No consequence: Western Storm 23 for 0 (Griffiths 14*, Knight 5*) vs The Blaze 209 for 9 (de Klerk 43, Skelton 2-23, Gibson 2-26, Griffiths 2-34)
England captain Heather Knight noticed her return to home motion curtailed by the climate as Western Storm’s Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match towards The Blaze at Leicester was deserted simply past the midway stage, either side taking two factors every.
Knight, making ready to guide England on this summer time’s dwelling Ashes sequence towards Australia, was simply 5 overs into her first bat on dwelling soil since July final yr when showers gave strategy to heavy rain.
Knight missed a big a part of final season due to a hip damage for which she later had surgical procedure and performed on this yr’s inaugural Girls’s Premier League in India following a return to worldwide motion within the winter.
She didn’t bowl as The Blaze posted 209 for 9 from their 50 overs however opened the batting for Storm alongside Alex Griffiths and was 5 not out along with her aspect 23 with out loss when dangerous climate arrived.
The multi-format Ashes sequence begins with a Check match at Trent Bridge on June 22, preceded by a red-ball match between England and Australia A in Derby every week earlier.
Right this moment’s abandonment meant each The Blaze and Storm have suffered two no-results of their first 5 matches within the ladies’s regional 50-over competitors, though The Blaze have gained all three accomplished matches to guide the early season desk.
Storm would have fancied ending that run after proscribing the house aspect to what was in all probability a sub-par rating, regardless that circumstances favoured the bowlers with the ball swinging below the cloud cowl.
South Africa’s Nadine de Klerk, their star with the ball in a career-best 7 for 33 towards Northern Diamonds final weekend, top-scored with 43 for The Blaze, Georgie Boyce making 34. Danielle Gibson, Chloe Skelton and Griffths took two wickets every for Western Storm.
The Blaze made a horrible begin after being put in, shedding leading-scorer Tammy Beaumont within the third over and opening associate Marie Kelly within the fourth, every contributing solely a single.
Beaumont wouldn’t have loved watching her dismissal, bowled shouldering arms to an inswinging Gibson supply that jagged…
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