‘Northern Diamonds Women’ vs ‘Western Storm W’ at Riverside, Chester-le-Street on 10 September (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – round 5) With the best run-rate, second-placed ‘Diamonds’ must fancy their chances to reach the qualifier, as one of three teams who’ve chalked-up 4 wins and 1 loss. In a one-sided match, ‘Diamonds’ bowled out ‘Storm:’ six ‘Storm’ players
‘SE Stars Women’ vs ‘Lightning W’ at Beckenham on 10 September (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – 5th round) Fresh from winning the Charlotte Edwards Cup, Bryony Smith’s ‘Stars’ posted the highest score of the day (293.) Remarkably, both Skippers made top score: Bryony Smith hitting 84 versus Kathryn Bryce’s 87. Bryony Smith went one better by taking
Thunder Women’ vs ‘Southern Vipers W’ at Sale, Manchester on 10 September (Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – round 5) After five rounds, ‘Vipers’ retain their 1st place. Remarkably, ‘Vipers’ remain undefeated, beating ‘Thunder’ bizarrely with an inferior run-rate, but losing fewer wickets. Batting first, ‘Thunder’ were bowled out for a menial score (110.) Having a margin-of-safety of almost
England Women v New Zealand W 3rd T20I at Taunton on 9th September (night) Commentators applauded Sophia Dunkley who struck the winning ‘four’ from the penultimate match ball. Needing 16 from the last 12 balls, England had lost Heather Knight and Maia Bouchier three balls apart. Snatching victory for England with ‘sighs of relief,’ Sophia Dunkley’s reputation as
‘SE Stars Women’ vs ‘Northern Diamonds W’ at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on 5 September (Charlotte Edwards Cup – Regional T20 – Final) Alice Capsey partnered by Alice Davidson-Richards played a match-winning 2nd fifty-run partnership for ‘Stars,’ recovering from an earlier meltdown – which saw 4 wickets fall in just 15 deliveries. Both Alice’s batted sensibly
Southern Vipers Women vs Northern Diamonds at Ageas Bowl, Southampton on 5 September (Charlotte Edwards Cup – Regional T20 – Semi-final) Hitting top score of the day, POTM Lauren Winfield-Hill (65 runs from 49 balls) was one of three players from either side who made double-figures; her total score exceeding the combined total of the
England Women v New Zealand 2nd T20I at Hove on 4th September (night) Wearing her 100th Cap, ‘White Ferns’ skipper Sophie Devine started the match full of optimism, needing just 24 runs to pass her 2500-run (T20I) milestone. Afterwards, commentators said that ‘Ferns’ were ‘impressive in the field;’ skipper Devine played a good skipper’s fifty; and the match
England Women v New Zealand 1st T20I at Chelmsford on 1st September (night) England’s Tammy Beaumont needed one boundary short for her century, but was caught out from the penultimate innings ball. Posting her 2nd highest score in T20I, POTM, Beaumont told player-turned-commentator Isa Guha that she’d been ‘waiting to (make a high score) for
‘Lightning’ vs ‘Southern Vipers’ at Derby on 30 August (Charlotte Edwards Cup – Regional T20 – Group A) Previously ‘Vipers’ won by 46 runs (on July 3rd). *‘Vipers’ needed to win to stage their part in a North-South Divide Semi-Final (vs ‘Diamonds’) *Playing without ‘covid’ quarantined Maia Bouchier and Charlie Dean, ‘Vipers’’ Paige Scholfield found
‘Sunrisers’ vs ‘Western Storm’ at Fenner’s, Cambridge on 30 August (Charlotte Edwards Cup – Regional T20 – Group B) Previously ‘Sunrisers’ won by 7 wickets with 13 balls remaining (on June 26th) *Topping their group table from the previous match, ‘Storm’ needed more than a convincing win to remain in the tournament (to qualify for the semi-final
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