Western Storm vs South East Stars on 1 May 2023 – match 12 RHF – at Bristol (SEAT Unique stadium) Prior to the match, commentators said that each side had won one match and lost one. Stars chalked-up a second win. Batter Paige Scholfield scored 134*not out, single-handedly scoring more than Storm’s total score (83/10.) Scholfield’s second ‘ton,’ keeps
Central Sparks vs Southern Vipers on 1 May 2023 – match 10 RHF – at Wormsley, Bucks (Sir Paul Getty’s Estate) ‘Delighted’ Georgia Adams took a ‘4-fer’ and scored a match-winning fifty that saw Vipers ‘back to their winning ways.’ During her post-match interview, skipper Adams added that Sparks total ‘wasn’t big’ and Vipers batters ‘stood-up
Sunrisers vs The Blaze on 29 April 2023 – Match 7 RHF – at Chelmsford (The Cloud County Ground, Essex) Blaze spinner pairing Sarah Glenn (4/22) with skipper Kirstie Gordon (2/24) took six wickets. With three pairs of Sunrisers wickets falling in quick succession, another disaster struck as three tail-enders’ wickets fell eight balls apart. Ironically, Blaze suffered top-order collapse much
Western Storm vs North-West Thunder on 29 April 2023 – match 6 RHF- at Cardiff (Sophia Gardens) Playing without Kate Cross, England’s Emma Lamb staged two batting partnerships for Thunder. Firstly adding 72 runs with skipper Ellie Threlkeld. Lamb also added 69 runs together with former WIndies All-Rounder Deandre Dottin. Storm replied with one decisive partnership between Ireland international Orla Prendergast
South East Stars vs Southern Vipers – match 8 RHF – at Beckenham (The County Ground, Kent) on 29 April 2023 Commentators reassured viewers that Vipers were ‘back on track,’ after last week’s shock defeat by Sunrisers. Posting a defendable score against Stars, three Vipers batters scored ‘fifty.’ Given the benefit of intensive fielding practice between matches,
Northern Diamonds vs Western Storm at Leeds (Headingley) on 22 April 2023. Diamonds players had told social media that last year was ‘very special’ to them, having won the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at their third attempt. This season, skipper Hollie Armitage announced that her team was ‘keen to start their RHF Trophy defence. On
The Blaze vs Central Sparks at Nottingham (Trent Bridge) on 22 April 2023 Posting a defendable score (212) Blaze made a convincing inaugural win, thanks to an all-round performance by Lucy Higham whose off-breaks took 5/19; having earlier added 24 runs with her bat. England’s Tammy Beaumont MBE [60 runs (from 77 balls)] scored a
NW Thunder vs SE Stars at Manchester (Emirates Old Trafford) on 22 April 2023 Equalling the highest competition score (334), Stars’ debutante Paige Scholfield (pictured) struck 111* not out. Together with Alice Davidson-Richards (73) who played anchor role, the pair mounted a match-winning partnership of 143-runs. Despite both sides peppering ‘dot’ balls (156 Thunder vs
Northern Diamonds v Southern Vipers at London North (Lord’s) on 25 September 2022 (10h30) Billed by commentators as either ‘third-time-lucky’ either for Diamonds bagging their inaugural win, or Vipers, bagging a hat-trick of trophies. Before the match, a minute’s silence was held, followed by the national anthem; and an ECB statement was read out to
Northern Diamonds v Southern Vipers at Leeds (Headingley) on 17 September 2022 (10h30) Triple-billed by commentators as a ‘North-South Derby,’ ‘top-of-table’ clash and ‘dress-rehearsal’ for the Lord’s final. Neither team had lost a match and there was a reasonable chance that the same teams could play each other in the final. A minute’s silence was
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