The 1st Central County Ground hosted 3,413 people at the Kia Super League Finals Day last Friday (1st September), an all-time high for a domestic women’s cricket match in England. Attendance at the 2017 Finals Day – the first time it has been hosted at Hove – was up by over 150% from last year.
The second year of the Kia Super League has continued the momentum of England’s ICC Women’s World Cup win with an increase in crowd sizes. The average KSL attendance is up by a third on 2016. Over 20,000 fans have watched this year’s action – compared to 16,000 at this stage last year – with
Loughborough Lightning travelled south to The Kia Oval for their final group game of the 2017 Kia Super League, running out convincing winners over league leaders Surrey Stars. The hosts were unbeaten heading into their final league game, knowing a win would see them head into Finals as favourites, whilst Lightning required a win to
Loughborough Lightning headed to Blackpool Cricket Club for their fourth game of the Kia Super League, desperately needing a win against Lancashire Thunder and they duly delivered with a clinical 50 run victory. In fact both Thunder and Lightning were eager for victory, neither side having managed a victory in the tournament so far. Lightning
Lightning edged out by Yorkshire Diamonds on a wet evening at Loughborough University. Loughborough Lightning suffered a narrow 17 run defeat at home to Yorkshire Diamonds on Friday in their third Kia Super League game of the season, as the rain quite literally rained on their parade. On a day of intermittent showers at Loughborough
Following a disappointing performance in the first game of the 2017 Kia Super League against Western Storm, Loughborough Lightning looked to bounce back against last year’s champions, Southern Vipers on Tuesday afternoon. It was Vipers who came out on top however, after setting a KSL record of 180-2, Lightning unable to chase them down. With
Loughborough Lightning kick-started their Kia Super League campaign with an away fixture against Western Storm at Somerset County Ground, eventually losing out by five wickets. The game was played as a double-header with the men’s fixture between Somerset and Kent, as is the case with many of the KSL games this season, allowing live broadcast
Loughborough Lightning Cricket are delighted to join forces with Beat All Sports (BAS), with the company providing all of the team’s apparel for the 2017 Kia Super League season. With a range that includes competition wear, training wear, casual clothing and kit for support staff, Lightning are now well equipped to go for glory in
Lancashire Thunder will be without England seamer Kate Cross for today’s Kia Super League match against Yorkshire Diamonds at Headingley. Cross has sustained an injury to her hip flexor. It is hoped that she will be available for selection for Thunder’s second match, when they host Surrey Stars at Emirates Old Trafford on Wednesday August
Western Storm beat the Southern Vipers to win the Kia Super League 2017 final and immediately afterwards iconic captain Charlotte Edwards announced her retirement from Super League cricket. Here are all the results from the Kia Super League 2017 Thursday 10 August Southern Vipers v Western Storm – Vipers win by 9 wickets Friday 11
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