Northern Diamonds 140 for 8 (Armitage 82, Cooper 3-12) beat South East Stars 138 for 7 (Capsey 71, Corridor 3-20) by two wickets
Captain Hollie Armitage’s career-best knock within the Charlotte Edwards Cup rescued Northern Diamonds from a sticky begin in opposition to South East Stars as they triumphed by two wickets in a last-ball thriller.
Armitage top-scored with 82 from 59 balls on the Kia Oval, her second half-century of this 12 months’s competitors, to safe her facet’s third straight victory after dropping each openers with simply six on the board.
The Diamonds skipper’s efforts outshone these of Alice Capsey, who had smashed 71 from 48 – additionally a private greatest within the event – after being dropped twice, on 15 and 32, to carry Stars’ innings along with a show of highly effective hitting.However their complete of 138 for 7 was not fairly sufficient, regardless of a wonderful spell of three for 12 by off-spinner Claudie Cooper and Lizzie Scott sliced the ultimate ball from Alice Davidson-Richards over level for 4 as Diamonds edged dwelling.Put in to bat, the Stars have been quickly in bother as they misplaced each openers within the powerplay – Chloe Tryon taking a midwicket catch to take away Sophia Dunkley off Grace Corridor’s bowling earlier than a reversal of the roles signalled Bryony Smith’s departure.
With Tash Farrant holing out to deep sq. leg, the house facet have been floundering at 33 for 3 and Diamonds turned the screw with a miserly mixture of seam and spin that didn’t yield a single boundary in six overs.
However Capsey capitalised on her first life – with Corridor unable to carry on, stretching at mid-off – by smashing successive fours off Katie Levick and utilizing her toes to crack the spinner excessive for six.
Capsey was put down once more by Leah Dobson at deep midwicket and, though the fielder took her subsequent alternative, pouching a skier to take away the harmful Paige Scholfield and produce Corridor a second wicket – the injury had been achieved.
The seamer completed with 3 for 20, helped by Abi Glen’s smartly-taken catch at sq. leg to dismiss Davidson-Richards, however Diamonds have been unable to eliminate Capsey till Glen had her taken at long-on within the ultimate over.
Capsey helped to keep up Stars’ momentum at the beginning of the guests’ reply, clinging…
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