ECB Announces Women’s Super League Hosts

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the six team hosts to compete in the first Women’s Cricket Super League this summer.

The South will have three teams, with one based at The Oval with Surrey, another with Hampshire and a third in the South West, a joint bid between Somerset and Gloucestershire.

There will also be two in the North with Lancashire and Yorkshire as well as one in the Midlands run by Loughborough University.

With a total of 28 applications for the six slots available and have all been awarded hosting right for a four year period from 2016-2019.

The tournament will be played in a Twenty20 format this season, before adding a 50-over competition in the future.

ECB director of England women’s cricket, Clare Connor, said: “It has been remarkable to see the enthusiasm that the Women’s Cricket Super League has generated.  

“The award process has provided a real catalyst for a wide range of organisations to think differently about their individual and collaborative cricket offer for women and girls, and how they can positively shape the future of the game. It is not just the final six hosts who are behind the growth of the women’s game, but a range of parties and people who have been engaged throughout this search.



”Our vision for the Women’s Cricket Super League is to create an exciting, dynamic and high quality domestic women’s game in England, where the world’s best players come together to drive performance standards and inspire women and girls to love cricket. All six of the confirmed hosts have passionately demonstrated that they share this aspiration and we are now really excited to work with them to deliver this next stage in the evolution of women’s cricket in this country.”