KSL Finals Day sees Loughborough Lightning, Western Storm and Surrey Stars vie for the title
Monday 27 August 2018 11:22, UK
Holders Western Storm, Loughborough Lightning and Surrey Stars will compete in the finale of this year's Kia Super League.
KSL Finals Day features the top three from the six-team group stage, with last year's winners Storm - who finished second - facing third-placed Surrey Stars in the semi-final, live from 11.30am on Monday on Sky Sports Cricket.
Georgia Elwiss' Lightning await the winner after winning seven of their matches to top the table and secure passage straight through to the final - they will battle Storm or Stars from 3.30pm on Sky Sports Cricket.
The prolific Smriti Mandhana - who has broken numerous KSL records this season, including scoring the joint-fastest women's T20 half-century off 18 balls, becoming the first person to score over 400 runs in the tournament and hitting the most sixes in a season (21) - is unavailable for Storm after returning to India for a training camp.
Heather Knight's side are the most consistent team in the competition having reached Finals Day in all three seasons, making the final in 2016 before losing out to Charlotte Edwards' Southern Vipers at Chelmsford.
Last year, after topping the table and automatically qualifying for the final, Storm overcame the Vipers at Hove to lift the trophy, with Windies captain Stafanie Taylor taking 3-28 to restrict Edwards' side to 145-5 before Rachel Preist struck 72 to seal a convincing seven-wicket win.
Lightning and Surrey have also both previously reached the showpiece day, with Nat Sciver's Stars losing out in the 2017 semi-final.
Watch Western Storm take on Surrey Stars live on Sky Sports Cricket from 11.30am before Loughborough Lightning face the semi-final winners live on Sky Sports Cricket from 3.30pm.