ALICE Davidson-Richards is confident a whirlwind summer can end with Kia Super League success for herself and the Yorkshire Diamonds.

The Kent-born all-rounder is refusing to get too down about a losing start in the KSL, with the Diamonds having lost to Western Storm and Lancashire Thunder prior to Sunday's washout with Surrey Stars at Guildford.

Their next outing is away against Loughborough Lightning at the Haslegrave ground on the university campus today (4pm), the first of seven remaining fixtures as they pursue a top-three finish.

Loughborough have won two of their three matches, losing to Western Storm in a rain-affected six-over clash on Sunday as they failed to chase 86.

Davidson-Richards, 24 years old and nicknamed ADR, said: "Not that you want to lose games, but if you do it's not the end of world at this stage.

"The 10 group games gives you more breathing space.

"Loughborough have started well, but it's about focusing on us and not them. We've done some good things so far. It's just about putting a full game together.

"If we do that, I think we can beat anyone in this competition and get to Finals Day."

Davidson-Richards, who plays her regular county cricket at Kent, enjoyed a memorable start to the summer with a senior England tour of India, playing her only international to date in a one-day international at Nagpur.

England lost by one wicket defending a target of 208, with Davidson-Richards scoring nine in the middle order on the way to a 2-1 series defeat.

In her first two outings in the KSL, she has claimed four wickets with her medium pacers and scored 33 in the first match against champions Western Storm at Taunton last weekend.

"It's been a bit of a manic few months, and I still don't really know where I am if I'm being honest," she said.

"It's something that I'm really proud of, and I'm trying to make sure I enjoy the feeling of it instead of worrying about any of the noise that's going on around me.

"Before each game, I'm trying to remind myself to keep things simple and go and have some fun.

"But, yes, it's been a really good few months.

"India was very hot. Mumbai was the sweatiest place I've ever been and Nagpur was the driest heat.

"But I loved it. I got to eat curry every day. What's not to love about that?

"Seriously, it was a massive learning curve because even their net bowlers were ragging it on a couple of day-old wickets.

"There was so much for me to learn. My game against spin has developed. Even on game days when I didn't play, I'd go in the nets for a couple of hours and work everything out."

The Diamonds and the Lightning undertook some player swapping ahead of the competition.

England seamers Jenny Gunn and Beth Langston switched teams, with Langston arriving at Emerald Headingley, while New Zealand all-rounder Sophie Devine returned to the Midlands.

Devine played for Loughborough in the first year of the competition and for the Diamonds last year.

This is the first of three games in six days for the Diamonds.

They also host Southern Vipers at York on Thursday and Western Storm at Scarborough on Sunday.