIRTHDAY IN SEPTEMBER 2021. SINCE THEN, THE WOLVERHAMPTON TEENAGER HAS BEEN A FIXTURE FOR THE MIDLANDS SIDE, TOTALLING 15 APPEARANCES LAST SEASON. SHE ALSO HAS FEATURED FOR ENGLAND UNDER 19S IN THEIR RUN TO THE WORLD CUP FINAL OF 2023 AND MORE RECENTLY IN THE TRISERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA AND AUSTRALIA, WHERE SHE WAS THE STAND-OUT BATTER, HITTING TWO HALF-CENTURIES
KATHERINE FRASER IS A SCOTTISH INTERNATIONAL AND WAS PREVIOUSLY CAPTAIN OF THE SCOTLAND UNDER 19 TEAM AT THE WORLD CUP OF 2023. IT WAS IN THAT TOURNAMENT THAT SHE PLAYED A PIVOTAL PART IN DEFEATING THE USA, SCORING 59 RUNS AND TAKING 3/23. THE 19 YEAR OLD ALL-ROUND OFF-SPINNER IS AN HONORARY YORKSHIRE WOMAN, AS SHE IS STUDYING AT LEEDS UNIVERSITY AND PLAYED NINE TIMES FOR NORTHERN DIAMONDS LAST SEASON, PLAYING A KEY ROLE IN THEIR DEFEAT OF SPARKS IN THE CHARLOTTE EDWARDS CUP WITH 26 RUNS AND ONE WICKET
ATTHEAGEOFJUST16,KENTLEFTARMSPINNERTILLYCORTEEN-COLEMAN HASBEENTHRUSTINTOTHELIMELIGHT,FIRSTOFALLBYHERINCLUSIONIN ENGLAND’SUNDER19SQUADTOPLAYAGAINSTSRILANKAANDAUSTRALIA ANDEVENMORESIGNIFICANTLY,BYBEINGPICKEDUPBYCHARLOTTE EDWARDSTOPLAYFORSOUTHERNBRAVEINTHISYEAR’SHUNDRED,DESPITE NOTHAVINGMADEHERDEBUTFORSOUTHEASTSTARS.ANIMPRESSIVE TOURNAMENTWITHENGLANDUNDER19SMEANSTHATSHEHASNOWBEEN PROMOTEDTOSTARS’SENIORSQUADFORTHE2024SEASON
HEAD COACH
JOHANN MYBURGH
THE BLAZE WAS KNOWN AS ‘LIGHTING’ UNTIL THE REBRAND AHEAD OF THE 2023 SEASON
HEAD COACH CHRIS GUEST
CRICKET WOULD NOT WORK WITHOUT SO MANY CRUCIAL PEOPLE. UMPIRES KEEP THE MATCH TICKING, DO ENDLESS PITCH INSPECTIONS, MAKE POTENTIALLY GAMECHANGING LBW DECISIONS & SO MUCH MORE. BELOW IS A LIST OF ALL THE ON FIELD UMPIRES FROM THE 2023 WOMEN’S CRICKET SEASON
AMY CLARK
ANNA HARRIS
ANTHONY HARRIS
BEN DEBENHAM
BEN PEVERALL
BILLY TAYLOR
CHRIS WATTS
FIONA RICHARDS
GABI BROWN
GRACE BAMBURY
HASSAN ADNAN
IAN BLACKWELL
JACK SHANTRY
JAMES MIDDLEBROOK
JAMES TREDWELL
JASMINE NAEEM
JOANNE IBBOTSON
JULIA JARVIS
MARK NEWELL
NAEEM ASHRAF
NEIL BAINTON
NEIL PRATT
NIGEL LLONG
PAUL BALDWIN
PAUL NICHOLLS
PAUL POLLARD
PETER HARTLEY
PHIL MUSTARD
ROB WHITE
ROSE DOVEY
SAM HOLLINGSHEAD
SARAH BARTLETT
SIMON WIDDUP
SOPHIE MCLELLAND
STEVE O'SHAUGHNESSY
SUE REDFERN
SURENDIRAN SHANMUGAM
TOM LUNGLEY
WASEEM MOHAMMED
RACHAEL HEYHOE FLINT TROPHY PART 1
SATURDAY 20TH APRIL
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V THUNDER (CHESTER-LESTREET)
CENTRAL SPARKS V THE BLAZE (EDGBASTON)
SOUTH EAST STARS V SOUTHERN VIPERS (BECKENHAM)
WESTERN STORM V SUNRISERS (CARDIFF)
WEDNESDAY 24TH APRIL
THE BLAZE V SOUTH EAST STARS (LEICESTER)
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V WESTERN STORM (TBC)
