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Amy Jones Top Scores With 63

Western Storm v Central Sparks at Worcester (New Road) on June 4 Sparks go through to finals day somewhat bizarrely, following defeat by Storm. Top-scorer Amy Jones (pictured) made her third ‘fifty’ for Sparks group stage, one of just two players to do so. Separately, the other player who bagged three group-stage ‘fifties’ (Aylish Cranstone)

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Eve Jones Hits 69 For Sparks

Sunrisers v Central Sparks at Northampton (Wantage Road) on June 1 (14h30) An astonishingly close match unfolded between table-topping Sparks, and Sunrisers as spoonists. Batting first, Sparks main partnership between Eve Jones and Issy Wong (pictured) added 92 runs. Top scorer Eve Jones 69 runs (from 62 balls) played a skipper’s innings. Sunrisers used two more

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Alice Davidson-Richards Top-Scores

Western Storm v South East Stars at Bristol on June 1 (14h30) *Storm scored at four-runs-per-over during the first half of the match. *Unusually, Storms’ average scoring rate remained constant at four-runs-per-over, between the power play and the mid-way point (39/2.) *Where Stars scored runs at a faster rate before mid-way, Storm scored a greater proportion of their

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Bess Heath Hits Her Second ‘Fifty’

Northern Diamonds v Loughborough Lightning at Chester-le-Street, Durham (SEAT Unique Riverside) on June 1 (14h30) Keeper Bess Heath (pictured) hit her second ‘Fifty’ of the contest for Diamonds: the match later decided by the final ball. Partnered by Sterre Kalis (NL), Heath and Kalis shared a record opening stand for Diamonds, of 93 runs. Despite the

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Bryony Smith Hits Skipper’s ‘Fifty’

South-East Stars v Sunrisers at Guildford, Surrey (Woodbridge Road) on June 5 Skipper Bryony Smith (pictured) struck ‘fifty’ from 31 balls, on her way to Stars’ top team score. Partnered by Aylish Cranstone, Stars openers scored their first fifty runs in 28 balls (4.3 overs.) After their 20-over innings, Stars made 183 – just three runs short of last

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Vipers’ Achieve Unprecedented Sixth Straight Win

Southern Vipers vs Northern Diamonds at Southampton (Ageas Bowl) on June 4 (14h30) Poised to play in next week’s Final, Vipers became the first team ever, to make a clean sweep of all six group-stage matches for ECB’s Charlotte Edwards Cup. This sixth match was augmented by themed music and fiery flumes whenever bowlers took wickets or

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Top Scorer Georgia Elwiss’ Strikes Vipers’ Winning ‘Four’

Thunder v Southern Vipers at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester on June 1 (19h00 – night) Once again Georgia Elwiss (pictured) struck the winning ‘four,’ taking Vipers home by a wide margin, and chalking-up their fifth straight win. Previously at Hove, Thunder barely scored 100 (102) and Vipers won by similar margin. Topping their group’s table,

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