Sunrisers v Western Storm at The Cloudfm County Ground, Chelmsford on May 18 Beefed-up by Heather Knight’s return to Storm from last week’s ’Barmy Army’ captaincy in the Doha (Fairbreak) tournament, there was little to choose between either side. Four bowlers from each side took wickets. Both team’s batters mostly reached double figures and hit comparable
Thunder v Northern Diamonds at Sale CC, Sale on May 18 Making the highest scores of the Northern Roses Derby, Thunder’s openers Emma Lamb (50 runs from 41 balls) and Georgie Boyce (65 from 56) made more runs between them than Diamonds’ meagre total. Together faced 18 dot balls during their power play, reaching 36/0. By mid-way (10 overs) Thunder
South East Stars W v Central Sparks W at Guildford on May 18 (16h00 start) Sparks ’power play’ had two more ‘fours’ and ’sixes’ – setting-up a comfortable win. Having built an insurmountable total with the bat – with Issy Wong top scoring with 45 runs (from 28 balls), Sparks went on to take all
Loughborough Lightning v Northern Diamonds – Loughborough (Haslegrave) on May 14 Diamonds made a dream power play start (57/1 after 6 overs) as Lauren Winfield-Hill bagged top-score-to-date in the first round of the Charlotte Edwards Cup. The highlight of Winfield-Hill’s ‘whirlwind’ 96 runs (from 51 balls) came during Diamonds’ 14th over, when Scotland’s Kathryn Bryce
Western Storm v Central Sparks – Sophia Gardens Cardiff on May 14; Charlotte Edwards Cup – Group B Playing her first match for ‘Sparks,’ (having transferred from ‘Lightning’) Abi Freeborn (52 from 48) together with England’s Amy Jones (52 from 44) added a 91 run partnership for Sparks’ third wicket. As seen on Glamorgan TV (please see below) –
Sunrisers v South-East Stars at The Cloud County Ground, Chelmsford on Saturday, May 14: Inaugural Cup holders ‘Stars’ have started their campaign to defend their Charlotte Edwards Cup title with an emphatic win. *Although each of Sunrisers’ top five batters made double figures, their indecisive power play handed their opponents three overs advantage. *As the match
Southern Vipers v Thunder at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove on May 14 *Before the match, Social media had quizzed England stars on their top twenty players to watch, from the eight women’s regional T20 teams playing for the Charlotte Edwards Cup. Amy Jones picked fellow keeper Ellie Threlkeld, who has what could be
‘Wello’s’ TikTok channel: ’The Secret Life of Wello’ provides a personal narrative of Amanda-Jade Wellington’s epic ICC World Cup winning journey (2022) and hotel room isolation, quarantined around NZ for protection against ‘Covid.’ *She expresses elation whenever selected for the Australian’s winning team, and understandable disappointment when missing out on playing in the final match
The Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy (for 50 overs) returns in 2022. Southern Vipers are the reigning champions for two years running. List of fixtures arranged by venue (a-z) is set out below:- Beckenham (Kent) Saturday, July 2: South East Stars W v Sunrisers W – match 1 Friday, September 9: South East Stars W v
The Charlotte Edwards Cup (for 20 overs) returns on May 14. Matches can be rechecked for times and venues, using the latest fixtures list as set out below. South East Stars W were the inaugural cup winners (2021). Beckenham, The County Ground* Please note venue change from previously published list Saturday, May 21 at 11h00:
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