Western Storm vs Thunder at Cardiff on 25 August (Charlotte Edwards Cup – Regional T20 – group B)
Previous match was on 9 July when Storm won at Chester by 9 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) (D/L method) *This time saw the same result by a similar margin when a full match was played.
*Batting first, ‘Thunder’ lost Georgie Boyce who was ‘run out’ (8) followed by two catches by Fi Morris to dismiss Emma Lamb and Kate Cross.
*At that point, ‘Thunder’ suffered a batting collapse losing 4 wickets; adding only 24 runs.
*Only Lamb (28 runs from 20 balls) and keeper Ellie Threlkeld (22 from 27) reached double figures.
*By the 100-ball (16.4 ov.) benchmark (86/7) ‘Thunder’ had lost their skipper.
*Tail-enders nudged the score to 100/9.
*Set a barely defendable score at a rate of less than one-run-per-ball to win, ‘Storm’s Katie George (47* run from 46 balls) posted nearly half the runs, scoring three runs short of her ‘fifty.’ Opener Georgia Hennessy carried her bat, albeit scoring at a slower run-rate; given ‘Storm’s’ anchor role 29*(42)
Result: ‘Western Storm’ 101/3; Beat ‘Thunder’ 100/9 by 7 wickets with 14 balls remaining
‘Thunder’ 100/9 (20 ov. 5 runs-per-over) Emma Lamb 28 (20), Ellie Threlkeld 22(27); ’Storm bowling’ Nicole Harvey (3/13), Georgia Hennessy 1/7, Lauren Filer 1/12, Claire Nicholas 1/16, Fi Morris 1/25, Fow: 1-32, 2-40, 3-42, 4-52, 5-56, 6-72, 7-83, 8-92, 9-100
‘Storm’ 101/3 (17.3/ 20ov. 5.71 rpo) Katie George 47* runs (from 46 balls), Georgia Hennessy 29*(42); ‘Thunder’ bowling: Alex Hartley 1/22, Hannah Jones 1/22, Emma Lamb 1/26; Fow 1-11, 2-24, 3-34
Scorecard at: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/charlotte-edwards-cup-2021-1252410/western-storm-vs-thunder-group-b-1252426/full-scorecard
