At Durham (Chester-le-Street SEAT Unique Riverside) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 23 Batting for Diamonds at No.11, Katie Levick (pictured) held her nerve with both scores level, to nudge a ‘single’ to win; with two balls to spare. Earlier, Levick’s spin took 2/40. At one point, Diamond’s bowlers took four wickets for one run, before Lightning were bowled out. Setting
At Manchester (Emirates Old Trafford) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 23 Following a delayed start for rain at Old Trafford, Thunder were ‘all smiles’ after chalking-up their first win, confirmed by the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method. Commentators said that Emma Lamb’s 68 runs (from 69 balls) top-score for Thunder; and taking 3/26 made a ‘match-winning performance,’ given challenging playing
At Cheltenham College (Cheltenham Festival), Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 23 Following what commentators described as an ‘excellent maiden century and test wicket’ playing against South Africa, Stars’ stand-in skipper Alice Davidson-Richards (pictured) made a skipper’s ‘fifty’ and bowled a ‘4-fer;’ to bag a decisive win. For consolation, Storm’s, skipper Sophie Luff tops the competition’s batting
At Southampton (The Ageas Bowl) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 23 Paige Scholfield told reporters it was ‘scary’ as she stepped-up with Chloe Hill (loaned from Sparks) for their maiden fifties to get Vipers back into the match. Scholfield added that having ‘Deano’ (Charlie Dean – pictured) ‘helped massively.’ Dean took a match-winning 3-fer (3/31.) Sunrisers’ Kate
Top three highest scorers for the first three rounds of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2022 * Georgia Elwiss (Vipers) 115 runs from 115 balls with 9 ‘fours’ and one ’six’; strike rate 100 * Kathryn Bryce (Lightning & Scotland) 109* (133) with 15 ‘fours;’ strike rate 81.95 * Sophie Luff (Storm) 100* (142) with 10
At Southport (Trafalgar Road, Birkdale) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 16 New recruit Lauren Smith (Australian All-Rounder from NSW) was outstanding for Stars, hitting 73 and taking 2/20 to clinch a shock first win under Aylish Cranstone’s captaincy (pictured). For Thunder, former England spinner Alex Hartley skittled Stars top-order, taking her second ‘A-List’ 6-fer
At Chelmsford (The Cloud County Ground) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 16 After posting 254, Sunrisers seemed assured of victory. More-so after Storm’s reply slumped to 39/3 – at which point commentators noted that Storm ‘were a long way out of it.’ Katie George (pictured) turned the match around with a scintillating innings, scoring 74
At Derby (The Incora County Ground) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 16 Vipers skipper Georgia Adams (pictured) made top score (82); also topping 150 runs in her first wicket partnership with Ella McCaughan. Vipers won by a comfortable margin despite missing players from England call-up. Defending champions Vipers remain top – bagging three wins from the
At Worcester (New Road) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 16 Northern Diamonds stay second-placed to Vipers: – each team bagging three wins from their first three rounds of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. Peppering Sparks with ‘dot’ balls, Diamonds chased down their target with relative ease. Diamonds key third wicket partnership between Dutch International Sterre
At Leeds (Emerald Headingley Cricket Ground) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 9 Dani Hazell’s (pictured) Diamonds made it two wins from two, staging a cliff-hanger against Sunrisers:- a side that came so close to bagging their first ever fifty-overs win. Sunrisers’ Head Coach Laura Marsh looked set for a shock win with a higher run-rate
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