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Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 – match 16 – Blaze vs Sparks

The Blaze vs Central Sparks at Trent Bridge on 31 May 2024 at 14h30 (double-header) Billed as a ‘top-of-table’ clash, Blaze’s fourth straight win toppled Sparks from their pole position. Commentators lauded their home team for a ‘convincing victory,’ twice nominating Blaze’s Kathryn Bryce for player-of-the-match: as the only batter to have found the ‘measure

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Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 – match 14 – Vipers vs Storm

Southern Vipers vs Western Storm – at Southampton, Hants (Utilita Bowl) on 30 May 2024 at 13h00 (double-header) Australian all-rounder player Charli Knott (pictured) took a 4-fer (4/23) for Vipers against Storm. With level-pegging scores until mid-way through Storm’s reply, keeper Rhianna Southby took two stumpings. Her second followed next-ball by Skipper Adam’s catch that placed Charli

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Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 –  match 13 – Thunder vs Sparks

Lancashire Thunder vs Central Sparks at Emirates Old Trafford on 30 May 2024 at 14h30 (double-header) ‘Lancs TV’ commentators witnessed an ‘upset,’ albeit with home-team enthusiasm when Thunder ‘narrowed the gap’ needed to qualify for the next stage. Sparks previously looked certain of bagging their place in the finals, as they stood unbeaten at the

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Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 – match 11 – Stars vs Storm

South East Stars vs Western Storm at Beckenham (Kent County Ground) on 27 May 2024 at 13h30 Expectant commentators who were Mike McCann and Jamie Reid (Sports journalists) mentioned that both teams last met in a ‘low-scoring thriller,’ when ‘eight days ago,’ Stars beat Storm by a wafer-thin margin, at Bristol. Confident that the ground was ‘perfectly

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Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 – match 8 – Sunrisers vs  Vipers

Sunrisers vs Southern Vipers at Chelmsford, Essex (The Cloud County Ground) on 24 May 2024 at 18h30 (night match) An unbeaten match-winning century partnership for Vipers’ third wicket between Georgia Elwiss and Freya Kemp, gave Sunrisers little chance of recovery. Together the pair scored 66 runs from their last 30 balls, the final ball chalking-up Freya Kemp’s ‘fifty’

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Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 – match 5 – Storm vs Sparks

Western Storm vs Central Sparks at Taunton on 22 May 2024 at 18h30 (night match) Sparks second straight win set Storm an achievable target, but despite best efforts, top-scorer (England’s) Dani Gibson said afterwards that it was a ‘frustrating’ night, both with bat-and-ball. Just after Sparks’ power-play, Fran Wilson (fielding) left the field for concussion, replaced on the scorecard by

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