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 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
At Leeds (Emerald Headingley Cricket Ground) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 9 Dani Hazell’s (pictured) Diamonds made it two wins from two, staging a cliff-hanger against Sunrisers:- a side that came so close to bagging their first ever fifty-overs win. Sunrisers’ Head Coach Laura Marsh looked set for a shock win with a higher run-rate
Played at Loughborough (Haselgrave Ground) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 9 (10h30) Lightning’s winning performances came from skipper Kathryn Bryce 109 runs (from 133 balls.) Also Lightning’s who Grace Ballinger took three power play wickets, closing on 5/29. Commentators said that Ballinger had ‘produced the goods.’ Her 5-fer came ‘out of the blue’ when
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
At Brighton (Hove, The 1st Central County Ground) on July 9 In perfect conditions, 479 runs were scored and 19 wickets fell. For Vipers, Georgia Elwiss (pictured) made top score (115) setting a new tournament record. Together, Elwiss and Emily Windsor staged a match-winning 160-run fifth-wicket partnership in just over twenty overs. Whilst Georgia Elwiss crafted
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 3 – (10h30) With Lauren Winfield-Hill keeping wicket, England wannabe Bess Heath (pictured) not only scored ‘Fifty,’ but did it with panache, scoring ‘six’ hit out of the ground: that turned out to be the match-winning ball. Earlier, both teams top-scoring batters were said to have ‘cancelled each other out: Emma
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
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 2 (11h30) This was reportedly an historic ‘ICC List A’ match. Never before had a cricket match been Umpired ‘on-field’ by a married couple: Jasmine Naeem and Naeem Ashraf former Pakistan International cricketers, now husband-and-wife. Umpires had plenty to do once play got underway in overcast conditions with the
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