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
England Women 151-4 beat South Africa 148-6 by six wickets England Women won the second Vitality IT20 at Worcester to take a 12-2 lead in the multi-format series. With Heather Knight nursing a hip injury, Nat Sciver took the reins. She won the toss and England’s bowlers kept it tight to restrict South Africa to
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
England Women 114-4 beat South Africa 111/9 by six wickets Katherine Brunt recorded her best IT20 figures and Sophia Dunkley made 59 as England Women won the first Vitality IT20 at Essex to confirm victory in the multi-format series against South Africa. Brunt’s masterful 4-15 rolled back the years and restricted the visitors to 111-9. Dunkley – in
T20 match at Millfield On the same day as the full England side were taking on South Africa at Chelmsford, a back-up XI saw off New Zealand with some ease. The White Ferns’ innings had a very familiar look. At the top of the order Sophie Devine (69) and Suzie Bates (48) added 93 together.
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
Third Big Win for England Third ODI, Leicester Tammy Beaumont was the big surprise, dropped from the Commonwealth Games squad, but her reaction was no surprise, a stunning 119 at the top of the order. She had a statement to make. For the second time running the top four batters all passed 50, Emma Lamb
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