When top-of-table Blaze played defending champions Diamonds, the match lasted less than 19 overs-per-side. Blaze suffered an immediate set-back, when South African Inbternational Nadine deKlerk’s first ball struck a helmet (law 28.3); gifting 5 extras. Nadine deKlerk (7/33) went on to take a seven wicket haul, to bowl the contest’s first ‘7-fer.’ Astoundingly, not one solitary Diamonds player made double-figures. *Blaze remain undefeated after four rounds. Broadcast live-stream from Yorkshire Cricket TV, without commentary via ECB Online (NV Play) – please see below.
Diamonds innings *Skipper Bess Heath, with Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket without wearing conventional keeper’s pads. *Internationals Chloe Tryon (Republic of South Africa), Sterre Kalis (NL) and Katherine Fraser (Scotland u-19 skipper.) *Astoundingly, a procession of Diamonds batters departed for single-figures. *Diamonds made 20 without loss. *Lauren Winfield-Hill (7 runs (from 11 balls) found a ‘thick-edge,’ caught by to Kathryn Bryce in the ‘covers,’ from Nadine deKlerk. *Hollie Armitage (8) edged an ‘in-swinger,’ caught behind by Sarah Bryce, for Nadine deKlerk’s second wicket. *Third wicket fell when innings-anchor Sterre Kalis (6) went ‘leg before,’ playing-across-the line to Grace Ballinger. *During the Power-play, Blaze used just two bowlers. *After ten overs Diamonds were 42/3. *Beyond the Power-play, a procession of seven remaining wickets fell, departing batters adding just 20 runs from nine overs. *During the 11th over, Phoebe Turner (8) went ‘leg before,’ to a sharp in-swinger, gifting Nadine deKlerk’s (3/25) third wicket. *Fellow South African Chloe Tryon (0) made a ‘golden duck’ departure from a ‘thin-edge,’ caught behind by Sarah Bryce, Nadine deKlerk’s fourth wicket (4/25.) *Scotland’s Katherine Fraser (4) lost both bales to Grace Ballinger. *Stand-in skipper Bess Heath scored ‘four’ to chalk-up Diamonds ‘fifty’. *Next ball, skipper Heath thick-edged to England’s Tammy Beaumont diving at ‘gulley’, handing Nadine deKlerk her fifth wicket (5/30.) *Next ‘over’ saw Abi Glen’s(2) bales sent flying by Grace Ballinger, without troubling the scorers. *Another change-of-over marked Nadine deKlerk’s sixth wicket (6/30) when Katie Levick was caught from a thick outside- edge by Sarah Glenn at ’short third.’ *Finally, Lizzy Scott edged to keeper Sarah Bryce, to complete Nadine deKlerk’s personal best 7-fer (7/33.) *Ten ’extras’ made top-score, that included the five penalty points (as mentioned above.)
Blaze innings *Skipper Kirstie Gordon. *Internationals Nadine deKlerk (Rep. South Africa), Kathryn Bryce, and Sarah Bryce (Scotland.) *Scoring 14 runs with three ‘fours’ from Lizzy Scott’s first over, Marie Kelly was the only player throughout the entire match to reach double-figures. *Marie Kelly 15(18) was first to depart when caught at ‘mid-on’ by Jess Woolston from Chloe Tryon’s first over. *Disaster struck when two wickets fell during the same over. *Tammy Beaumont 9(15) was caught by Chloe Turner and five balls later, Georgie Boyce 9(20) was caught at ‘mid-on’ by Jess Woolston. *After ten overs Power-play, Blaze were level-pegging 43/3 (vs 42/3.) *Scotland’s Bryce siblings both went ‘leg before.’ *Firstly, Sarah Bryce went ‘leg before’ to Katie Levick for a tenth ball duck. *Three overs later, Kathryn Bryce 5(18) went ‘leg before’ to Chloe Tryon.*Finally, Nadine deKlerk 3(7) was bowled by Katie Levick. *Sarah Glenn 7(22) and Lucy Higham 3(4) scored cautious singles from Chloe Tryon to seal Blaze’s third win.
Match summary Low-scoring match with a procession of 15 batter departures for single-figures. Diamonds chalked-up their lowest ever score 62/10. Blaze used just two bowlers. Rep. South Africa’s Nadine deKlerk took a personal best 7/33. Blaze’s Marie Kelly was the only batter from either side, to make double-figures throughout the entire match. Blaze remain undefeated and top the trophy leader-board with 3 wins (plus one ‘no result’ with shared points); from four rounds to date.
Match Result: The Blaze Women 63/6 beat Diamonds Women 62/10 by 4 wickets
Diamonds batting 62/10 (18.1/50 overs, 3.34 runs-per-over)
Blaze bowling: Nadine deKlerk 7/33, Grace Ballinger 3/23;
Fow 1-20, 2-30, 3-38, 4-42, 5-42, 6-47, 7-53, 8-53, 9-54, 10-62.
Blaze batting 63/6 (18.5/50 overs, 3.41 r-p-o)
Diamonds bowling: Chloe Tryon 4/16, Katie Levick 2/10;
Fow 1-25, 2-41, 3-42, 4-43, 5-53, 6-58.
Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via NV Play on YouTube at URL: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m34a0c04f-0af4-467d-8104-50250633877d_~scorecard
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The Blaze awarded 5 points, total 17. Latest England and Wales Cricket Board tables at URL:
