South East Stars vs Sunrisers at The Kia Oval (Kennington) London (South) on 15 June 2024 with rain-delayed start 15h50
Sunrisers ‘had nothing to lose,’ playing for ‘professional pride’ against Stars who’d already qualified for finals day. Match got underway after a lengthy rain delay, with two overs docked from each innings. Batting first, all Stars batters-bar-one made double figures. Australian debutante Georgia Redmayne made top-score, undefeated [38*not out (from 40 balls).] ‘Fifty’ partnership with Emma Jones [36 (from 23)] nudged Emma Jones three runs past her previous t20 best score (2022.) Short cameo by England’s Alice-Davidson-Richards [16*not out (6)] took Stars past the 150-mark. Sunrisers lost two wickets during the first pair of overs from Alexa Stonehouse (England u-19s) and Ryana MacDonald-Gay (England ‘A’.) Commentator’s curse struck when Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s (u-19s) 1st ball also took a wicket. Said to be ‘in all manner of bother’ on 43/5, skipper Grace Scrivens scored ‘fifty,’ partnered by Jo Gardner. The pair saw Sunrisers past three-figures until heavy rain curtailed the match prematurely, once Umpires made clear they had no appetite to continue. Commentators: Jamie Reid with Michael ‘Mike’ McCann (Sports journalists) taking turns every five overs. Weather was overcast, curtailed by heavy rain, and the result decided in Stars favour, by Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.
*Stars’ innings skipper Bryony Smith & Ryana MacDonald-Gay (England ‘A’); Alice-Davidson-Richards & Sophia Dunkley (England); *Alexa Stonehouse & Tilly Corteen-Coleman (England u-19s); *Georgia Redmayne (Aus. Big bash) *Also with Aylish Cranstone, Phoebe Franklin, Danielle ‘Dani’ Gregory & Emma Jones; *Without Alice Capsey, Kira Chathli, Tash Farrant, Chloe Hill, Bethan Miles, Kalea Moore or Paige Scholfield; [*Amara Carr keeping wicket for Sunrisers]; *Overdue a big score, Bryony Smith was stumped by Amara Carr, from Mady Villiers’ 1st ball; *Sophia Dunkley was caught at ‘short-square-leg’, by keeper Amara Carr diving forward after running round, bowled by Kate Coppack;’ *Mid-way (9 overs) 71/2; *Next ball, Phoebe Franklin who posted best-score was caught at ‘cow corner’ by Eva Gay, from Mady Villiers; *Also scoring her season’s best, Emma Jones was caught at ‘long-on’ by Mady Villiers, from Sophie Munro; *‘Impressive player’ Georgia Redmayne made top-score; *Stars’ batting: Georgia Redmayne 38*not out(40), Emma Jones 36(23), Phoebe Franklin 23(21), Bryony Smith 21(11), Alice-Davidson-Richards 16*not out (6); *Sunrisers’ bowling: Mady Villiers 2/23, Kate Coppack 1/18, Sophie Munro 1/38;
*Sunrisers’ innings skipper Grace Scrivens (ECB Development Squad & England ‘A’) Mady Villiers (England ‘A’), Jodi Grewcock (England u19s), Eva Gray & Sophie Munro (ECB Development Squad) *Plus Kate Coppack and Amu Surenkumar; *Without Cordelia Griffith & Nicola ’Nic’ Hancock; [*Georgia Redmayne keeping wicket for Stars]; *Mady Villiers was caught in the deep’ by Emma Jones for a 3rd-ball duck, from Alexa Stonehouse; *Next over, following 3 ‘wides’ Lissy Macleod top-edged a vertical ‘steepler,’ caught by Georgia Redmayne running round, from Ryana MacDonald-Gay, *Amara Carr went ‘leg before,’ ‘middle-and-leg’ to Tilly Corteen-Coleman’s 1st ball; *Amu Surenkumar was caught by Alexa Stonehouse, from Danni Gregory’s 4th ball; *Two balls later, Flo Miller looped aerial, caught-and-bowled by Danni Gregory receiving; *Mid-way (9 overs) 51/5 (vs 71/2); *Grace Scrivens played a skipper’s innings with eight ‘fours’ and one ‘six;’ *Thought to have been injured as batting down-the-order, Jo Gardner partnered skipper Grace Scrivens until no further play was possibly because of was heavy rain; *Sunrisers’ batting: Grace Scrivens 62*not out(48), Joanne ‘Jo’ Gardner 23*not out(16), Amu Surenkumar 10(17); *Stars’ bowling: Danni Gregory 2/21, Tilly Corteen-Coleman 1/14, Ryana MacDonald-Gay 1/16, Alexa Stonehouse 1/19;
*Match result: South East Stars 153/4 (8.5 runs-per-over from 18/18 overs) beat Sunrisers 111/5 (7.0 rpo from 15.5/15.5 ov. target 131) by 19 runs; DLS method
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