Australia’s Megan Schutt and Sarah Coyte will be replaced by White Ferns duo Morna Nielsen and Amy Satterthwaite in the Kia Super League.
Experienced New Zealand internationals Morna Nielsen and Amy Satterthwaite have signed to play for Southern Vipers and Lancashire Thunder respectively in the inaugural Kia Super League, following the withdrawal of Australian pair Megan Schutt and Sarah Coyte.
Schutt has been ruled out from taking part in the competition due to injury, while Coyte has decided not to travel to England this summer for personal reasons.
Left-arm spinner Nielsen will now complete an all-Kiwi overseas line-up for the Southern Vipers this summer, when she plays alongside White Fern team-mates Suzie Bates and Sara McGlashan for the Hampshire based side. With 84 international caps already to her name, 24-year-old Nielsen is currently ranked number two in the world in the ICC T20 player rankings, behind England’s Anya Shrubsole.
Powerful top order batsman and useful off-spinner Amy Satterthwaite will join West Indian duo Deandra Dottin and Hayley Matthews as the third overseas star for Lancashire Thunder at the Emirates Old Trafford this summer.
Satterthwaite made her New Zealand debut in 2007 and has since played in 80 One-Day Internationals (ODI) and 71 Twenty20 Internationals (T20I), recording two ODI centuries as well as boasting best T20I bowling figures of 6-17 against England.
Kia Super League General Manager, Jo Kirk, said: “With just over six weeks to go until the start of the Kia Super League there is a growing level of excitement and buzz around the competition, with all six teams now in full swing preparing for the opening weekend of action on 30th and 31st July.
“We are absolutely delighted with the calibre of overseas players that all six teams have been able to secure, and we look forward to welcoming all 18 of them to England this summer.”
Kia Super League 2016 Squad Lists
| Lancashire Thunder | Loughborough Lightning | Southern Vipers |
| Kate Cross (EW) | Georgia Elwiss (EW) | Charlotte Edwards (capt) |
| Sarah Taylor (EW) (capt) | Rebecca Grundy (EW) | Natasha Farrant (EW) |
| Danielle Wyatt (EW) | Amy Jones (EW) | Lydia Greenway |
| Deandra Dottin (O) | Beth Langston (EW) | Suzie Bates (O) |
| Hayley Matthews (O) | Sophie Devine (O) | Sara McGlashan (O) |
| Amy Satterthwaite (O) | Ellyse Perry (O) | Morna Nielsen (O) |
| Sophie Ecclestone (EWA) | Dane van Nierkerk (O) | Georgia Adams (EWA) |
| Emma Lamb (EWA) | Evelyn Jones (EWA) | Ellen Burt (EWA) |
| Ellie Threlkeld (EWA) | Alex MacDonald (EWA) | Katie George (EWA) |
| Natalie Brown | Georgie Boyce | Arran Brindle |
| Georgia Holmes | Thea Brookes | Isabelle Collis |
| Laura Marshall | Amy Gauvrit | Daisy Gardner |
| Natasha Miles | Lauren Griffiths | Alice Macleod |
| Laura Newton | Sonia Odedra | Fi Morris |
| Nalisha Patel | Paige Scholfield | Carla Rudd |
| Surrey Stars | Western Storm | Yorkshire Diamonds |
| Tammy Beaumont (EW) | Heather Knight (EW) (capt) | Katherine Brunt (EW) |
| Laura Marsh (EW) | Anya Shrubsole (EW) | Jenny Gunn (EW) |
| Natalie Sciver (EW) (capt) | Fran Wilson (EW) | Danielle Hazell (EW) |
| Rene Farrell (O) | Lizelle Lee (O) | Lauren Winfield (EW) (capt) |
| Marizanne Kapp (O) | Rachel Priest (O) | Alex Blackwell (O) |
| Meg Lanning (O) | Stafanie Taylor (O) | Beth Mooney (O) |
| Sophie Dunkley (EWA) | Freya Davies (EWA) | Shabnim Ismail (O) |
| Alex Hartley (EWA) | Sophie Luff (EWA) | Hollie Armitage (EWA) |
| Bryony Smith (EWA) | Amara Carr | Steph Butler (EWA) |
| Aylish Cranstone | Jodie Dibble | Alice Davidson Richards |
| Grace Gibbs | Rosalie Fairbairn | Teresa Graves |
| Cordelia Griffith | Georgia Hennessy | Katie Levick |
| Raveena Lakhtaria | Sophie Mackenzie | Anna Nicholls |
| Beth Morgan | Cait O’Keefe | Laura Spragg |
| Kirstie White | Izzy Westbury | Katie Thompson |
- EW = England Women
- O = Overseas
- EWA = England Women’s Academy
Women’s Cricket Super League 2016 Match Fixtures:
Sat 30 July
Loughborough Lightning v Yorkshire Diamonds – (Headingley, 14.30)
Sun 31 July
Lancashire Thunder v Western Storm – (Cooper Assoc County Ground, Taunton, 14.30)
Southern Vipers v Surrey Stars – (Ageas Bowl, 14.00)
Wed 3 Aug
Lancashire Thunder v Loughborough Lightning – (Haselgrave, 16.30)
Thurs 4 Aug
Surrey Stars v H v Yorkshire Diamonds – (Kia Oval, 18.30)
Fri 5 Aug
Lancashire Thunder v Southern Vipers – (Blackpool CC, 14.30)
Loughborough Lightning v Western Storm – (Haselgrave, 16.30)
Sun 7 Aug
Surrey Stars v Western Storm – (Bristol County Ground, 14.30)
Mon 8 Aug
Southern Vipers v Yorkshire Diamonds – (Ageas Bowl Nursery Ground, 14.00)
Tues 9 Aug
Lancashire Thunder v Surrey Stars – (Guildford CC, 14.30)
Fri 12 Aug
Loughborough Lightning v Surrey Stars – (Haselgrave, 16.30)
Western Storm v Southern Vipers – (Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton, 17.30)
Lancashire Thunder v Yorkshire Diamonds – (Emirates, Old Trafford, 18.00)
Sun 14 Aug
Southern Vipers v Loughborough Lightning – (Ageas Bowl, 14.00)
Lancashire Thunder v Yorkshire Diamonds – (Emirates, Old Trafford, 18.00)
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