Cricket: Six students selected for Super 4s
Cricket - 22/May/2008
Six Loughborough players have been named amongst England cricket’s elite for the Super 4s competition which gets underway on campus on Monday (26 May).
The Super 4s feature 51 of the country’s best players, as well as two Australian internationals, and signal the start of the women’s international calendar. The seven-day competition kicks off with the Twenty20 Challenge at Loughborough’s National Cricket Centre this Bank Holiday.
Loughborough UCCE assistant coach and England vice captain Nicky Shaw heads a strong Emeralds side that also features students Salliann Briggs, Laura Marsh and Jasmine Titmus. Loughborough graduate and cricket programme manage Alexia Walker captains the Sapphires which includes team mate Kathryn Doherty and former student Lydia Greenway turns out for the Diamonds.
The Super 4s League starts five days later with back to back fixtures from 31 May to 1 June at Loughborough, where matches are played over 50 overs.
Spectators are welcome to attend.
The teams:
Sapphires: Alexia Walker (capt), Rosalie Birch, Kathryn Brunt, Katie Cross, Kathryn Doherty, Lauren Griffiths (WK), Jenny Halstead, Danielle Hazell, Rochelle Petty, Leah Poulton (AUS), Dawn Prestidge, Laura Spragg, Claire Taylor. Coach: Paul Shaw.
Diamonds: Charlotte Edwards (capt), Lynsey Askew, Karen Baker (WK), Sarah Bartlett, Tamsin Beaumont, Georgia Elwiss, Lydia Greenway, Izzy Westbury, Charlotte Horton, Beth Morgan, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Charlie Russell, Anna Stevenson. Coach: John Stock.
Emeralds: Nicky Shaw (capt), Salliann Briggs, Kelly Evenson, Daisy Gardner, Jenny Gunn, Laura Joyce, Hannah Lloyd, Laura Marsh, Nicky Myers, Sarah Taylor (WK), Jasmine Titmus, Jo Watts, Beth Wild, Danielle Wyatt. Coach: Vince Wells.
Rubies: Gill Richards (capt), Caroline Atkins, Alex Blackwell (Aus), Hannah Burr, Holly Colvin, Steph Davies, Isa Guha, Natalie Lane, Sophie Le Marchand (WK), Kate Oakenfold, Anya Shrubsole, Amanda Potgieter, Becky Williams. Coach: Andrew Hobday.
Reserves: Laura Boorman, Sarah Clarke, Jo Cook, Laura Croft, Heather Knight, Steph Masters, Emma Plush, Laura Thompson.