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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – matches 9 & 17

The Blaze 209/9 (50 overs) vs Western Storm 23/0 (5 overs) on May 10 at Uptonsteel County Ground, Leicester; match 17 – No result: at URL https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#mea0fc4de-bd3c-4819-87ea-45f8b98edb03_~scorecard The Blaze vs North West Thunder on May 1 at Mansfield, Notts (The John Fretwell Sporting Complex, Sookholme); match 9 – Match abandoned at URL https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m858cf974-d034-4425-857d-0544c3f2eafb_~scorecard Latest England and Wales Cricket Board tables at

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 – match 19

Southern Vipers vs Central Sparks on May 10 – at Brighton & Hove (Hove, The 1st Central County Ground) Australian debutante Nicole Faltum (pictured) made a promising start for Vipers,’ scoring 21 – an identical score to fellow Australian Erin Burns (Sparks & Sydney Sixers.) Sparks skipper Eve Jones 73 made top-score, partnered by England’s Amy Jones 40. Together the legendary Joneses batting partnership added 85

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 – match 18

Northern Diamonds vs South East Stars on May 10 – at Scarborough (Marine Road North Ground) After five rounds, commentators said that Diamonds were back-on-track to defend their title, taking third-place (just one point behind second-placed Stars.) Diamonds bowler Jess Woolston took a 5-fer, that reduced Stars’ batters to 55/5. Dutch international Sterre Kalis (pictured) took two catches and built two key

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Northern Diamonds W vs The Blaze W – match 15

Northern Diamonds vs The Blaze on 6 May 2023 – Chester-le-Street, Durham (SEAT Unique Riverside) – Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. When top-of-table Blaze played defending champions Diamonds, the match lasted less than 19 overs-per-side. Blaze suffered an immediate set-back, when South African Inbternational Nadine deKlerk’s first ball struck a helmet (law 28.3); gifting 5 extras. Nadine deKlerk (7/33) went

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – match 16 – Match abandoned

Southern Vipers vs Western Storm on May 6 at Brighton & Hove (The 1st Central County Ground, Hove) Result: Match abandoned at URL: https://live.nvplay.com/ecb/#m77b1cf94-2d3d-4579-9a04-6e3a1e76f1db_~scorecard Latest England and Wales Cricket Board tables at URL: https://www.ecb.co.uk/matches/rachael-heyhoe-flint/tables


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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 – match 14

North West Thunder vs Central Sparks on May  6 – match RHF14 – at Manchester (Emirates Old Trafford) Thunder’s England duo Sophie Ecclestone and Emma Lamb made ‘fifties.’ Sparks debutante Erin Burns (Australia) took a ‘4-fer’ with her off-spin and added what turned out to be 37 valuable runs with her bat. Sparks Eve Jones (pictured)

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 – match 11

Sunrisers vs Northern Diamonds on May 1 – match RHF11 – at Chelmsford, Essex (The Cloud County Ground) England hopeful Bess Heath 32*not out (pictured) was the only player from either side to score ‘six,’ launching her second ’six’ to decide the match outcome. As defending champions, Diamonds batters scored consistently at a faster rate; with a higher

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 – match 13

Sunrisers vs South East Stars on May 5 – at Radlett, Herts (Cobden Hill Cricket Club) Stars posted a defendable score in difficult ‘soggy’ playing conditions that saw 19 wickets fall. Scotland’s Abtaha Maqsood took 4/23 (4-fer.) As the match progressed, each innings was reduced in two steps: 41 overs-per-side; then down to 29 overs, following sporadic rain. Match advantage swung

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 – match 12

Western Storm vs South East Stars on 1 May 2023 – match 12 RHF – at Bristol (SEAT Unique stadium) Prior to the match, commentators said that each side had won one match and lost one. Stars chalked-up a second win. Batter Paige Scholfield scored 134*not out, single-handedly scoring more than Storm’s total score (83/10.) Scholfield’s second ‘ton,’ keeps

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2023 – match 10

Central Sparks vs Southern Vipers on 1 May 2023 – match 10 RHF – at Wormsley, Bucks (Sir Paul Getty’s Estate)  ‘Delighted’ Georgia Adams took a ‘4-fer’ and scored a match-winning fifty that saw Vipers ‘back to their winning ways.’ During her post-match interview, skipper Adams added that Sparks total ‘wasn’t big’ and Vipers batters ‘stood-up

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