THUNDER V SUNRISERS (SALE)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V CENTRAL SPARKS (TBC)
SATURDAY 27TH APRIL
SOUTH EAST STARS V CENTRAL SPARKS (BECKENHAM)
SUNRISERS V THE BLAZE (CHELMSFORD)
THUNDER V WESTERN STORM (OLD TRAFFORD)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (SOUTHAMPTON)
WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V THE BLAZE (TBC)
CENTRAL SPARKS V SUNRISERS (KIDDERMINSTER)
WESTERN STORM V SOUTH EAST STARS (TAUNTON)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V THUNDER (TBC)
SATURDAY 4TH MAY
CENTRAL SPARKS V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (EDGBASTON)
WESTERN STORM V SOUTHERN VIPERS (BRISTOL)
SUNRISERS V SOUTH EAST STARS (NORTHAMPTON)
MONDAY 6TH MAY
THE BLAZE V THUNDER (NOTTINGHAM)
WEDNESDAY 8TH MAY
SOUTH EAST STARS V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (BECKENHAM)
SUNRISERS V SOUTHERN VIPERS (RADLETT)
THUNDER V CENTRAL SPARKS (OLD TRAFFORD)
THE BLAZE V WESTERN STORM (NOTTINGHAM)
CHARLOTTE EDWARDS CUP
SATURDAY 18TH MAY
SOUTHERN VIPERS V THE BLAZE (SOUTHAMPTON)
SUNDAY 19TH MAY
WESTERN STORM V SOUTH EAST STARS (BRISTOL)
THUNDER V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (OLD TRAFFORD)
CENTRAL SPARKS V SUNRISERS (WORCESTER)
WEDNESDAY 22ND MAY
WESTERN STORM V CENTRAL SPARKS (TAUNTON)
THURSDAY 23RD MAY
THE BLAZE V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (NOTTINGHAM)
FRIDAY 24TH MAY
SOUTH EAST STARS V THUNDER (BECKENHAM)
SUNRISERS V SOUTHERN VIPERS (CHELMSFORD)
SUNDAY 26TH MAY
THE BLAZE V THUNDER (LOUGHBOROUGH)
MONDAY 27TH MAY
SOUTHERN VIPERS V SUNRISERS (ARUNDEL)
SOUTH EAST STARS V WESTERN STORM (BECKENHAM)
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V CENTRAL SPARKS (HEADINGLEY)
THURSDAY 30TH MAY
SOUTHERN VIPERS V WESTERN STORM (SOUTHAMPTON)
THUNDER V CENTRAL SPARKS (OLD TRAFFORD)
FRIDAY 31ST MAY
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V SOUTH EAST STARS (CHESTER-LE-STREET)
WESTERN STORM V SUNRISERS (TAUNTON)
THE BLAZE V CENTRAL SPARKS (NOTTINGHAM)
SUNDAY 2ND JUNE
THUNDER V THE BLAZE (OLD TRAFFORD)
SOUTH EAST STARS V SOUTHERN VIPERS (THE OVAL)
SUNRISERS V SOUTH EAST STARS (LORD'S)
THURSDAY 6TH JUNE
SUNRISERS V SOUTH EAST STARS (LORD'S)
FRIDAY 7TH JUNE
THE BLAZE V WESTERN STORM (LEICESTER)
THUNDER V SOUTHERN VIPERS (OLD TRAFFORD)
SATURDAY 8TH JUNE
CENTRAL SPARKS V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (EDGBASTON)
SUNDAY 9TH JUNE
WESTERN STORM V SOUTHERN VIPERS (BRISTOL)
SOUTH EAST STARS V CENTRAL SPARKS (CANTERBURY)
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V THE BLAZE (HEADINGLEY)
THUNDER V SUNRISERS (BLACKPOOL)
THURSDAY 13TH JUNE
WESTERN STORM V THUNDER (CARDIFF)
SUNRISERS V THE BLAZE (LORD'S)
FRIDAY 14TH JUNE
