Central Sparks 162 for 3 (Jones 67*) beat Northern Diamonds 161 (Winfield-Hill 42, Davis 4-19) by seven wickets
Central Sparks received their season up and successful in advantageous type with an completed seven-wicket victory over Northern Diamonds within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy at Worcester.
Sparks handed Diamonds their first defeat of the marketing campaign after a dominant show at New Highway, led by spinner Georgia Davis with the ball and skipper Eve Jones with the bat.
Put in, Diamonds sped to 50 with out loss after ten overs however then folded to 161 all out regardless of Lauren Winfield-Hill’s 42 from 40 balls. Davies unpicked the decrease order with 4 for 19 because the final seven wickets fell for 40.
Sparks then chased down the goal with nice effectivity to succeed in 162 for 3 with 70 balls to spare. Jones, who was unbeaten on 67 and Abbey Freeborn (37) added 98 in 21 overs for the second wicket to interrupt the again of the chase and skipper Jones stayed to see her facet all the way in which to victory with a consummate captain’s innings.
Diamonds had began their innings crisply as Winfield-Hill scored 42 of the primary 50 earlier than England quick bowler Issy Wong made the very important breakthrough by bowling the fluent opener. Thereafter the innings misplaced momentum with solely Hollie Armitage (37) and Chloe Tryon (26) making any influence towards a formidable collective effort from the Sparks bowlers. Wong, Katie George and Hannah Baker took two wickets apiece earlier than Davies bamboozled the later batters.
When Sparks started their reply, Diamonds struck early when Jessica Woolston had Chloe Brewer caught at slip within the fourth over, however Jones and Freeborn rebuilt diligently. They put 50 on the board within the twelfth over and superior to 100 within the twenty fourth earlier than Freeborn was run out within the cruellest vogue, on the non-striker’s finish when a straight drive from Jones was deflected on to the stumps by Katie Levick.
If Diamonds had any hopes of inducing a clatter, they have been killed off by a trendy cameo from 16-year-old Davina Perrin. Her 30 from 51 balls underpinned a stand of 45 in 12 overs with Jones. When Perrin was stumped off a properly flighted supply from Armitage, Sparks wanted simply 13 from 23 overs with seven wickets in hand and…
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