The Blaze vs Sunrisers on June 4 (11h00) at Nottingham (Trent Bridge) Unbeaten Blaze put in another ‘professional performance’ to secure ‘top spot,’ chalk-up their 6th successive win, and book their place on finals day as group-stage winners. England pair Nat Sciver-Brunt [58 runs (from 30 balls)] and Tammy Beaumont [41 runs (from 30 balls)]
Northern Diamonds vs Sunrisers on 28 May 2023 (15h30) at Leeds (Headingley Stadium) Katie Levick (pictured) took her third career ‘5-fer;’ her 2nd ‘5-fer,’ for Diamonds: that included taking 3 wickets taken during one single over. Post-match, Katie Levick told reporters it was one of her ‘better days’ (wearing) a Diamonds shirt; when everything went-to-plan.
Sunrisers vs Western Storm on 31 May 2023 (14h30) at Northampton (The County Ground) Western Storm have a wafer-thin chance to qualify for finals day, convincingly beating Sunrisers. England candidate & Storm vice-captain Danielle Gibson (pictured) top-scored, hitting 65 (from 46 balls) in a 3rd-wicket century stand of 115 runs with former England batter Fran Wilson – who
Sunrisers W vs SE Stars W on May 25 (14h15) at London (North) at Lord’s (St John’s Wood) Stars bagged their first win at 3rd attempt, scoring at a faster rate than their opponents to stage a successful run-chase. England’s Alice Capsey was short-lived, but scored faster than two-runs-per-ball. Bryony Smith [38 runs (from 27 balls)] played a skipper’s innings, making
Sunrisers vs Central Sparks on May 18 at Chelmsford, Essex (The Cloud County Ground) Just as Sunrisers batters went for big hits with 5 overs remaining, Emily Arlott (pictured) took 4 crucial wickets (4-fer) for the winning team. Earlier, players from both sides made ‘fifty.’ England’s Amy Jones (51 runs from 34 balls) made top-score for Sparks.
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
Southern Vipers W vs Sunrisers W at Southampton (The Ageas Bowl) on 22 April 2023 Vipers were expecting to play a one-sided match. Sunrisers put in an ‘impressive performance,’ with Scotland’s Abtaha Maqsood spin taking her first competition 5-fer (5/30.) Commentators complimented Sunrisers who had ‘most aspects right.’ They won by a ‘massive 126-run margin’;
Sunrisers vs Lightning at Chelmsford (Essex) on 11 September 2022 (10h30) Both teams have insufficient points to venture beyond the group stage, so the match was a ‘dead rubber.’ Before the match, a minute’s silence was held, followed by the national anthem; and an ECB statement was read out to mourn the passing of HM
At Southampton (The Ageas Bowl) Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy on July 23 Paige Scholfield told reporters it was ‘scary’ as she stepped-up with Chloe Hill (loaned from Sparks) for their maiden fifties to get Vipers back into the match. Scholfield added that having ‘Deano’ (Charlie Dean – pictured) ‘helped massively.’ Dean took a match-winning 3-fer (3/31.) Sunrisers’ Kate
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
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