SOUTHERN VIPERS V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (SOUTHAMPTON)
CENTRAL SPARKS V THUNDER (EDGBASTON)
SATURDAY 15TH JUNE
SOUTH EAST STARS V SUNRISERS (THE OVAL)
SUNDAY 16TH JUNE
THE BLAZE V SOUTH EAST STARS (DERBY)
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V WESTERN STORM (HEADINGLEY)
CENTRAL SPARKS V SOUTHERN VIPERS (WORCESTER)
WEDNESDAY 19TH JUNE
SUNRISERS V WESTERN STORM (CHELMSFORD)
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V THUNDER (CHESTER-LE-STREET)
CENTRAL SPARKS V THE BLAZE (EDGBASTON)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V SOUTH EAST STARS (HOVE)
SATURDAY 22ND JUNE FINALS DAY (DERBY)
RACHAEL HEYHOE FLINT TROPHY PART 2
SATURDAY 30TH JUNE
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V CENTRAL SPARKS (TBC)
SOUTH EAST STARS V THE BLAZE (TBC)
SUNRISERS V THUNDER (CHELMSFORD)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V WESTERN STORM (HOVE)
FRIDAY 5TH JULY
THE BLAZE V SOUTHERN VIPERS (CHESTERFIELD)
SUNDAY 7TH JULY
WESTERN STORM V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (CHELTENHAM)
SUNRISERS V CENTRAL SPARKS (RADLETT)
THUNDER V SOUTH EAST STARS (BLACKPOOL)
WEDNESDAY 10TH JULY
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V SUNRISERS (TBC)
CENTRAL SPARKS V THUNDER (WORCESTER)
WESTERN STORM V THE BLAZE (CHELTENHAM)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V SOUTH EAST STARS (TBC)
FRIDAY 12TH JULY
CENTRAL SPARKS V WESTERN STORM (WORCESTER)
SUNDAY 14TH JULY
THE BLAZE V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (LINDUM)
SOUTH EAST STARS V SUNRISERS (BECKENHAM)
THUNDER V SOUTHERN VIPERS (SEDBERGH)
BREAK FOR THE HUNDRED
MONDAY 26TH AUGUST
SOUTH EAST STARS V THUNDER (BECKENHAM)
WESTERN STORM V CENTRAL SPARKS (TAUNTON)
SUNRISERS V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (CHELMSFORD)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V THE BLAZE (TBC)
FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST
CENTRAL SPARKS V SOUTHERN VIPERS (WORCESTER)
SATURDAY 31ST AUGUST
THE BLAZE V SUNRISERS (DERBY)
SOUTH EAST STARS V WESTERN STORM (BECKENHAM)
THUNDER V NORTHERN DIAMONDS (SOUTHPORT)
WEDNESDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V SOUTHERN VIPERS (TBC)
CENTRAL SPARKS V SOUTH EAST STARS (TBC)
SUNRISERS V WESTERN STORM (RADLETT)
THUNDER V THE BLAZE (SALE)
SATURDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER
THE BLAZE V CENTRAL SPARKS (TBC)
NORTHERN DIAMONDS V SOUTH EAST STARS (CHESTERLE-STREET)
WESTERN STORM V THUNDER (TAUNTON)
SOUTHERN VIPERS V SUNRISERS (SOUTHAMPTON)
SATURDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER
SEMI-FINALS (TBC)
SATURDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER
FINAL (LEICESTER)
