The Blaze vs South East Stars at Derby on 22 June 2024 at 16h00 The Blaze become the third team to hold the trophy; previously won by Southern Vipers (2022 & 2023) & South East Stars (2021). Commentators pointed out that their fellow finalists included familiar faces who’d previously won the trophy. After Stars openers
Southern Vipers vs South East Stars at Derby on 22 June 2024 at 11h30 Double-defending champions were defeated by Stars in a dramatic rematch earned three days ago, when Vipers clangorous home crowd of 3000 schoolchildren saw their favourite team beat Stars by 113 runs at Hove. By contrast, this semi-final played between second-and-third placed
The Charlotte Edwards Cup’ Cricket Tournament (for 20 overs) finals took place at Derby on June 22 Results for 2024 are listed below, arranged by venue:- *Arundel, The Castle Cricket Ground (West Sussex) Bank Holiday Monday, May 27 *Sunrisers 134/5 beat Southern Vipers 131/6 by 3 runs; http://4theloveofsport.co.uk/2024/05/29/charlotte-edwards-cup-2024-match-12-vipers-vs-sunrisers/ *Beckenham, The County Ground (Kent) Friday, May
The Blaze v South-East Stars Derby, Saturday 22 June The semi-final winners proved to be last year’s runners-up, Blaze, and previous winners, SES. Kirstie Gordon won the toss, and, to underline the predictability of the format, chose to bowl first. Bryony Smith pulled Grace Ballinger’s first ball for four. Eighteen more runs followed from the
Northern Diamonds vs Lancashire Thunder at Chester-le-Street (Seat Unique, Riverside) Durham on 19 June 2024 at 11h30 ‘Roses Derby’ with neither side able to qualify for Saturday’s Finals Day (Derby). On the day, only 3 batters from each side made double-figures and neither side needed to bat for 16.4 overs (100 ball benchmark.) As the
Central Sparks vs The Blaze at Birmingham (Edgbaston Stadium) on 19 June 2024 at 11h30 prev apr20th when Sparks beat Blaze at 50overs An ‘enterprising innings’ by top-scorer Davina Perrin (England u19s) – the only batter to score ’six,’ – gave Sparks sufficient momentum to close their innings shy of 140. Commentator’s curse struck when
It’s a fool’s task to predict the outcome of the last day of the Charlotte Edwards Cup, so here goes. Why a fool’s task? Well, to start with, the spectator arriving at the ground in Derby doesn’t even know who will be playing. It’s one of the inexplicable mysteries of cricket that captains aren’t required
Southern Vipers vs South East Stars at Brighton & Hove (The 1st Central County Ground, Hove) on 19 June 2024 at 11h30 Southern derby between local rivals who are two of the four pre-qualified teams booked to play on finals day. Vipers, as the home team were motivated by chants of ‘Vipers’ from a clangorous
Hove, 19 June 1 Psychology Sports psychologists have no doubt submitted learned theses on how cricketers react to playing in the game before the one that matters. I haven’t, but I do know that SE Stars put up one of their poorest performances ever against Vipers. So dismal were the bowling spells of certain leading
Central Sparks vs Southern Vipers Worcester, New Road on 16 June 2024 at 10h30 ‘Nothing to lose’ with both teams qualified for finals day (Sparks qualified 3rd; Vipers 4th); and Vipers ‘beefed-up’ by their full complement of England players. Remarkably, Sparks put in a match-winning performance, not only from their bowlers, four of whom took
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