Orla Prendergast confirmed her promise with some massive hitting

Eire worldwide Orla Prendergast made her first century within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy to steer Western Storm to a six-wicket win over Thunder.

Prendergast made 115 and Fran Wilson an unbeaten 74 as Storm chased Thunder’s 214 to win with eight overs to spare.

Chloe Skelton had earlier taken 3-36 and Danielle Gibson 2-13 as Thunder have been bowled out inside 45 overs.

Elsewhere, Central Sparks beat Northern Diamonds and there have been additionally wins for The Blaze and Southern Vipers.

Prendergast, 20, already has 45 worldwide appearances and led her facet to a primary win on this 12 months’s competitors.

Storm have been 11-2 of their reply however her stand with Wilson of 186 swallowed up the chase.

The Blaze additionally pulled off a profitable chase, however solely by three wickets, as they beat Sunrisers at Chelmsford for a second win from two video games.

England leg-spinner Sarah Glenn took 4-22 as Sunrisers have been bowled out for 159 as solely Cordelia Griffiths, top-scoring with 43, Grace Scrivens (39) and Saskia Horley (27) made double figures.

The Blaze then slipped to 22-4 in pursuit earlier than Tammy Beaumont settled nerves by making 64.

However they have been 122-7 and Nadine de Klerk, with an unbeaten 25, and 20 not out from Sophie Munro, have been wanted to see them house with 16 overs to spare.

Glenn’s bowling gave Blaze a platform to win

At New Street, Georgia Davis led Sparks to a seven-wicket victory over Diamonds.

Davis took 4-19 together with her off spin to assist bowl Diamonds out for simply 161 having been despatched in.

Former England opener Lauren Winfield-Hill made 42 however after a gap stand of fifty, Diamonds misplaced common wickets.

In reply, captain Eve Jones noticed the Sparks’ house with an unbeaten 67 as the house facet gained with 11 overs to spare, bouncing again from defeat in opposition to The Blaze in spherical one.

And Ella McCaughan, Maia Bouchier and Georgia Elwiss all made half-centuries as Southern Vipers shrugged off a shock defeat to Sunrisers on the opening weekend to beat South East…

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