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)
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
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
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
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
Sunrisers vs The Blaze on 29 April 2023 – Match 7 RHF – at Chelmsford (The Cloud County Ground, Essex) Blaze spinner pairing Sarah Glenn (4/22) with skipper Kirstie Gordon (2/24) took six wickets. With three pairs of Sunrisers wickets falling in quick succession, another disaster struck as three tail-enders’ wickets fell eight balls apart. Ironically, Blaze suffered top-order collapse much
Central Sparks vs Northern Diamonds – Match 5 RHF – at Worcester (New Road) on 29 April 2023 Sparks Eve Jones (67*not out) played a skipper’s innings, scoring six ‘fours,’ staging three decisive partnerships that won the match. Earlier, Sparks stand-out bowler was Georgia Davis (pictured) whose ‘off-spin’ took a 4-fer (4/19.) Sparks commentators described Diamonds
Western Storm vs North-West Thunder on 29 April 2023 – match 6 RHF- at Cardiff (Sophia Gardens) Playing without Kate Cross, England’s Emma Lamb staged two batting partnerships for Thunder. Firstly adding 72 runs with skipper Ellie Threlkeld. Lamb also added 69 runs together with former WIndies All-Rounder Deandre Dottin. Storm replied with one decisive partnership between Ireland international Orla Prendergast
South East Stars vs Southern Vipers – match 8 RHF – at Beckenham (The County Ground, Kent) on 29 April 2023 Commentators reassured viewers that Vipers were ‘back on track,’ after last week’s shock defeat by Sunrisers. Posting a defendable score against Stars, three Vipers batters scored ‘fifty.’ Given the benefit of intensive fielding practice between matches,
Northern Diamonds vs Western Storm at Leeds (Headingley) on 22 April 2023. Diamonds players had told social media that last year was ‘very special’ to them, having won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at their third attempt. This season, skipper Hollie Armitage announced that her team was ‘keen to start their RHF Trophy defence. On
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