In the battle between two outstanding left-arm spinners, Kirstie Gordon outperformed Sophie Ecclestone to help complete a resounding win for Lightning. Scores: Lightning 259-5; Thunder 125 – Lightning win by 134 runs Lightning had suffered from two drawbacks in the past: a top order that wasn’t producing the runs and a lower order that wasn’t
Sunrisers were skittled by the Northern Diamonds in just 19 overs (Fenner’s ground, Cambridge) As seen on Youtube, commentators (Mark Johnson and Andy Abbot) described the match as looking ‘catastrophic;’ and ‘a procession’ after only ten overs were bowled with Sunrisers score on 16/5. Sunrisers finished with the lowest run-rate of the day (1.81) –
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Round Three Results: Western Storm 245-8; South East Stars 249-4 – Stars won by 6 wickets at the Kia Oval Central Sparks 224 Southern Vipers 104 – Sparks won by 120 runs to inflict Vipers first ever loss in the RHF – at Hove Sunrisers 53 Northern Diamonds 54-1 Diamonds
Amy Jones hit a remarkable 163 not out to secure victory for Central Sparks against Storm at Edgbaston ResultsQ Central Sparks 295-7; Western Storm 254-9 – Sparks won by 41 runs Thunder 247-9; Sunrisers 211 – Thunder won by 36 runs Northern Diamonds 151; Lightning 145 – Diamonds won by 6 runs South East Stars
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – First Round Three close results out of four is just what the RHF trophy wanted in its opening round Results: Lightning 214-9; Southern Vipers 215-6. Vipers won by 4 wickets Northern Diamonds 279; Central Sparks 283-8. Sparks won by 2 wickets North West Thunder 291-8; Western Storm 295-9. Storm won
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy to remain the name of women’s regional 50 over competition Women’s Regional T20 to launch this summer with opening matches on 26 June Women’s Regional T20 Finals Day scheduled for 5 September Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy final to be staged on 25 September Schedule for two England Women home series to
Let’s start by calling this tournament a raging success, then see if we can pick any holes in it. Aim The first target was to get some meaningful cricket in before it was too late in the year. Method The ECB had already decided on the eight hubs that would be the future building blocks
The glorious experiment of the RHF Trophy came to a worthy end at the halfway-house venue of Edgbaston. This test arena was a fitting background. As most experts expected, Vipers completed an unbeaten sequence of games against their battling opponents. Lauren Winfield-Hill, released from the Derby bubble, resumed the captaincy of the Northerners and opted
Thunder’s score stifled by Diamonds’ sharp bowling Losing three quick wickets, Thunder staged a recovery when Georgie Boyce (29) and Natalie Brown struck a combined total of 11 ‘fours’ – Natalie Brown top-scored with 32 runs off 41 balls. Facing a barrage of unplayable ‘dot’ balls, Thunder’s final seven wickets fell for only 52 runs.
For the last round of the group games there were some tasty line-ups, a modified version of a Roses match, Far East v Far West, East Midlands v West Midlands and a Southern derby. Central Sparks still had an outside chance of beating Northern Diamonds to a place in the final against Southern Vipers. England
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