South East Stars vs Southern Vipers at Beckenham, Kent on 14 September 2024
Defending champions – trophy holders and three-times winners – Vipers were knocked-out from this year’s competition by Stars. Before the match, Vipers vice-captain Emily Windsor spoke of a ‘good buzz;’ and Alice Monaghan said she was ‘sad to leave’ when confirming to reporters that she’d signed for Surrey. Stars were skippered by vice-captain Kira Chathli who’d been key to Stars success scoring recent back-to-back ‘fifties.’ On the day, both sides posted 100 runs by mid-way. Top-scorer Alice Davidson-Richards [90*not out (from 109 balls)] took the game away with a ninety-run batting partnership with Kalea Moore who scored an unbeaten ‘fifty.’ Post-match, Vipers Head Coach Charlotte Edwards was ‘extremely proud’ after their semi-final defeat – as reported below. Stars play Sunrisers, in the up-coming Trophy final. Commentators from BBC sport sat inside a pitch-side tent: were Kevan ‘Kev’ James (radio Solent) with Phil Green (Hursley Park) and guest Charlotte Taylor (Vipers player.) Weather was ‘unusually’ sunny with blue sky 17-19C.
*Vipers’ Innings: skippered by vice-captain Emily Windsor with Freya Davies (England); *Also with Ava Lee & Abi Norgrove (England u-19s) *Without Georgia Adams & Linsey Smith (England) or Mary Taylor (u19s); [*Kira Chathli keeping wicket for Stars]; *Ella McCaughan was caught behind by keeper Kira Chathli, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Making a dissonant departure, Rhianna Southby was caught by Emma Jones, from Alexa Stonehouse’s short-length ball; *Naomi Dattani was caught at ‘mid-wicket’ by Phoebe Franklin’s dive, from Alexa Stonehouse; *After 10 overs Power-play 43/3; *Georgia Elwiss mis-timed a ‘pull’ shot, caught by Emma Jones, from Dani Gregory; *After 25 overs (mid-way) 105/4; *Emily Windsor was bowled by Dani Gregory; *Abi Norgrove was bowled by Kalea Moore; *Alice Monaghan was caught by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Going for a ‘carbon-copy’ dismissal, Nancy Harman was also caught by Alice Davidson-Richards, from Tilly Corteen-Coleman; *Finally, Freya Davies was ‘run-out’ by Phoebe Franklin, from Kalea Moore; *Vipers’ batting: Nancy Harman 38(50), Georgia Elwiss 34(51), Emily Windsor30(47), Alice Monaghan 26(37), Abi Norgrove 25(46); Rhianna Southby 20(17), Ava Lee 14*not out (12); Stars’ bowling: Tilly Corteen-Coleman 3/33, Dani Gregory 2/31, Alexa Stonehouse 2/53, Kalea Moore 1/53;
*Stars’ innings: skippered by vice-captain Kira Chathli with Alice Davidson-Richards (England) Alexa Stonehouse & Tilly Corteen-Coleman (u19’s), Chloe Hill, without Bryony Smith, Alice Capsey, Sophia Dunkley Paige Scholfield & Ryana MacDonald-Gay (England) [Rhianna Southby keeping wicket for Vipers]; *Alexa Stonehouse went aerial from a top-edge, caught deep of ‘mid-on’ by Naomi Dattani running round, from Freya Davies; *Following three ‘dot’ balls, Phoebe Franklin was caught aerial by Ava Lee from Freya Davies; *After 10 overs Power-play 39/2 (vs 43/3); *Hitting across-the-line, Chloe Hill was bowled with her ‘leg-stump’ flattened by Georgia Elwiss; *Next ball Kira Chathli was bowled ‘top-of-middle’ with bails flying, for a golden duck; *Aylish Cranstone was caught-and-bowled by Rebecca ‘Rea’ Tyson; *After 25 overs (mid-way) 100/5 (vs 105/4); *Emma Jones was caught by Georgia Elwiss, from Naomi Dattani; *Priyanaz Chatterji was caught by Emily Windsor from Georgia Elwiss; *Kalea Moore scored an undefeated ‘fifty’ during the 48th over and drew scores level, when scoring a ‘single’ during the next over; *Alice Davidson-Richards made top score and hit the winning ‘single;’ *Stars’ batting: Alice Davidson-Richards 90*not out(109), Kalea Moore 52*not out (52), Aylish Cranstone 27(29), Alexa Stonehouse 10(16), Priyanaz ‘Priya’ Chatterji 10(26); *Vipers’ bowling: Georgia Elwiss; 3/39, Freya Davies 2/37, Rebecca ‘Rea’ Tyson 1/40, Naomi Dattani 1/52;
*Match result: South East Stars 221/7 (@4.5 runs-per-over; target 221 from 48.5/50 overs) beat Southern Vipers 220/9 (@4.3 runs-per-over from 50/50 overs) by three wickets with 7 balls remaining
*Scorecard and video highlights courtesy of ECB (via NV Play) @url https://www.ecb.co.uk/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy/match-centre/110075#scorecard
*Full match free-to-air courtesy of Southern Vipers (NV Play) via YouTube <06h49m29s> @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiVqBmWjmno
*Head Coach Charlotte Edwards ‘proud of group’ after semi final defeat courtesy of Vipers & BBC Sport @url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlrg-YEv5nk
*Updated fixtures and results @url http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/08/23/updated-rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-fixtures-and-results-2/
*Trophy final at Leicester’s Uptonsteel County Ground on Saturday 21 September
*Footnote: actual match photo
