Stars won by a comfortable margin of six wickets. Skipper Bryony Smith made top-score with ‘fifty’ [57*not out (from 41 balls)] and carried her bat. By comparison, for Diamonds, it became a ‘bad day at the office’ when 88/0 quickly became 124 All-Out. A procession of batters departed for single-figures and only two batters made double-figures. Commentators helpfully clarified that before ‘causing chaos’ among Diamonds tail-enders by taking a ‘hat-trick,’ England u-19 star bowler Tilly Corteen-Coleman [5-fer (5/19)] had previously taken a wicket from the last ball of over 18 another two wickets taken next-over counted as a hat-trick. That became a ‘double hat-trick’ when taking another wicket with her next ball. Enthused commentators were keen to point out that the ‘double’ aspect of the ‘hat-trick’ should not be ignored. Separately, Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s took a 3-fer versus Australia, during England u-19’s tri-nation tour of Sri Lanka (March) First-time commentators were Toby Reynolds (Sports journalist) with Ash Thorpe and Rachel Hopkins (Durham Cricket Academy.) Weather: cloudy with patches of blue sky 15-18C.
*Diamonds’ innings: *skipper Hollie Armitage, Bess Heath & Lauren Winfield-Hill (England & England A; & Aus Big bash), Erin Burns (Aus Big bash), Katherine Fraser (Scotland), Sterre Kalis (NL); With Grace Hall, Emma Marlow & Rachel Slater for Rebecca Duckworth, Abigail ‘Abi’ Glen & Jess Woolston; [*Chloe Hill keeping wicket for Stars]; *After 6 overs power-play, 50/0 & 70/0 by mid-way; *Lauren Winfield-Hill was bowled by Danni Gregory’s spin; *Next over Leah Dobson attempted reverse sweep that was dragged onto her stumps, bowled by Sophia Dunkley; *During the 15th over Hollie Armitage was caught ‘in the deep’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay from Phoebe Franklin; *Next over, *Erin Burns steeped a catch to Bryony Smith at ‘mid-off,’ from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Bess Heath was caught by Sophia Dunkley from Tash Farrant’s pace; *Sterre Kalis was caught by Aylish Cranstone from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Emma Marlow was bowled by Tash Farrant; *As noted above, Tilly Corteen-Coleman took a ‘double’ hat-trick: First ball when Grace Hall was stumped by Chloe Hill for a second ball duck; *Second ball when Katie Levick was caught-and-bowled aerial from a leading-edge for a golden duck; *Third ball when Rachel Slater was bowled for a golden duck. *Diamonds’ batting: Only two batters made double-figures: *Leah Dobson 55(46), Lauren Winfield-Hill 30(33); *Stars’ bowling: Tilly Corteen-Coleman 5/19, Tash Farrant 2/22, Sophia Dunkley 1/5, Danni Gregory 1/17, Phoebe Franklin 1/23;
*Stars’ innings *skipper Bryony Smith (England ‘A’) with Sophia Dunkley & Tash Farrant (England); Ryana MacDonald-Gay & Paige Scholfield (England ‘A’); Tilly Corteen-Coleman (England u-19s); Also with Phoebe Franklin, Danielle ‘Dani’ Gregory & Kalea Morre; *Without Tazmin Brits (Rep. South Africa, injured) *Without Alice Capsey & Alice-Davidson-Richards (England call-up) & Kira Chathli (injured) [*Ellie Threlkeld keeping wicket for Diamonds] *During the 6th over Sophia Dunkley was caught by Bess Heath from Rachel Slater; *After 6 overs power-play, 46/1 (vs 50/0); *Phoebe Franklin was caught by Hollie Armitage from Katie Levick; *By mid-way, 78/2 (vs 70/0); *During 12th over Paige Scholfield was caught by Leah Dobson from Hollie Armitage; *Tash Farrant steepled a top-edge, caught by Sterre Kalis from Hollie Armitage; *Aylish Cranstone hit the winning ‘four’ *Bryony Smith made top-score with ‘fifty’ (misreported by non-UK sources as 60) and carried her bat; *Stars’ batting: Bryony Smith 57*not out(41), Sophia Dunkley 25(17), Tash Farrant 16(16), Phoebe Franklin 14(12); *Diamonds’ bowling: Hollie Armitage 2/22, Rachel Slater 1/23, Katie Levick 1/39;
*Match result: South East Stars 127/4 (@7.9 runs-per-over, from 16/20 overs target 125 from 20/20 ov); 4 points; beat Northern Diamonds 124/10 (6.3 rpo, from 19.3/20 ov.) by six wickets with 24 balls remaining
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