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The Charlotte Edwards Cup Final

The Blaze v South-East Stars Derby, Saturday 22 June The semi-final winners proved to be last year’s runners-up, Blaze, and previous winners, SES. Kirstie Gordon won the toss, and, to underline the predictability of the format, chose to bowl first. Bryony Smith pulled Grace Ballinger’s first ball for four. Eighteen more runs followed from the

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A Sideways Look at Vipers v South-East Stars

Hove, 19 June 1 Psychology Sports psychologists have no doubt submitted learned theses on how cricketers react to playing in the game before the one that matters. I haven’t, but I do know that SE Stars put up one of their poorest performances ever against Vipers. So dismal were the bowling spells of certain leading

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Charlotte Edwards Cup 2024 – match 3 – Storm vs  Stars

Western Storm vs South East Stars at Bristol (The Seat Unique Stadium) on 19 May 2024 at 14h30 Both teams got their 20-overs campaign off to a ‘flying start,’ playing and entertaining thriller, scoring direct-hit dismissals in a closely contested match that went down to the wire. Batting first, Stars suffered mid-order collapse when five wickets fell in

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 – match 24

South East Stars vs Northern Diamonds  at Beckenham, Kent (at The County Ground) on 8 May 2024  Stars hosted a ‘remarkable’ match that was decided by the final ball. A combined total of 619 runs were scored on what was described as a ‘brilliant day of cricket’ played in perfect conditions. Three Diamonds batters made ‘fifty’ (Hollie Armitage,

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 – match 18

Sunrisers vs South East Stars at Northampton County Ground (Wantage Road) on 4 May (10h30) Memorable match for Phoebe Franklin who took one wicket, two catches and struck ‘four’ with her bat to bring scores level. Next ball she hit the winning ‘single,’ closing undefeated on 28*not out; to chalk-up Stars’ fourth victory of the new season with two

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South-East Stars flying high

Sunrisers v SE Stars South-East Stars gained a satisfying win over Sunrisers at Northampton, to leave them equal top of the Rachael Heyhoe-Flint trophy table with Southern Vipers. It was a game largely dominated by Kent players. Grace Scrivens led the home side, coming fresh from a match-winning 118* against Sparks on Wednesday. It has

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 – match 16

Western Storm vs South East Stars at Taunton, (at The Cooper Associates County Ground, Somerset) on 1 May (10h30 start delayed to 11h45) Speaking post-match, England veteran Fran Wilson (pictured) told reporters that Storm batters knew they were capable to ‘pull-off’ a good win, in a rain-affected match. By mid-way (22 overs) Storm’s were 20 runs

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 – match 11

South East Stars vs Central Sparks at Beckenham, Kent (at the Kent County Ground)  on 27 April (11h30 – delayed start) ‘Fifties’ scored by Stars’ stand-in skipper Tash Farrant and Paige Scholfield; plus a variety of dropped catches in chilly conditions ensured that Stars were always ‘in control’ during what turned out to be a

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2024 – match 5

The Blaze vs South East Stars at Leicester, (The Uptonsteel County Ground) on 24 April (10h30) Recently returned from ‘England A’ tour of New Zealand, Ryana MacDonald-Gay (pictured) chalked up a 5-fer and one catch that helped Stars to back-to-back victories against Blaze at fifty overs. Previously (on 10 September 2023) Alice Davidson-Richards scored a century against

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