ECB head of women’s cricket Clare Connor hopes the high-profile names featuring in the Kia Super League can contribute to the transformation of the game at grassroots level. The inaugural womens Twenty20 competition kicks off this weekend featuring 15 group matches played over a 16-day period, building up to finals day at Essexs Chelmsford home on August 21. Suzie Bates will represent Southern Vipers T20 World Cup winners Deandra Dottin, Stafanie Taylor and Hayley Mathew, last years Wisden Womens Cricket of the Year Suzie Bates and Australian sensation Ellyse Perry are just some of the overseas superstars taking part. Were going see some of the worlds best talent on display from Australia, New Zealand the West Indies and South Africa, Connor told Tuesdays Sportswomen show on Sky Sports News HQ. The ECBs head of womens cricket Clare Connor expects the standard of the newly formed T20 Super League to be world-class. Were blessed with amazingly high-calibre players from around the globe and I think thats going to raise the standard of the competition beyond measure.Weve got lots of ambitions for the competition. Its year one and two of our main objectives are around growing the commercial interests and profile - and bringing more fans to the womens game - but equally as important is growing the base and the grassroots interest. Clare Connor at last years Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswomen Awards Its started already and all the franchises have rolled out their participation plans in the last couple of months. For example, Lancashire Thunder have branded all their womens and girls leagues as the Thunder Leagues - so they have a womens Thunder League, a girls U11s Thunder League and a development Thunder League.Hopefully the branding and the profile of the competition will have a really big impact at the grassroots level of the game. Ellyse Perry is expected to turn out in the tournament opener for Loughborough Lightning The weekends opening fixture pits two England colleagues against each other when Lauren Winfields Yorkshire Diamonds host Georgia Elwiss Loughborough Lightning on Saturday.Its hugely exciting, Winfield said. I think its a tournament we needed here in England to attract new girls to play cricket, attract a new audience and put on some entertaining cricket for people to watch. Charlotte Edwards captains the Southern Vipers Its great for us to have more competitive cricket and that will stand us in good stead for when we play internationals.Southern Vipers captain and former England skipper, Charlotte Edwards, added: Its a great concept and I think its something our game particularly needed to bridge the gap between domestic and international cricket.Its going to be a wonderful competition and hopefully we can attract some young girls and families to the game over the next few weeks. 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