Southern Vipers vs Central Sparks on May 10 – at Brighton & Hove (Hove, The 1st Central County Ground) Australian debutante Nicole Faltum (pictured) made a promising start for Vipers,’ scoring 21 – an identical score to fellow Australian Erin Burns (Sparks & Sydney Sixers.) Sparks skipper Eve Jones 73 made top-score, partnered by England’s Amy Jones 40. Together the legendary Joneses batting partnership added 85
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)
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
The Blaze vs Central Sparks at Nottingham (Trent Bridge) on 22 April 2023 Posting a defendable score (212) Blaze made a convincing inaugural win, thanks to an all-round performance by Lucy Higham whose off-breaks took 5/19; having earlier added 24 runs with her bat. England’s Tammy Beaumont MBE [60 runs (from 77 balls)] scored a
SE Stars vs Central Sparks at Beckenham (Kent) on 11 September 2022 (10h30) Commentator pointed out today’s fifth round of the Rachael Heyhoe Flint 50 overs tournament was ‘long-overdue,’ with a long hiatus (for the Commonwealth Games and also women’s The Hundred) following July’s fourth round. Previously, Friday’s fifth round matches were postponed by the English Cricket
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 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
Bristol County Ground on July 9 – Second Round for Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy Sparks’ match-winning performances came from Ami Campbell (pictured) 50 (from 75) Spinner Sarah Glenn who took 4/23. Having posted a defendable score above 200, Sparks took eight wickets by mid-way; but met with dogged resistance from Storm’s tail-enders who reduced the difference to 22
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 2 (11h30) Vipers elected to bowl. Rain interrupted play after 24 overs, when an early lunch was taken. Two overs were docked. Further interruptions exploited the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method to set Vipers a comparable target from ten overs. Vipers made light work of their run chase, nearly half of the runs needed were scored by opener
Southern Vipers v Central Sparks at the County Ground Northampton (Wantage Road) at 16h00 on 11 June Collecting the ECB Charlotte Edwards Cup – their third regional trophy in three seasons, Vipers’ skipper, Georgia Adams told commentators: ‘We want to win trophies!’ Adams added that included defending Vipers’ Rachael Heyhoe Flint trophy. Before knowing Vipers
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