Sunrisers vs South East Stars at London (North) at Lord’s (St John’s Wood) on 6 June 2024 at 14h30 (double header)
Commentators reported a match of ‘outstanding cricket,’ that reached its climax when Paige Scholfield (pictured) struck the winning ‘four,’ that ‘wrapped-up’ back-to back ‘fifties. Paige Scholfield also tops Stars’ batting scoreboard after five innings, with three ‘fifties’ and 190 runs-to-date. For fair comparison (as Stars previously had one ‘no result’) Jo Gardner tops Sunrisers scoreboard with one ‘fifty’ and 173 from their first five matches. Commentators perceived a ‘tricky start’ during Sunrisers’ power-play (27/4.) Top-scorer Flo Miller staged three batting partnerships setting a run-a-ball target. For Stars, Tilly Corteen-Coleman (England u-19s) took a wicket with her first ball and ‘ran-out’ fellow ‘u-19 starlet’ Jodi Grewcock with disbelief, following a ‘spectacular’ direct hit. Stars went on to bag their third consecutive win by a six-wicket margin, and top the competition’s leader board as one of two unbeaten teams (at time of writing); two points ahead of Blaze who have a game-in-hand. Separately as noted below, Head Coach Andy Tennant gave an interview about Sunrisers’ previous win on 2 June. Commentators: Kevin Hand (Sports journalist) with Dom Ford (Middx Cricket, Media Intern.) Weather: mainly cloudy with patches of blue sky 17-20C.
*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) & Abtaha Maqsood (Scotland) [*Chloe Hill keeping wicket for Stars]; *’Big strike’ when Grace Scrivens ‘off-cut’ to MacDonald-Gay at ‘backward-point,’ (elsewhere reported as ‘point’) from Alexa Stonehouse; *Next over, 1st ball, Alice ‘Lissy’ Macleod was bowled ‘rattling the stumps‘ top-of-middle, by Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s left-arm spin; *Jo Gardner was comfortably caught at ‘cover’ with ‘absolute delight’ by Sophia Dunkley, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Phoebe Franklin took a ‘stunning catch’ at ‘mid-wicket’ to dismiss Mady Villiers, from Emma Jones; *With their’top 4 gone’ after 6 overs power-play, 27/4; *By mid-way, 52/4; *Jodi Grewcock was run out by Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s direct hit; *’Looking to sweep,’ Amara Carr went ‘leg before’ to Dani Gregory; *’Looking for the big shot,’ Eva Gray steepled caught-and-bowled taken by Emma Jones; *Eighth wicket partnership added 39 until Sophie Munro was bowled ‘off-stump’ by Ryana MacDonald-Gay; *Sunrisers’ batting: Florence ‘Flo’ Miller 39(45), Mady Villiers 14(9), Eva Gray 12(11), Jodi Grewcock 11(13); *Stars’ bowling: Playing her first T20 of the season: Emma Jones 2/13, Alexa Stonehouse 2/17, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/19, Tilly Corteen-Coleman 1/21, Dani Gregory 1/29;
*Stars’ innings skipper Bryony Smith (England ‘A’) with Sophia Dunkley (England); *Ryana MacDonald-Gay & Paige Scholfield (England ‘A’); *Alexa Stonehouse & Tilly Corteen-Coleman (England u-19s); *Also with Phoebe Franklin, Danielle ‘Dani’ Gregory Emma Jones & *Kalea Moore; *Without Tazmin Brits (Rep. South Africa, injured) *Without Alice Capsey or Alice-Davidson-Richards; [*Amara Carr keeping wicket for Sunrisers] *Stars lost both openers to the first and last balls of their 6th over; * Firstly, Sophia Dunkley who ‘came down the track and missed’ was then stumped by Amara Carr from Jodi Grewcock; *Also with ‘good glove work’ Bryony Smith snicked-an-edge to Amara Carr, from Jodi Grewcock; *After 6 overs power-play, 41/2 (vs 27/4); *Emma Jones was caught ‘in-the-deep’ by Jo Gardner from Mady Villiers; *By mid-way, 76/3 (vs 52/4) *Extraordinary wicket when Phoebe Franklin gifted caught-and-bowled to Abtaha Maqsood, said to look ‘embarrassed,’ but with ‘smiles-all-round’; *Finally, Paige Scholfield struck two consecutive fours. *First ‘four’ hit straight down the ground. *Winning ‘four’ lofted high over the inner circle, ‘wrapped-up’ back-to back ‘fifties;’ *Stars’ batting: Paige Scholfield 50 *not out (35), Sophia Dunkley 24(14), Bryony Smith 15(19), Phoebe Franklin 12(9); *Sunrisers’ bowling: Jodi Grewcock 2/18, Abtaha Maqsood 1/12, Mady Villiers 1/32;
*Match result: South East Stars 118/4 ( 7.8 runs-per-over, from 15/20 ov; target 117 from 20ov) beat Sunrisers 116/8 (5.8 rpo from 20/20 ov) by six wickets with 30 balls remaining
*Scorecard courtesy of ECB @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/charlotte-edwards-cup/match-centre/104391#scorecardAppleMac users may need to scroll down on left margin to select a match
*Video highlights (37) courtesy of South East Stars & NV Play @url https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#vf24b4115-d124-4804-b08a-85b80d32eff7
*Full match free-to-air courtesy of South East Stars (via NV Play) on YouTube<02h50m15s> @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6SxHOccB1c
*Earlier interview between matches with Head Coach Andy Tennant courtesy of Sunrisers on YouTube<03m41s> @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ubWfiNdBR0
