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About Women's Cricket Kia Super League
The Women's Cricket Super League (WCSL), also known as the Kia Super League (KSL), is a Twenty20 cricket tournament which plays in England and Wales and operated by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Six franchise teams have been featured in the league where the players from across the globe take part. This is a kind of tournament which helps to bridge the gap between domestic cricket and international cricket.
Women's Cricket Kia Super League History
In 2015, The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) planned for the Women's Cricket Super League. The ECB received 28 applications for the teams in the first stage of bidding, from where the six successful bids were announced on January 2016.
However, after the ECB's announcement of 100-ball competition which will launch in 2020, including new city-based franchises with both men's and women's teams, Women's Cricket Super League is scheduled to be played its final season in 2019.
Women's Cricket Kia Super League Teams and Format
Six teams have been featured in the tournament, named Lancashire Thunder, Loughborough Lightning, Southern Vipers, Surrey Stars, Western Storms and Yorkshire Diamonds.
All the teams will play ten games each where they face their opponents two times in the whole tournament.
Women's Cricket Kia Super League Schedule
Date | Teams | Place |
August 06 | Lancashire Thunder vs Southern Vipers | Aigburth, Liverpool |
| Loughborough Lightning vs Western Storm | Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough | |
| Yorkshire Diamonds vs Surrey Stars | Headingley, Leeds | |
August 08 | Loughborough Lightning vs Southern Vipers | Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough |
| Surrey Stars vs Lancashire Thunder | Woodbridge Road, Guildford | |
August 10 | Western Storm vs Lancashire Thunder | The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton |
August 11 | Yorkshire Diamonds vs Loughborough Lightning | Headingley, Leeds |
| Southern Vipers vs Western Storm | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | |
August 12 | Surrey Stars vs Southern Vipers | Kennington Oval, London |
August 13 | Lancashire Thunder vs Yorkshire Diamonds | Aigburth, Liverpool |
| Western Storm vs Loughborough Lightning | County Ground, Bristol | |
August 15 | Surrey Stars vs Loughborough Lightning | Woodbridge Road, Guildford |
| Yorkshire Diamonds vs Western Storm | TBC, TBC | |
| Southern Vipers vs Lancashire Thunder | County Ground, Hove | |
August 18 | Loughborough Lightning vs Yorkshire Diamonds | Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough |
| Southern Vipers vs Surrey Stars | Arundel Castle, Arundel | |
| Lancashire Thunder vs Western Storm | TBC, TBC | |
August 20 | Surrey Stars vs Yorkshire Diamonds | Woodbridge Road, Guildford |
| Western Storm vs Southern Vipers | County Ground, Bristol | |
| Lancashire Thunder vs Loughborough Lightning | Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester | |
August 21 | Southern Vipers vs Yorkshire Diamonds | The Rose Bowl, Southampton |
| Western Storm vs Surrey Stars | The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton | |
August 23 | Yorkshire Diamonds vs Lancashire Thunder | North Marine Road Ground, Scarborough |
| Loughborough Lightning vs Surrey Stars | Haslegrave Ground, Loughborough | |
August 25 | Loughborough Lightning vs Lancashire Thunder | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Yorkshire Diamonds vs Southern Vipers | TBC, TBC | |
| Surrey Stars vs Western Storm | Woodbridge Road, Guildford | |
August 28 | Lancashire Thunder vs Surrey Stars | TBC, TBC |
| Western Storm vs Yorkshire Diamonds | The Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton | |
| Southern Vipers vs Loughborough Lightning | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | |
September 01 | TBC vs TBC, Semi-Final | County Ground, Hove |
| TBC vs TBC, Final | County Ground, Hove | |
Women's Cricket Kia Super League Previous Winners
| Year | Winner | Runners-up | Venue |
| 2016 | Southern Vipers | Western Storm | County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford |
| 2017 | Western Storm | Southern Vipers | County Cricket Ground, Hove |
| 2018 | Surrey Stars | Loughborough Lightning | County Cricket Ground, Hove |
