Sunrisers vs Northern Diamonds at Northampton, The County Ground (Wantage Road) on 2 June 2024 @11h30
Sunrisers notched-up their second win to date during a match that saw 14 wickets fall, with skipper Grace Scrivens making top-score [64*not out (from 57 balls)] hitting three fours from the final over. With two runs needed from the final ball, a third ‘four’ was scored to win the match. By comparison, Diamonds suffered their unprecendented fifth straight defeat and mid-way through the competition are yet to open their account. When batting first, only four Diamonds batters made double-figures and lost seven wickets during the second-half of their innings. Separately, Diamonds skipper Hollie Armitage made top-score for her team and took most wickets with a 3-fer. Commentator (unannounced) believed to be Sam Downing with guest Danni Warren (Middx regional director of women’s cricket) previously mentioned as ‘at the helm’ for Sunrisers. Weather: cloudy, breezy, with patches of blue sky 15-20C.
*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; [*Amara Carr keeping wicket for Sunrisers]; *Sweeping across-the-line, Leah Dobson was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ by Nic Hancock; *After 6 overs power-play, 27/1; & 60/1 by mid-way; *Lauren Winfield-Hill was caught at ‘mid-off’ by Grace Scrivens, from Jodi Grewcock; *Erin Burns was caught aerial at ‘deep-mid-wicket’ by Flo Miller, from Mady Villiers; *Attempting to ‘ramp’ a slower ball, Hollie Armitage played-on to ‘middle-and-leg’ stump, from Nic Hancock; *Returning from half-way down the pitch, Sterre Kalis was ‘run out’ by Mady Villiers’ throw to keeper at the striker’s end; *Emma Marlow was caught at ’short-fine-leg’ (non-UK sources reporting as ‘deep-of-square’) by Lissy MacLeod, from Mady Villiers; Two wickets fell during Eva Gray’s death over: *Katherine Fraser was ‘yorked’ beneath her bat, from a ‘brilliant’ in-swinger dislodging ’middle-and-leg’ bail; *Four balls later, Bess Heath was ‘run out’ at the striker’s end by keeper Amara Carr throwing down her wicket from Diamonds’ final ball; *Diamonds’ batting: *Hollie Armitage 39(40), Lauren Winfield-Hill 26(24), Bess Heath 18(13), Erin Burns 11(11); *Sunrisers’ bowling: Mady Villiers 2/22, Nic Hancock 2/30, Jodi Grewcock 1/13, Eva Gray 1/20;
*Sunrisers’ innings: skipper Grace Scrivens (ECB Development Squad & England ‘A’) Mady Villiers (England ‘A’), Jodi Grewcock (England u19s), Eva Gray (ECB Development Squad) *Also with Sophie Munro; Plus Nicola ’Nic’ Hancock (Australia Big-bash) *Without Ariana Dowse, Amu Surenkumar, Kelly Castle (injured) [*Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket for Diamonds]; *After 6 overs power-play, 22/0 (vs 27/1); *Joanne ‘Jo’ Gardner was caught aerial ‘wide of ‘mid-off’ by Emma Marlow, from Grace Hall; *47/1 (vs 60/1) by mid-way; *Lissy MacLeod went aerial, caught at ‘mid-off’ by Emma Marlow from Katherine Fraser; *Mady Villiers was held safely at ‘deep-mid-wicket’ by Bess Heath’s juggling catch, from Hollie Armitage; *Cordelia Griffith was bowled by Erin Burns’ ‘full toss;’ *Hollie Armitage was on a hat-trick firstly when Jodi Grewcock was caught-and-bowled; *Next ball Nic Hancock was bowled for a golden duck; *Grace Scrivens hit three fours from the final over to carry her bat; *Third ‘four’ scored when ‘two’ was needed to win; *Sunrisers’ batting: Three batters made double-figures: Grace Scrivens 64*not out (57), Joanne ‘Jo’ Gardner 21(31), Jodi Grewcock 20(15); *Diamonds’ bowling: Hollie Armitage 3/16, Grace Hall 1/9, Erin Burns 1/22, Katherine Fraser 1/22;
*Match result: Sunrisers 126/6 (6.3 rpo, from 20/20 overs, target 124 from 20/20 ov.) beat Northern Diamonds 123/8 (6.1 rpo, from 20/20 ov.) by four wickets
*Scorecard courtesy of ECB & Northern Diamonds @URL https://www.ecb.co.uk/charlotte-edwards-cup/match-centre/104386#scorecard AppleMac users may need to scroll down on left margin to select a match & https://yorkshireccc.com/match/sunrisers-v-northern-diamonds-at-northampton-charlotte-edwards-cup-2-jun-2024/?tab=m_scorecard
*Video highlights (40) courtesy of Sunrisers Cricket & NV Play @ https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#v054daad7-7d09-46c5-97bf-e9bceb64a49a
*Full match free-to-air courtesy of Sunrisers Cricket (via NV Play) on YouTube<02h55m56s> @URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuQc9EK2s9E
