Sussex Sharks (women) vs Kent Horses (women) – match 16 – L2 double-header at 1st Central County Ground Hove on Sunday 22 June
Sussex Sharks women out-performed their close rivals, limiting two Kent Horses women batters to reach double-figures. Sharks top-scorer Rachel King made a match-winning ‘fifty’ from twenty-eight balls. Between innings, commentators considered whether Sharks batters would make light work of their reply with the possibility of inclement weather prematurely curtailing the match. Sharks made good progress until best Horses bowler Megan Belt took two wickets in three balls: the second dismissing Nancy Harman (pictured wearing Hampshire colours.) Next over keeper-turned-batter Mollie Adams hit the winning ‘four.’ Commentators were Andrew Rayburn (for Sussex cricket) with Oliver Shouksmith (BBC Sport online.) Weather was notably overcast, ‘grey’ with the threat of rain or drizzle 18C.
Horses women wearing wearing navy blue with light blue sleeves over black; *skipper Megan Belt *[Mollie Adams keeping wicket for Sharks] with debutante Emily Thompson; *Grace Poole was caught at ‘cover’ by Izzy Collis, from Chiara Green coming round-the-wicket; *Mis-timing a ‘swipe,’ Amy Gordon went ‘leg-before’ to Talitha ‘Tia’ Stanley; Power-play 30/2 (after 6overs); & Mid-way 55/3; *Short of a second run, Elsa Barnfathger was ‘run-out’ by Indigo Gentry’s ‘deep-mid-wicket’ throw to non-striker’s end, from Anna Buckle; *Tilly Callaghan went plumb ‘leg-before’ to Chiara Green; *Coco Streets was caught aerial at ‘mid-wicket’ by Eve O’Neill, from Kali-Ann Docherty; *Mis-timing an ‘off-cut,’ Emily Thompson was caught at ‘cover’ by Izzy Collis, from Jazz Westley; *Mis-timing a ‘sweep,’ Genevieve Jeer was bowled ‘top-of-middle,’ from Jazz Westley; *Mis-timing ‘reverse sweep’, Megan Belt went ‘leg-before’, from Jazz Westley; *Mis-timing ‘slog-sweep’ Zeena Bilal was caught aerial by keeper Mollie Adams running to ‘point,’ from Talitha ‘Tia’ Stanley; Horses women batting: Coco Streets23(23) and Tilly Callaghan21(28); Sharks women bowling: Jazz Westley 3/12, Chiara Green 2/11, Tia Stanley 2/14, Kali-Ann Docherty 1/17;
Sharks women wearing pink over black with black chevron *skipper Chiara Green *[Emily Thompson keeping wicket for Spitfires] *With Nancy Harman; *Power-play scores (6 overs) 57/0 (vs 30/2) & *Mid-way (10 overs) 94/2 (vs 55/3); *Mis-timing a ‘slog-sweep,’ Izzy Collis was stumped by Emily Thompson upon Umpire’s review, from Megan Belt; *Two balls later Nancy Harman was bowled ‘outside off’ by Megan Belt; *Next over Rachel King was caught at ‘mid-on’ by Grace Poole, from Genevieve Jeer; Sharks women batting: Rachel King 50(28), Izzy Collis 28(29); Horses women bowling: Megan Belt 2/22, Genevieve Jeer 1/15;
Match result: Sussex Sharks (women) 98/3 (@9.3 runs-per-over, 10.3/20 overs, target 96 from 20/20 ov.) beat Kent Horses (women) 95/9 (@4.7 runs-per-over from 20/20 overs) by seven wickets with 57 balls remaining
*Scorecard with video highlights, courtesy of ECB via nv play at url: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/?tab=m_summary#mc0b598a3-9452-4006-bd7c-865137fa327b
*BBC Sport @url: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/scorecard/e-225364 & SKY @url: https://www.skysports.com/cricket/sussex-sharks-women-v-kent-women/scorecard/40eda9d5-c24b-5f50-89f0-961a047c56ac
*Full match free-to-air, courtesy of Sussex CCC (nv play) [02h39m40s] via YouTube @url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_RijyN1IzE
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