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Charlotte Edwards Cup – match 11 – The Blaze vs Central Sparks

The Blaze vs Central Sparks  on 26 May 2023 (14h30) in Leicester, (at The Uptonsteel County Ground) The Blaze kept their unblemished 100% record with three wins out of three matches, after posting an ‘enormous score’ (with twice as many ‘sixes’): when coming head-to-head with last year’s finalists, Central Sparks. Two England batters made stand-out performances.

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Charlotte Edwards Cup – match 16

The Blaze vs Southern Vipers on May 29 (14h30) at Derby (The Incora County Ground) The Blaze kept their unblemished 100% record with four wins out of four matches, after coming head-to-head with defending champions at Derby. Vipers made a ‘good start’ but as commentator Kev James put it to skipper Georgia Adams, after Vipers

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Charlotte Edwards Cup – match 7 – Thunder vs The Blaze

North West Thunder vs The Blaze on 25 May 2023 (16h30) at Manchester (Emirates Old Trafford) Witnessing South African ‘All-Rounder’ Nadine deKlerk’s departure for a ‘golden duck,’ Australian commentator and cricket journalist Melinda ‘Mel’ Farrell expressed doubt whether Blaze had done everything ‘to lose.’ Earlier, Thunder had lost England’s Emma Lamb and WIndies legend Deandre Dottin for

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – Match 7

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

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Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy – match 4

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

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