The Blaze vs Northern Diamonds at Lindum Sports Club Ground, Lincoln on 14 July 2024
Following adverse weather, the match was reduced to 30 overs. Rain stopped play and umpires had no appetite to continue.
Diamonds 188/8 (26/30 overs): skipper Hollie Armitage & Bess Heath (England, England ‘A’) Beth Langston (ECB Development Squad & England ‘A’) *Also with Sterre Kalis (NL), Erin Burns (Australia big bash) & Lauren Winfield-Hill (Aus big bash) *Without Katherine Fraser & Rachel Slater (Scotland); [*Sarah Bryce keeping wicket for Blaze]; *Lauren Winfield-Hill was ‘run-out’ by Marie Kelly’s direct hit at the non-striker’s end, from Kathryn Bryce;*Emma Marlow was bowled ’top-of-off-stump’ with flying bails, from Cassidy McCarthy; *Sterre Kalis went for a carbon-copy dismissal, bowled ’top-of-off-stump’ by Cassidy McCarthy; *Hollie Armitage went aerial, caught at ‘square’ by Tammy Beaumont from Heather Graham; *Missing a sweep, Erin Burns was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ by Lucy Higham; *Top-scorer Bess Heath (pictured) who was the only batter to score ‘fifty’ was caught deep of ‘mid-off’ by Marie Kelly, from Grace Ballinger; *Phoebe Turner was bowled ‘middle-and-off’ by Grace Ballinger; *Abi Glen was caught ‘in the deep’ by Marie Kelly from Grace Ballinger; *Beth Langston was ’not out;’ *Diamonds’ batting: Bess Heath 61(45), Erin Burns 26(26), Emma Marlow 23(20), Beth Langston 20*not out (19), Lauren Winfield-Hill 10(14); *Blaze’s bowling: Grace Ballinger 3/43, Cassidy McCarthy 2/42, Heather Graham 1/24, Lucy Higham 1/26;
*No result: Northern Diamonds 188/8 (@7.2 runs-per-over from 26/30 overs;) The Blaze did not bat; Points shared: 2 points each.
*Scorecard courtesy of ECB @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy/match-centre/104457#scorecard AppleMac users may need to scroll down on left margin to select a match
*Video highlights (37) courtesy of The Blaze & powered by NV Play @url https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_videos#cff4ce921-ba67-43e4-8045-f15cb3ac842c_m0c5e896c-0114-45aa-9ab2-018f501a2fd9
*Updated fixtures and results @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/05/12/updated-rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-fixtures-and-results/
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