Source: Bruce Perkins

Unpredictability over? – Lightning v Thunder

When Loughborough Lightning beat Lancashire Thunder by a whacking 9 wickets at Haslegrave, they opened up a margin of 12 points over their nearest rival, Surrey Stars. The table-toppers Western Storm have a 2-point advantage over them after seven rounds. The competition has been characterised by its unpredictability. But as we move into its final

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Source: Western Storm

Western Storm Join Forces With Advanced Certification

KIA Super League Champions 2017 Western Storm have forged a new partnership in 2018. Western Storm have announced that they have joined forces with Advanced Certification. Formed in 2014 and based in Portishead, Advanced Certification are a UKAS Accredited Conformity Assessment Body covering Quality, Environmental and Health and Safety Management System Certifications and they work

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Source: Somerset CCC

Sophie Luff Returns to Western Storm for 2018

Western Storm have announce that Sophie Luff will be returning to help the 2018 KIA Super League Champions defend their title. The 24-year-year old was out in the middle when Stafanie Taylor hit the winning runs in last year’s KSL final against Southern Vipers and played a major role in the team’s success in 2017,

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Source: Somerset CCC

Freya Davies Returns to Western Storm

Western Storm can today exclusively reveal that Freya Davies will once again be lining up for the reigning Kia Super League Champions in 2018. Freya joins England trio Heather Knight, Anya Shrubsole and Fran Wilson plus Rachel Priest, Stafanie Taylor and Smriti Mandhana in this year’s Western Storm squad. The 22-year-old played an important role

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New look for Western Storm

Western Storm will have a new look and a new website in 2018 as Heather Knight’s team look to defend their KIA Super League title. This years KIA Super League will be twice as big as it has been in the past two years, with all teams playing each other both home and away. In

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Source: Loughborough University

Lightning have plenty to work on after opening day Storm loss

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

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Source: ICC

Shrubsole to miss Western Storm opener

England and Western Storm seamer Anya Shrubsole has suffered a small side strain and will sit out of her side’s Kia Super League opener, against Southern Vipers at the Ageas Bowl on Thursday August 10. While Western Storm’s second game – against Loughborough Lightning at Taunton on Saturday August 12 – may also come too

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Western Storm Sign Holly Huddleston

The Western Storm have now completed their line up for the 2017 Kia Super League. New Zealand International Holly Huddleston has this week been named as the Storm’s third overseas player. The 29 year old bowler has featured in 18 ODIs for the White Ferns taking 28 wickets at an average of 20.32 with a

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