Sunrisers v South-East Stars at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford on Saturday, May 14:
Inaugural Cup holders ‘Stars’ have started their campaign to defend their Charlotte Edwards Cup title with an emphatic win.
*Although each of Sunrisers’ top five batters made double figures, their indecisive power play handed their opponents three overs advantage.
*As the match unfolded, Sunrisers misjudged three run-outs – including England’s Freya Davies scoring a direct hit.
*For Stars, top scorer Aylish Cranstone (56* from 46 balls) carried her bat, having made her maiden half-century as one of several Stars players retained from last season.
*Peppered by 20 ‘dot’ balls from Freya Davies’ top economy pace and Alice Capsey’s spin, Sunrisers reached 29 without loss from their first six overs.
*Three wickets were thrown away to ‘run outs:’ the first dismissing opener and Sunrisers’ top-scorer Cordelia Griffith (26 runs from 28 balls.)
*Mady Villiers (20 from 13) who started her career at Stars played an entertaining cameo until caught by Aylish Cranstone, off Emma Jones.
*A second ‘run out’ occurred when Freya Davies scored a direct hit, a whisker before the 100-ball (16.4 ov.) benchmark – when Sunrisers were 99/5.
*Thereafter, only one ‘four’ was scored.
*Alice Capsey staged a third ‘run out’ during skipper Bryony Smith’s penultimate over
*Only ‘ones’ and ‘twos’ were scampered by Joanne Gardner and Kelly Castle during Alice Davidson-Richards’ final ‘death’ over.
*By comparison, opener Aylish Cranstone took 11 balls to bag Stars a three-over advantage, reaching 32 without loss from their first three overs.
*Stars opening partnership added 46 with skipper Bryony Smith, by comparison already well ahead by their Power-play (51/1 vs 20/0)
*There followed a mini batting collapse until keeper Kira Chathli (26* from 24) formed a decisive partnership of 32 runs. Upon reaching the 100-ball (16.4 ov.) benchmark Chathli can be seen on the final videoclip (as mentioned below) striking the winning ‘four.’
Result: (Group ‘B’) South-East Stars Women 123-4 (16.5 overs) awarded 4 points; beat Sunrisers Women 122-6 (20 ov.) by six wickets and 19 balls remaining.
Sunrisers 122-6 (20 overs, 6.1 runs-per-over); Cordelia Griffith (26 runs from 28 balls), Mady Villiers (20 from 13); Stars bowling: Bryony Smith 1/17, Kalea Moore 1/14, Emma Jones 1/2; Fow 1-35, 2-55, 3-81, 4-88, 5-97, 6-110
South East Stars 123-4 (16.5 overs, 7.3 runs-per-over); Aylish Cranstone (56* from 46 balls), Kira Chathli (26* from 24), Alice Capsey (14 from 10), Bryony Smith (14 from 15); Sunrisers bowling: Joanne Gardner 1/15, Mady Villiers 1/18, Grace Scrivens 1/21. Fow 1-46, 2-66, 3-80, 4-81
Scorecard at https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/charlotte-edwards-cup-2022-1298049/sunrisers-vs-south-east-stars-group-b-1298053/match-report
Series of mini 10 second video highlights (picture-in-picture mode) are free-to-view from Sunrisers TV (selecting hightlights from the relevant match) at URL https://www.sunriserscricket.com/match-centre
Footnote for Apple users wanting to view all videos collectively, slowly scroll downwards from the red-framed match centre screen
