Sunrisers W vs SE Stars W on May 25 (14h15) at London (North) at Lord’s (St John’s Wood)
Stars bagged their first win at 3rd attempt, scoring at a faster rate than their opponents to stage a successful run-chase. England’s Alice Capsey was short-lived, but scored faster than two-runs-per-ball. Bryony Smith [38 runs (from 27 balls)] played a skipper’s innings, making top-score. Kira Chathli struck the winning ‘four.’ Video highlights from ECB online (NV Play) from Sunrisers Cricket TV: – the match was played as a ‘double-header’ (Middx vs Surrey.) Overcast afternoon with sunny spells.
Sunrisers innings *Skipper Kelly Castle. England’s u-19 skipper Grace Scrivens. International debutante player Dane v.Niekerk (Republic of South Africa); Scotland’s Abtaha Maqsood. Having arrived from South Africa, it was Dane van Niekerk’s first match wearing a Sunrisers shirt. *Sunrisers changed their batting order. *Mady Villiers opened with Dane v.Niekerk who had a lucky repreive, when dropped in the covers from Phoebe Franklin. *On 32/0 Dane v.Niekerk 17(19) was clean-bowled straight from full length, bales sent flying by Paige Scholfield. *After six overs PowerPlay, Sunrisers were 36/1 *Mady Villiers 16(16) was clean-bowled from full length ball, bales sent flying by Phoebe Franklin *Grace Scrivens 1(1) was ‘run out’ from Bryony Smith’s throw after review, to decide whether keeper Kira Chathli had ‘cleanly’ taken (off the bails) *Amara Carr 4(6) was ‘run out’ from Paige Scholfield’s throw to Alice Davidson-Richards receiving at the bowler’s end. *By mid-way (10 overs) Sunrisers were 58/4 *Cordelia Griffith 18(17) was caught from a ‘top edge’ by Tash Farrant at ‘deep backward-square,’ bowled by Paige Scholfield *Flo Miller 1 was trapped ‘leg before’ by Bryony Smith. *After 100 balls with 20 remaining, Sunrisers were 103/6. *Jo Gardner 25(24) was ‘run out’ by Danielle Gregory after ‘mix-up’ between batters, with Bryony Smith receiving at the bowler’s end. *Finally, Kelly Castle 6(8) was clean-bowled by Paige Scholfield. *20 overs completed.
Stars innings *Skipper Bryony Smith.*England’s Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey & Alice Davidson-Richards. *Stars lost Aylish Cranstone 8(16) during the Power-play, ‘leg before’ to Mady Villiers. *After six overs PowerPlay, Stars were 61/1 (vs 36/1.)*Next ball, Alice Capsey 24(10) was caught by Mady Villiers from Abtaha Maqsood. *By mid-way (10 overs) Stars were 82/2 (vs 58/4.) *Bryony Smith 18(9) was caught aerial at deep-mid-wicket by Jo Gardner from Eva Gray. *2 wickets fell during the 16th over. *Tash Farrant was trapped ‘leg before’ by Grace Scrivens for a 3rd ball duck. *During the same over Paige Scholfield drove straight to the ‘covers’ and was caught by Eva Gray. *Phoebe Franklin 30(36) went ‘leg before’ to Jo Gardner. Kira Chathli struck the winning ‘four’ with 6 balls remaining.
Match summary Sunrisers batters scored on par (1 run-per-ball) but lost three wickets when batters failed to read Paige Scholfield’s full-length ball. Also there were 3 ‘run outs,’ from sharp Stars fielding. Eva Gray made top-score (34*not out) to chalk-up for Sunrisers, a defendable score. During the match, no batter made ‘fifty’ but Bryony Smith made top-score, playing a skipper’s innings for Stars. Alice Capsey was short-lived, but scored faster than two-runs-per-ball. That laid the foundation for a successful run-chase.
Match result: South East Stars Women 135/6 beat Sunrisers Women 132/8 by four wickets, with 6 balls remaining.
Sunrisers batting: 132/8 (20/20 overs @ 6.6 runs-per-over) Eva Gray 34*(24) not out, Jo Gardner 25(24), Cordelia Griffith 18(17), Dane v.Niekerk 17(19), Mady Villiers 16(16); Stars bowling: Paige Scholfield 3/24, Phoebe Franklin 1/13, Bryony Smith 1/17. Fow 1-32, 2-37, 3-40, 4-51, 5-63, 6-64, 7-112, 8-129.
Stars batting: 135/6 (19/20 overs @ 7.1 runs-per-over) Bryony Smith 38(27), Phoebe Franklin 30(36), Alice Capsey 24(10), Tash Farrant 11(11); Sunrisers bowling: Grace Scrivens 2/22, Jo Gardner 1/11, Abtaha Maqsood 1/20, Mady Villiers 1/25, Eva Gray 1/26.Fow 1-31, 2-61, 3-91, 4-112, 5-114, 6-128.
Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via NV Play on YouTube at URL: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#cdc38bf13-4f50-4dde-b543-741109226324_mc545b066-9764-4516-b70d-a9a1edc91557_~scorecard
Full video, starting from 28m50s/3h10m57s courtesy of Sunrisers on YouTube at URL at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhnBy468PrA&t=4s
Stars awarded 4 points. Latest England and Wales Cricket Board tables at URL: https://www.ecb.co.uk/matches/womens-t20/table
