The Blaze 120 for 7 (Beaumont 38, Ecclestone 2-18) beat Thunder 117 for six (Heap 26, Ballinger 2-23) by three wickets
A blistering 38 off 21 balls from opener Tammy Beaumont was the eye-catching contribution as she helped the Blaze to a three-wicket victory over struggling Thunder in an England-player dominated Charlotte Edwards Cup fixture at Emirates Outdated Trafford.
Beaumont was one among six Ashes contenders that includes in a low-scoring affair performed after Lancashire males had crushed Leicestershire within the Vitality Blast, with star duo Nat Sciver-Brunt and Sophie Ecclestone going face to face.
Each impressed as Thunder made 117 for six and didn’t defend it. Ecclestone returned 2 for 18 from 4 overs of left-arm spin, whereas Sciver-Brunt’s seamers accounted for 1 for 23 from 4 earlier than including 21 off 14 balls within the chase.
However Beaumont usurped them each, putting the ball higher than anybody with eight fours and a flicked six to make sure the Blaze continued their unbeaten begin to the summer season.
The Blaze survived a late wobble from 88 for two to 98 for six to win inside 16 overs and have now gained 5 of seven matches throughout the Charlotte Edwards Cup and the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy of their first season based mostly at Trent Bridge, together with two from two on this T20 competitors.
The East Midlands aspect have been rebranded from Lightning after three seasons based mostly at Loughborough College.
For Thunder, their disappointing begin to 2023 continues. They’re winless in seven video games throughout the 2 competitions, together with a pair of T20 defeats.
Beaumont, Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Sarah Glenn, Emma Lamb and Sciver-Brunt had been the England gamers on present.
Thunder failed to achieve any vital momentum by means of an innings strangled by an on-point five-strong bowling assault. Left-arm seamer Grace Ballinger took the brand new ball and stood out with 2 for 23 from her 4 overs, whereas Sciver-Brunt, captain and spinner Kirstie Gordon, legspinner Glenn and South Africa seamer Nadine de Klerk all struck as soon as.
Opener Libby Heap top-scored with 26 for Thunder, whereas captain Ellie Threlkeld and Cross each made 22.
Lancashire had promoted the day as Empower Play, with £1 from every of the three,101 tickets offered throughout…
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